Connecting The Speakers - Pioneer VSX-S300-k Operating Instrctions

02 Connecting your equipment
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• Surround and surround back speakers should be positioned 60 cm to 90 cm higher than
your ears and titled slight downward. Make sure the speakers don't face each other. For
DVD-Audio, the speakers should be more directly behind the listener than for home
theater playback.
• Try not to place the surround speakers farther away from the listening position than the
front and center speakers. Doing so can weaken the surround sound effect.
• Place the left and right front height speakers at least one meter directly above the left and
right front speakers.
• If you're going to place speakers around your CRT TV, use shielded speakers or place the
speakers at a sufficient distance from your CRT TV.
• The subwoofer can be placed on the floor. Ideally, the other speakers should be at about
ear-level when you're listening to them. Putting the speakers on the floor (except the
subwoofer), or mounting them very high on a wall is not recommended.
• When not connecting a subwoofer, connect speakers with low frequency reproduction
capabilities to the front channel. (The subwoofer's low frequency component is played
from the front speakers, so the speakers could be damaged.)
• After connecting, be sure to conduct the Auto MCACC (speaker environment
setting) procedure.
See Automatically setting up for surround sound (MCACC) on page 16.
CAUTION
• Make sure that all speakers are securely installed. This not only improves sound quality,
but also reduces the risk of damage or injury resulting from speakers being knocked over
or falling in the event of external shocks such as earthquakes.

Connecting the speakers

The receiver will work with just two stereo speakers (the front speakers in the diagram) but
using at least three speakers is recommended, and a complete setup is best for surround
sound.
Make sure you connect the speaker on the right to the right (R) terminal and the speaker on
the left to the left (L) terminal. Also make sure the positive and negative (+/–) terminals on the
receiver match those on the speakers.
You can use speakers with a normal impedance between 4 Ω and 16 Ω.
Important
• SPEAKERS SUBWOOFER terminals are Pioneer's passive subwoofer S-SLW500
connection terminals. If using another model of subwoofer, be sure to use a model with
built-in amp and connect to the PREOUT SUBWOOFER terminal.
• Please connect either passive or powered subwoofers, as connecting both makes it
impossible to achieve the correct sound effect.
Be sure to complete all connections before connecting this unit to the AC power source.
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Front right
Center
R IN GAME IN OUT COAXIAL
A FRONT
OPTICAL R
CD IN TV IN DIGITAL AUX IN
VIDEO ( ANALOG ANALOG SURR BACK/ AUDIO
AUX ) AUX FRONT HEIGHT
ASSIGNABLE
L
IN
(Single)
R
MONITOR IN SUBWOOFER
OUT
PRE OUT
Right
Right
R ANALOG L
R
AUDIO IN
SPEAKER
Surround back or front height
channel amplifier
Front left
Passive
subwoofer
(S-SLW500)
SPEAKERS
SUB
L
B
CENTER WOOFER SURROUND /
R L
LINE LEVEL
INPUT
Powered
Subwoofer
Left Surround speakers
or B-Speakers
Left
Surround back or front
height speakers
L
SPEAKER