Connecting The Radio Antennas; Using External Antennas - Pioneer VSX-909RDS Operating Instructions Manual

Connecting Your Equipment

Connecting the Radio Antennas

Connect the supplied FM wire antenna and the AM loop antenna to the antenna terminals as shown below.
These antennas should provide adequate reception quality in most cases, but connecting outdoor antennas
should noticeably improve sound quality.
AM loop antenna
7 AM loop antenna
1 Assemble the antenna.

Using external antennas

7 To improve FM reception
Connect an external FM antenna.
PAL
connector
FM UNBAL
75‰
FM
ANTENNA
AM LOOP
ANTENNA
18
En
FM wire antenna
AUDIO
PCM/
R
2/
DTS/
MPEG
2 RF IN
IN 1 IN 2 IN 3 IN 4 IN 5
(AC-3)
DIGITAL
PRE OUT
SURR-
OUND
R L
MULTI CH IN
FRONT
OUT 1 OUT 2
L
R L
FRONT
CENTER R
FM UNBAL
SUB
75‰
WOOFER
PLAY
L
FM
TAPE2
ANTENNA
SURR-
MONITOR
OUND
REC R
CD
IN
CENTER
L
R
AUDIO
AM LOOP
ANTENNA SUB
WOOFER
R
2 Twist exposed wire strands
75 coaxial
cable
ground
VIDEO COMPONENT VIDEO
VIDEO S VIDEO
DVD/LD TV/SAT
L
IN IN
DVD /
LD IN
Y
IN
TV /
SAT IN P
B
IN
P
IN IN R
VCR1 /
DVR
MONITOR
OUT
Y
OUT OUT
P
IN IN B
VCR2
P
R
OUT OUT
MONITOR
MULTI CH IN
PLAY
OUT 1
SURROUND
MD /
BACK
R
TAPE1/ L
CD-R
IN
REC
OUT
MONITOR
PHONO
OUT 2
IN CONTROL
R L (Single)
SURROUND
L
BACK
PRE OUT
together and insert.
m
1 0 m
7 To improve AM reception
Connect a 5–6 meter length of vinyl-coated wire to the AM
antenna terminal in addition to the supplied AM loop antenna.
For the best possible reception, suspend horizontally outdoors.
FM UNBAL
75‰
FM
ANTENNA
AM LOOP
ground
ANTENNA
3 Attach to a wall, etc. (if
desired) and face toward the
direction providing the best
reception.
Outdoor antenna
5–6 m
Indoor antenna
(Vinyl-coated
wire)