Installing Your Speaker System - Pioneer VSX-1021-K Quick Start Manual

02 Connecting your equipment

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 connected 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
HDMI IN 1 VIDEO IN BD IN DVD IN DVR/BDR IN
ASSIGNABLE 1
CONTROL VIDEO AUDIO
ZONE 2 DVR/BDR CD-R/TAPE ZONE 2
IN
OUT L
TV/SAT VIDEO
OUT
IN IN OUT OUT
MONITOR
OUT
IR
IN R
OUT DVR/ CD
BDR
L
OUT IN DVD IN IN IN
IN 1 R
(DVD)
ASSIGN
ABLE
IN L
2
(DVR/
BDR) IN
IN
R
MONITOR
OUT
Y P P TV/SAT VIDEO DVD
B R
COMPONENT VIDEO
Not connected
Not connected
Surround right
Surround back right
ZONE 2 - Right
8
En
Front height setting
Front height left
Front wide setting
Front wide left
Speaker B setting
Speaker B - left
Front left
Center Subwoofer
LINE LEVEL
INPUT
LAN (10/100) COAXIAL ASSIGNABLE
OUT
IN IN
IN 1 IN 2
DC OUTPUT 1 2
OPTICAL
for WIRELESS LAN
ASSIGNABLE
AC IN
(OUTPUT 5 V 0.6 A MAX) ( DVD ) CD ( ) ( TV/SAT ) ( DVR/BDR )
ADAPTER PORT
(OUTPUT 5 V
0.1 A MAX)
ANTENNA
FM UNBAL
75
AM LOOP
A FRONT CENTER SURROUND SURROUND BACK / ZONE 2 FRONT HEIGHT / WIDE / B
R L R L R L (Single) R L
SUBWOOFER
CAUTION: ATTENTION:
SELECTABLE SEE INSTRUCTION MANUAL
PRE OUT SPEAKER IMPEDANCE ENCEINTE D'IMPEDANCE DE SPEAKERS
SELECTABLE VOIR LE MODE D'EMPLOI
6 -16 . 6 -16 .
The surround back terminals can also be
used for ZONE 2.
5.1 ch surround setting
Not connected
6.1 ch surround setting
Surround back
7.1 ch surround setting
Surround back left
ZONE 2 setting
ZONE 2 - 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 terminals for high and low) and the sound improvement will depend on the
kind of speakers you're using.
Bi-amp compatible
speaker
HDMI IN 1
1
ASSIGNABLE
VIDEO
CONTROL
ZONE 2
IN
OUT
OUT
MONITOR
IR OUT
IN
DVR/
OUT
BDR
IN 1
(DVD)
ASSIGN
ABLE
IN 2
(DVR/
BDR)
MONITOR
OUT
COMPONENT VIDEO
CAUTION
! Most speakers with both High and Low terminals have two metal plates that connect the High
to the Low 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.
Surround left
Front right
High
Center
Low
LAN (10/100) COAXIAL
VIDEO IN BD IN DVD IN DVR/BDR IN OUT ASSIGNABLE
IN IN
IN IN
DC OUTPUT 1 2 1 2
OPTICAL
for WIRELESS LAN
ASSIGNABLE
(OUTPUT 5 V 0.6 A MAX) ( DVD ) ( CD ) ( TV/SAT ) ( DVR/BDR )
AUDIO
DVR/BDR CD-R/TAPE ZONE 2
ADAPTER PORT
L
TV/SAT VIDEO
(OUTPUT 5 V
IN IN
OUT OUT 0.1 A MAX)
R ANTENNA
CD FM UNBAL
75
L
AM LOOP
A FRONT CENTER SURROUND SURROUND BACK / ZONE 2 FRONT HEIGHT / WIDE /
OUT IN DVD IN IN IN
R L R L R L (Single) R
R
L
IN IN
R
SUBWOOFER
Y P B P R TV/SAT VIDEO DVD CAUTION: ATTENTION:
SELECTABLE SEE INSTRUCTION MANUAL
SPEAKER IMPEDANCE ENCEINTE D'IMPEDANCE DE
PRE OUT SPEAKERS
6 -16 . 6 -16 . SELECTABLE VOIR LE MODE D'EMPLOI
Subwoofer Surround right Surround left
Front left
Bi-amp compatible
speaker
High
Low
AC IN
B
L