Connecting your equipment

When you set up the receiver you’ll need to tell the

receiver which input you connected the component to (see also The Input Setup menu on page 40).

CD-R, MD, DAT, etc.

Select one

Select one

 

DIGITAL IN

AUDIO IN

DIGITAL OUT

AUDIO OUT

OPTICAL

R ANALOG L

COAXIAL OPTICAL

R ANALOG L

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Connecting additional amplifiers

This receiver has more than enough power for any home use, but it’s possible to add additional amplifiers to every channel of your system using the pre-outs. Make the connections shown below to add amplifiers to power your speakers.

ANALOG

INPUT

L

R

ANALOG

INPUT

Front channel amplifier

OUT 1 (KURO

OUT 2

COAXIAL ASSIGNABLE

ASSIGN-

 

OPTICAL

 

LINK)

 

IN 1

IN 2

 

ABLE

 

 

 

 

IN 1

IN 2

IN 3

OUT

 

 

 

(DVD)

(CD)

(TV/SAT)

(DVR)

(VIDEO)

 

 

 

 

CD-R/TAPE

FRONT

CENTER

SURROUND

CENTER

O

DVR

CD

CD-R/TAPE

 

SUBWOOFER

 

SUBWOOFER S

OUT

IN

IN

OUT

IN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MULTI CH IN

PRE

 

 

 

 

 

SPEAKERS

 

 

 

 

FRONT

CENTER

SURROUND

 

 

A

R

L

R

L

 

12 V TRIGGER

 

 

 

 

 

(OUTPUT 12 V

 

 

 

 

T

TOTAL 50 mA MAX)

 

 

 

 

1

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Center channel amplifier (mono)

ANALOG

INPUT

L

R

Surround channel

amplifier

 

 

OPTICAL

 

 

 

 

 

OUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANALOG

 

)

 

 

 

INPUT

 

FRONT

CENTER

 

AUDIO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L

L

 

 

 

 

(Single)

Surround back

 

 

 

R

 

 

 

 

 

R

channel amplifier

 

SUBWOOFER SURROUND SURROUND

 

 

 

 

BACK

 

 

 

PRE OUT

 

 

 

ERS

 

 

 

ANALOG

 

 

SURROUND BACK / B

INPUT

 

SURROUND

 

 

R

L

R

L (Sin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Powered

 

 

 

 

 

subwoofer

If your turntable has line-level outputs (i.e., it has a built-in phono pre-amp), connect it to the CD inputs instead.

If you’re connecting a recorder, connect the analog audio outputs to the analog audio inputs on the recorder.

About the WMA9 Pro decoder

This unit has an on-board Windows Media™ Audio 9 Professional1 (WMA9 Pro) decoder, so it is possible to playback WMA9 Pro-encoded audio using HDMI, coaxial or optical digital connection when connected to a WMA9 Pro-compatible player. However, the connected DVD player, set-top box, etc. must be able to output WMA9 Pro format audio signals through a coaxial or optical digital output.

You can use the additional amplifier on the surround back channel pre-outs for a single speaker as well. In this case plug the amplifier into the left (L (Single)) terminal only.

The sound from the surround back terminals will depend on how you have configured the Surround back speaker setting on page 85.

To hear sound only from the pre-outs, switch the speaker system to OFF, or simply disconnect any speakers that are connected directly to the receiver.

If you’re not using a subwoofer, change the front speaker setting (see Speaker Setting on page 85) to LARGE.

Note

1 • Windows Media and the Windows logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

With WMA9 Pro, sound problems may occur depending on your computer system. Note that WMA9 Pro 96 kHz sources will be downsampled to 48 kHz.

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Pioneer VSX-LX52 manual Connecting additional amplifiers, About the WMA9 Pro decoder

VSX-LX52 specifications

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