Speaker Connections - Pioneer VSA-AX10I-S Operating Instructions Manual

Quick Start Guide Part1

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 amplifier with fewer
speakers. Hook up the speakers you have to the A speaker terminals on the back of the amplifier. 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 below in order to hook up all your speakers. A center speaker is very important for watching films
because in digital soundtracks the dialog comes from the center speaker. If you do not have a center speaker
you must tell the amplifier the center channel is off or when you listen to digital soundtracks you won't hear any
dialog. This can be done automatically by following the Auto Surround Sound Setup instructions from page 14 in
this Quick Start Guide.
If possible, use surround back speakers. These speakers are important to take full advantage of 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. For the subwoofer use a mono (single plug) RCA cord and for
the other speakers use regular speaker cords. See pages 27, 102–103 for advice on speaker placement.
Make sure you connect the speaker on the right to the R terminal and the speaker on the left to the L terminal.
Also make sure the positive and negative (+/–) terminals on the amplifier match those on the speakers.
Front
speaker
(Left)
Surround
speaker
(Left)
DIGITAL
PCM/2DIGITAL
/DTS/MPEG
2
OUT
1
OUT
7
(CD-R/
TAPE1
/MD)
IN
6
(VCR2)
IN
5
(VCR1
/DVR)
IN
4
(SAT)
IN
3
IN (CD)
2
IN (TV)
(DVD
1
IN
/LD)
2RF (DVD
IN
/LD)
(For LD)
ASSIGNABLE
• Please use speakers with a nominal impedance rated 6Ω-16Ω.
memo
• If you only have one surround back speaker hook it up to the left surround back terminal.
• If you use a THX certified subwoofer use the THX INPUT jack on the subwoofer (if your subwoofer
has one) or switch the filter position to THX on your subwoofer.
• When you attached your speaker wire to the speaker terminal make sure that not even one strand
of wire touches the back of the amplifier. If this happens it could short out the amplifier.
• If you have only one pair of surround speakers connect them to the surround terminals, not the
surround back terminals.
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subwoofer
INPUT
CONTROL
S400 (AUDIO)
OUT IN
AUDIO
R L
PHONO
DVD
IN
AUDIO
CD
POWER
IN AMP
IN
R L
FRONT
TUNER
SAT
IN
R L
OUT
CENTER
REC
OUT
CD-R/
TAPE1 VCR1
SUB W.
/MD /DVR
IN
PRE OUT
PLAY
1
2
(Single)
SUR-
OUT
ROUND
REC
OUT
TAPE2 R L
MONITOR VCR2
SUR-
ROUND
IN
BACK
PLAY
R L
(Single)
FRONT SUB W. CENTER
OUT
R L
VCR3
SUR- SUR-
ROUND ROUND
BACK
R L R L (Single)
R L
MULTI CH INPUT
AUDIO
Surround back
speaker (Left)
TV/monitor
Center
speaker
MONITOR
OUT
MONITOR
OUT
COMPONENT VIDEO
IN
IN
/LD
Y
1
IN
Y
MONITOR
OUT
TV
IN
IN
P B P
B
IN
IN
P
P R R
IN IN
OUT
2 3
Y Y
IN IN
P P
B B
OUT
P P
R R
ASSIGNABLE
IN
IN
OUT
IN IN
RS-232C
VIDEO S VIDEO
Front
speaker
(Right)
ª
·
Å
AC OUTLET
L
FRONT
R
CENTER
AC IN
L
SUR-
ROUND
SELECTABLE
R
ª ·
ı
L L
(Single)
SUR-
ROUND
BACK
R R
SPEAKERS
Surround back
speaker (Right)
Surround
speaker
(Right)