Speaker Connections - Pioneer Elite VSX-49TX 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 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 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 receiver 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 16 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 29, 109–110 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 receiver match those on the speakers.
Front
speaker
(Left)
Surround
speaker
(Left)
DIGITAL
PCM/2DIGITAL /DTS
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 receiver. If this happens it could short out the receiver.
• If you have only one pair of surround speakers connect them to the surround terminals, not the
surround back terminals.
7 Speaker terminals
1 Twist exposed wire
strands together
tightly.
3/8 in(10mm)
14
Powered
subwoofer
INPUT
CONTROL
OUT
S400 (AUDIO)
AUDIO
R L
PHONO
IN
AUDIO
CD
POWER
IN AMP
IN
R L
FRONT
R L
R L
OUT
CENTER
REC
CD-R/
TAPE1
SUB W.
/MD
IN
PRE OUT
PLAY
1
2
(Single)
SUR-
OUT
ROUND
REC
TAPE2 R L
MONITOR
SUR-
ROUND
IN
BACK
PLAY
R L
(Single)
FRONT CENTER
SUB W.
R L
SUR- SUR-
ROUND ROUND
BACK
R L R L (Single)
R L
MULTI CH INPUT
AUDIO
Surround back
speaker (Left)
2 Loosen speaker terminal
and insert exposed wire.
TV/monitor
Center
speaker
MONITOR
OUT
IN
REMOTE IN
MULTI-
MULTI-
OUT
ROOM &
ROOM &
SOURCE
SOURCE
DVD
DVD
IN
/LD
Y
/LD
IN
IN Y
1 MONITOR
OUT
TV
IN
IN
P B P
B
SAT
IN
IN
P
P R
R
IN IN
OUT OUT
2 3
Y
VCR1 Y
/DVR
IN IN
P P
B B
OUT OUT
P P
R R
VCR2
ASSIGNABLE
COMPONENT VIDEO
IN
IN
OUT OUT
VCR3
IN IN
RS-232C
VIDEO S2 VIDEO
3 Tighten
terminal.
Front
speaker
(Right)
· ª
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ANTENNA
L
FRONT
AM LOOP
R
ANTENNA
FM
75Ω UNBAL
CENTER
L
SUR-
ROUND
SPEAKERS
R
ª
ı
L
(Single)
SUR-
ROUND
BACK
R
SPEAKERS
Surround back
speaker (Right)
The speaker terminals
also accept single banana
plugs.
(Refer to speaker manual
for details.)
Surround
speaker
(Right)
AC OUTLET
AC IN
·
L
R