Speaker Connections - Pioneer VSA-AX10 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
speakers. Hook up the speakers you have to the A speaker terminals on the back of the
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
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) Phono cord and for
the other speakers use regular speaker cords. See pages 95–96 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
Front
speaker
(Left)
Surround
speaker
(Left)
DIGITAL
PCM/2DIGITAL
/DTS/MPEG
2
OUT
PHONO
1
OUT
7
(CD-R/
TAPE1
/MD)
IN
6
TUNER
(VCR2)
IN
5
(VCR1
/DVR)
IN CD-R/
TAPE1
4
/MD
(SAT)
PLAY
IN
3
IN (CD)
TAPE2
MONITOR
2
IN
(TV)
PLAY
(DVD
1
IN
/LD)
2RF
(DVD
IN
/LD)
(For LD)
ASSIGNABLE
Surround back
speaker (Left)
• Please use speakers with a nominal impedance rated 6 -16 .
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
12
En
the center channel is off or when you listen to digital soundtracks you won't hear any
Powered
subwoofer
INPUT
OUT
IN
CONTROL
AUDIO
R L
IN
AUDIO
CD
POWER AMP
IN
IN
R L
FRONT
IN
R L
OUT CENTER
REC
SUB W. SUB W.
PRE OUT PRE OUT
IN
1 1 2 2
(Single) (Single)
SUR- SUR-
OUT
ROUND ROUND
REC
R L
SUR-
ROUND
IN
BACK
R L (Single)
FRONT CENTER
SUB W.
R L
SUR- SUR-
ROUND ROUND
BACK
R L (Single)
R L
R AUDIO L
MULTI CH INPUT
amplifier
TV/monitor
Center
speaker
MONITOR
OUT
MONITOR
OUT
IN
DVD
1
IN Y
/LD
IN
Y
MONITOR
OUT
TV
IN
IN
P
B P B
SAT
IN
IN
P P R
R
IN IN
OUT OUT
2 3
Y Y
VCR1
/DVR
IN
IN
P B P B
OUT
OUT
P P
R R
VCR2
COMPONENT VIDEO
IN
IN
OUT OUT
VCR3
IN IN
RS-232C
VIDEO S2 VIDEO
amplifier . If this happens it could short out the
with fewer
amplifier
amplifier . If you only
match those on the speakers.
Front
speaker
(Right)
· · ª ª
Å Å
L L
AC OUTLET
FRONT FRONT
R R
CENTER CENTER
L L
SUR- SUR-
ROUND ROUND
SPEAKERS
R R
ı
ª ·
L L (Single) (Single)
SUR- SUR-
ROUND ROUND
BACK BACK
R R
Surround back
speaker (Right)
amplifier
Surround
speaker
(Right)
AC IN
L
R
.