Speaker Connections - Pioneer VSX-33TX Operating Instructions Manual

Optical Digital Connection
If your DVD player has an optical terminal (not a PCM-only output) for the audio out you can hook it up using this
following the diagram below. You will need to assign the digital input (tell the receiver which input you put your
DVD digital audio into). See the page 6 for this.
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Home theater is designed to be setup with five speakers (front left & right; center; surround left & right) and a
subwoofer but you can use this receiver with fewer speakers. Hook up the speakers you have to the speaker A
terminals on the back of the receiver. If you only have two speakers hook them up as "FRONT." If you have
three hook up the single speaker as "CENTER." Follow the diagram on p. 19 in order to hook up all your
speakers. A center speaker is very important for watching films because the dialog comes from the center
speaker in digital soundtracks. If you do not have a CENTER speaker you must tell the receiver the CENTER
channel is OFF or when you listen to digital soundtracks you won't hear any dialog. Use the instructions
on page 31-32 in order to do this.
Make sure you connect the speaker on the right to the right terminal and the speaker on the left to the left
terminal. Also make sure the positive and negative (+/–) terminals on the amplifier match those on the speakers.
Front
speaker (A)
(Left)
Surround
speaker
(Left)
L
Powered
subwoofer
INPUT
RCA video cord
RCA video cord
RCA stereo cord
optical cord
TV/monitor
Center
speaker
Quick Start Guide
VIDEO INPUT
VIDEO
VIDEO
OUT
ANALOG
STEREO
L
L
R
R
DVD player
DIGITAL
OUTPUT
(not a PCM-only output)
Front
speaker (A)
(Right)
Surround
speaker
(Right)
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