Speaker Connections - Pioneer VSX-909RDS Operating Instructions Manual

Quick Start Guide

2 2 2 2 2 Speaker Connections

Home theater is designed to be setup with five, or seven speakers (front left & right; center; surround left &
right; and, optimally, surround back left & right) and a subwoofer but you can use this receiver with fewer
speakers. Hook up the speakers you have to the A speaker 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 33-34 in order to do this.
Follow the diagram below to hook up an additional amplifier in order to use surround back speakers. These
speakers are important to hear all the sound channels on new, eight channel home theater DVDs. The diagram
below also explains how to hook up a subwoofer which provides realistic bass sounds.
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.
SUB
WOOFER
3 3 3 3 3 Setting up the Remote Control & Unit
1 Put the batteries in the remote control.
2 Plug the main unit into a wall outlet.
_ ON/ — OFF button and
3 Press
put the receiver in ON mode.
IV
En
RCA audio cord
RCA stereo cord
L
R
R
L (Single)
SURROUND
BACK
PRE OUT
Surround back
speaker (Left)
the STANDBY/ON button on the receiver to
INPUT
Additional Amplifier (See p.21)
ANALOG
INPUT
R L
R
L
SPEAKERS
FRONT
R
Powered
subwoofer
L
Surround back
speaker (Right)