Pioneer VSX1017TXV manual Installing your speaker system, Connecting the speakers

03Connecting your equipment

Installing your speaker system

To take full advantage of the receiver’s surround sound capabilities connect front, center, surround and surround back speakers, as well as a subwoofer. Although this is ideal, other configurations with fewer speakers—no subwoofer or no center speaker, or even no surround speakers—will work. At the very least, front left and right speakers only are necessary. Note that your

main surround speakers should always be connected as a pair, but you can connect just one surround back speaker if you like (it must be connected to the left surround back terminal). You can use speakers with a nominal impedance between 6 Ω to 16 Ω (please see Switching the speaker impedance on page 56 if you plan to use speakers with an impedance of less than 8 Ω).

Subwoofer

LINE LEVEL

INPUT

Front left

Front

right

Center

CAUTION

These speaker terminals carry HAZARDOUS LIVE voltage. To prevent the risk of electric shock when connecting or disconnecting the speaker cables, disconnect the power cord before touching any uninsulated parts.

OPTICAL

ANTENNA

DIGITAL

OUT

IN

AM LOOP

PRE OUT

1

COMPONENT VIDEO

(DVD/LD)

IN 1

L

CENTER

L

L (Single)

Y

PB

PR

Y

PB

P

(DVR/

IN

VCR1)

1

IN

IN 2

(TV/SAT)

2

IN

I

(TV/SAT)

2

R

IN 3

Y

PB

PR

Y

PB

PR

R

SUB

R SUR-

ASSIGNABLE

1

3

SURROUND BACK

(CD)

FRONT

WOOFER

ROUND

OUT

ASSIGNABLE

HDMI

1

3

S-VIDEO

SIRIUS

ASSIG-

NABLE

CONTROL

iPod

IN

IN

OUT

IN

OUT

IN

MONITOR

IN

1

2

OUT

OUT

VIDEO

XM

IN

IN

IN

AUDIO IN

OUT

IN

IN

IN

OUT

IN

OUT

IN

L

CENTER

L

L

IN 1

L

(DVD/LD)

IN 2

R

(DVR/VCR2)

CD

CD-R/TAPE/MD

DVD/LD

TV/SAT

DVR/VCR1

DVR/VCR2

R

R

R

COAXIAL

FRONT

SUB

SUR-

SURROUND

ASSIGNABLE

WOOFER

ROUND

BACK

MULTI CH IN

1

2

AC OUTLET

SWITCHED 100 W(0.8 A) MAX

	SPEAKERS
A	R	FRONT	L	CENTER	R	SURROUND	L	SURROUND BACK / B
							R	L (Single)
								SEE INSTRUCTION MANUAL
								SELECTABLE

VSX-1017TXV

Surround	Surround
left	right
Surround	Surround
back left	back right

Connecting the speakers

Each speaker connection on the receiver comprises a positive (+) and negative (–) terminal. Make sure to match these up with the terminals on the speakers themselves.

Caution

•Make sure that all the bare speaker wire is twisted together and inserted fully into the speaker terminal. If any of the bare speaker wire touches the back panel it may cause the power to cut off as a safety measure.

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