Installing Your Speaker System; Connecting The Speakers - Pioneer VSX-82TXS Operating Instructions Manual

Connecting 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
Subwoofer
LINE LEVEL
INPUT
MULTI-ROOM MULTI-ROOM
& SOURCE & SOURCE
/ REC SEL / REC SEL
OUT1 OUT1
ROOM3 ROOM3
(ZONE3) (ZONE3)
OUT2 OUT2
USB USB
AUDIO AUDIO
IN IN
IN IN 1 1
(SAT) (SAT)
IN IN 2 2
(DVR/ (DVR/
VCR 1) VCR 1)
IN IN 3 3
(DVR/ (DVR/
VCR 2) VCR 2)
IN IN 4 4
(CD-R) (CD-R)
ASSIGNA- ASSIGNA-
BLE BLE
IN IN 1 1
(DVD/ (DVD/
LD) LD)
2 2
IN IN
(CD) (CD)
IN IN
XM XM
VSX-84TXSi

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.
Front
left
IR IR MULTI-ROOM MULTI-ROOM
ANTENNA ANTENNA
& SOURCE & SOURCE
MAIN ROOM(ZONE1) MAIN ROOM(ZONE1)
FM UNBAL 75 Ω FM UNBAL 75 Ω AM LOOP AM LOOP
S400 S400
IN1 IN1
(AUDIO) (AUDIO) MONITOR MONITOR MULTI-ROOM & SOURCE MULTI-ROOM & SOURCE
OUT OUT
OUT OUT ROOM2(ZONE2) ROOM2(ZONE2)
ROOM2(ZONE2) ROOM2(ZONE2) R R
IN2 IN2
S400 S400 OUT OUT
12 V TRIGGER 12 V TRIGGER
HDMI HDMI
IN1 IN1
DVD/ DVD/
1 1 2 2
LD LD
IN IN 1 1
IN IN
(DC OUT 12V TOTAL 50 mA MAX) (DC OUT 12V TOTAL 50 mA MAX)
ROOM2 ROOM2 MULTI-ROOM MULTI-ROOM
& SOURCE & SOURCE TV TV
MONITOR MONITOR
IN IN 2 2 IN IN
OUT OUT
IN2 IN2 (ZONE2) (ZONE2)
IN IN 1 1 OUT OUT
IN IN 1 1 (DVD/LD) (DVD/LD)
SAT SAT
Y Y Y Y
2 2 (TV) (TV)
IN IN IN IN
1 1 2 2
ASSIGNABLE ASSIGNABLE
VIDEO / VIDEO /
IN3 IN3
P P P P
B B B B GAME1 GAME1
IN IN
1 1 4 4
P P P P OUT OUT
R R R R
1 1 2 2
DVR/ DVR/
VCR 1 VCR 1
IN4 IN4 2 2 IN IN 3 3
IN IN
Y Y Y Y IN IN
P P P P OUT OUT
B B B B
OUT OUT
DVR/ DVR/
VCR 2 VCR 2
P P P P IN IN
R R R R
R R L L
S - VIDEO S - VIDEO VIDEO VIDEO
ASSIGNABLE ASSIGNABLE
1 1 3 3
AUDIO AUDIO
DIGITAL DIGITAL COMPONENT VIDEO COMPONENT VIDEO VIDEO VIDEO
Surround
left
Surround
back left
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 68 if you plan
to use speakers with an impedance of less than 8 Ω).
Front
right
Center
AUDIO AUDIO PRE OUT PRE OUT
PHONO PHONO R R L L
FRONT FRONT
IN IN
CENTER CENTER
L L SUB W. SUB W.
CD CD
IN IN
SUR- SUR-
ROUND ROUND
SUR- SUR-
ROUND ROUND
OUT OUT BACK BACK
(Single) (Single)
CD-R/ CD-R/
R R L L
TAPE TAPE
IN IN
R R L L
FR FR FL FL iPod iPod
SPEAKERS SPEAKERS
IN IN
A A
FRONT FRONT CENTER CENTER
R R L L
SUB W. SUB W. CENTER CENTER
SUR- SUR-
ROUND ROUND
L
R R L
R R L
SURROUND SURROUND L RS-232C RS-232C
BACK BACK
MULTI CH MULTI CH
IN IN
OUT OUT IN IN
CONTROL CONTROL
Surround
back right
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.
AC OUTLET AC OUTLET
SWITCHED 100 W(0.8A) MAX SWITCHED 100 W(0.8A) MAX
SURROUND BACK / SURROUND BACK /
B B
SURROUND SURROUND
R R L L R R L L
(Single) (Single)
Surround
right
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