Installing Your Speaker System; Connecting The Speakers - Pioneer Elite VSX-91TXH 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-ZONE & SOURCE ZONE 2
OPTICAL
DIGITAL
IN 1
OUT
OUT
COMPONENT VIDEO
IN 1
Y
IN 2
(DVR/ IN
VCR1)
1
IN 2
(TV/SAT)
IN
2
Y
OUT IN 3
(CD)
RS-232C
ASSIG-
NABLE
1 3
HDMI
CONTROL iPod
OUT
XM
IN
IN
IN
AUDIO IN OUT
L
IN 1
(DVD/LD)
R
IN 2
(DVR/VCR2)
CD CD-R/TAPE/MD
COAXIAL
ASSIGNABLE
1 2
VSX-91TXH
Surround
left

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
Center
ANTENNA
IN
IR
AM LOOP
PRE OUT
CENTER (Single)
L L L
P P Y P P
B R B R
OUT
IN
3
P P Y P P
B R B R
R R
SUB SUR- SURROUND BACK
ASSIGNABLE 1 3
FRONT WOOFER ROUND
S-VIDEO
12V
TRIGGER
(DC OUT 12V/
IN IN OUT IN OUT IN MONITOR
50mA MAX)
OUT
ZONE 2
MONITOR
VIDEO
R
OUT
L CENTER L
IN IN IN OUT IN OUT IN
R R
DVD/LD TV/SAT DVR/VCR1 DVR/VCR2
SUB
FRONT SUR-
WOOFER
ROUND
MULTI CH IN
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 65 if you plan
to use speakers with an impedance of less than 8 Ω).
Front
right
R
SIRIUS
IN
SPEAKERS
MULTI-ZONE
& SOURCE
A FRONT CENTER SURROUND
L R L R L
L
R
SURROUND
BACK
Surround
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.
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.
AC OUTLET
SWITCHED 100 W(0.8 A) MAX
SURROUND BACK / B
R L (Single)
SEE INSTRUCTION MANUAL
SELECTABLE
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