Installing Your Speaker System - Pioneer SC-81 Operating Instructions Manual

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Installing your speaker system

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 con-
nected to the left surround back terminal).
Standard surround connection
The front height terminals can also be used for the front wide and Speaker B speakers.
Front height right
Front wide right
Speaker B right
Front right Subwoofer 1
LINE LEVEL
INPUT
PRE OUT
SUBWOOFER
RE O T
H G T/
S B O ER O T E T R S R U D R B CK W DE
Si 1
A F ONT EN ER R NT I H / ON W E B U RO ND ACK UR OU D A
L R R L R
S l )
P AK RS
2
A
FRONT CENTER F ONT HEIGHT / FRONT WIDE /
R L
SPEAKERS
Surround back speaker terminals can be
used to connect to the sub zone.
5.2 ch surround setting
Not connected
6.2 ch surround setting
Not connected
7.2 ch surround setting
Surround right
Surround back right
ZONE 2 Right
HDZONE Right
Front height setting
Front height left
Front wide setting
Front wide left
Speaker B setting
Speaker B left
Center Subwoofer 2
LINE LEVEL
INPUT
F HEIGHT/
FRONT CENTER URROUND SURR BACK F W DE
(Si le)
L
R
B
SURROUND BACK SURROUND
R L R L R
(Single)
Not connected
Surround back
Surround back left
ZONE 2 setting
ZONE 2 Left
HDZONE setting
HDZONE Left
Bi-amping your speakers
Bi-amping is when you connect the high frequency driver and low frequency driver of your speakers to different
amplifiers for better crossover performance. Your speakers must be bi-ampable to do this (having separate termi-
nals for high and low) and the sound improvement will depend on the kind of speakers you're using.
Front right
High
Low
Subwoofer 1
Front left
A
FRONT
R
SPEAKERS
A
L
Surround right
CAUTION
! Most speakers with both High and Low terminals have two metal plates that connect the High to the Low
Surround left
terminals. These must be removed when you are bi-amping the speakers or you could severely damage the
amplifier. See your speaker manual for more information.
! If your speakers have a removable crossover network, make sure you do not remove it for bi-amping. Doing so
may damage your speakers.
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Connecting your equipment
Bi amp compatible Bi amp compatible
speaker speaker
Center Subwoofer 2
LINE LEVEL LINE LEVEL
INPUT INPUT
PRE OUT
F HEIGHT/
SUBWOOFER FRONT CENTER S RROUND SURR BACK F WIDE
(Sing
1
L
R
2
B
CENTER FRONT HEIGHT / FRONT W DE / SURROUND BACK
L R L R L
(Single)
RE UT
H G T/
F O T E T R U R ND R B K W DE
S W O R
L
R
A RO T E TER R N H GH F O T W E B SU RO ND ACK U RO ND A
L R R L R
i l )
P AK RS
Front left
High
Low
A
SURROUND
R L
Surround left