Connecting Your Equipment; Rear Panel - Pioneer VSX-C301 Operating Instructions Manual

03

Connecting your equipment

Chapter 3
Connecting your equipment

Rear panel

1
FRONT
R
L
VSX-C301
• Before making or changing the connections, switch
off the power and disconnect the power cable from
the power outlet.
1 SPEAKERS terminals (page 13)
FRONT L/R, CENTER and SURROUND L/R speaker
terminals.
2 Antenna connections
AM LOOP (page 15)
Connect the supplied AM loop antenna or an
outdoor antenna if reception is bad.
FM UNBAL 75Ω antenna terminal (page 15)
Connect the supplied FM wire or an outdoor antenna
if reception is bad.
3 CONTROL IN jack / CONTROL OUT jack (page 16)
Use to link Pioneer components together to enable all
components in the chain to use just one remote control
sensor.
4 AC IN (page 16)
Connect the supplied AC power cable.
8
En
2
ANTENNA
SPEAKERS
AM LOOP
SURROUND
CENTER
R
L
SPEAKERS
FRONT SURROUND
CENTER
R L R L
SUB
WOOFER
OUT
5 6
3
FM UNBAL 75
IN
OUT
CONTROL
ANTENNA
AM LOOP
FM UNBAL 75
IN
OUT
CONTROL
DIGITAL IN
SUB STB DVR/TV DVD
(DVD) (STB)
WOOFER
COAX
OUT OPT1 OPT2
DIGITAL IN
VIDEO IN/OUT
STB DVR/TV DVD
(DVD) (STB)
OPT1 OPT2 COAX
7
5 SUBWOOFER OUT jack (page 13)
Connect a powered (active) subwoofer.
6 Digital connections
The three digital audio jacks are all inputs. Connect to
the digital outputs of digital source components such as
DVD and CD players, satellite receivers, etc.
STB(DVD) OPT1 jack (page 11)
Optical digital audio jack for the STB input (although
it is possible to reassign it to the DVD input).
DVR/TV OPT2 jack (page 12)
Optical digital audio jack for the DVR/TV input.
• When connecting optical cables, be careful when
inserting the plug not to damage the shutter
protecting the optical socket.
• When storing optical cable, coil loosely. The cable
may be damaged if bent around sharp corners.
4
VIDEO IN/OUT DVR/TV IN/OUT
AV CONNECTOR
DVD IN STB IN
DVR/TV IN/OUT
AV CONNECTOR
DVD IN STB IN
AC IN
AC IN