Installing Your Speaker System; Connecting The Speakers - Pioneer VSX-AX4ASi-S 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-ROOM IR
& SOURCE
/ REC SEL
OUT1
S400
ROOM3
(ZONE3)
IN1
(AUDIO)
OUT2
IN2
S400
USB
AUDIO
HDMI
IN
IN1
IN 1 (DC OUT 12V TOTAL 50 mA MAX)
(SAT)
ROOM2
IN 2
IN2 (ZONE2)
(DVR/
VCR 1)
IN 1
Y
IN 3
(DVR/
VCR 2)
4 IN3 P
IN
(CD-R)
1 4
ASSIGNA-
BLE
P
IN 1 1 2
(DVD/
IN4 2
LD) IN
Y
2
IN
(CD)
P
OUT
P
ASSIGNABLE
COMPONENT VIDEO
DIGITAL
VSX-AX4ASi
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
AUDIO
MULTI-ROOM
ANTENNA
& SOURCE
PHONO
MAIN ROOM(ZONE1)
FM UNBAL 75 Ω AM LOOP
IN
MONITOR MULTI-ROOM & SOURCE
OUT OUT
ROOM2(ZONE2) R ROOM2(ZONE2) L
CD
OUT IN
12 V TRIGGER
DVD/
1 2
LD
IN 1
IN
OUT
MULTI-ROOM
& SOURCE TV
MONITOR IN 2 IN
OUT
CD-R/
TAPE
OUT
1 (DVD/LD)
IN
SAT
Y
(TV)
IN 2 IN
IN
R
1 2
ASSIGNABLE
FR FL
VIDEO /
P
B B GAME1
IN
SUB W. CENTER
P OUT
R R
SUR-
DVR/
ROUND
VCR 1
IN 3
Y IN
R
P OUT
B B
DVR/
R
SURROUND
VCR 2
BACK
P IN
R R MULTI CH
IN
OUT
R L
S - VIDEO VIDEO
1 3
CONTROL
AUDIO
VIDEO
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 69 if you plan
to use speakers with an impedance of less than 8 Ω).
Front
right
PRE OUT
R L
FRONT
CENTER
SUB W.
SUR-
ROUND
SUR-
ROUND
BACK
(Single)
R L
L
iPod
SPEAKERS
IN
A
FRONT CENTER SURROUND
R L R L
L
L RS-232C
IN
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 IN
AC OUTLET
SWITCHED 100 W 0.4 A MAX
SURROUND BACK /
B
R L
(Single)
SELECTABLE
right
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