Installing Your Speaker System; Connecting The Speakers - Pioneer Elite VSX-90TXV Operating Instructions Manual

Connecting your equipment
03

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
IN
1
(DVD/LD)
IN
2
(TV/SAT)
OUT
HDMI
ASSIG-
NABLE
1 2
XM
IN
(DVR/VCR2)
COAXIAL
ASSIGNABLE
1
VSX-90TXV

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