Pioneer VSX-D1011-S - Manual (Page 11)

EASY SETUP GUIDE
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Easy Setup 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 easily accomplished by following the steps in the Surround Sound QUICK setup instructions
from page 13 in this Easy Setup 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 94–95 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.
7 Speaker terminals
1 Twist exposed wire
strands together
tightly.
2 Loosen speaker terminal
and insert exposed wire.
10mm
• We recommend speakers with a nominal impedance rated 8 Ω-16 Ω, but you can change the
speaker impedance setting of the receiver (see page 25).
• 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.
memo
3 Tighten
terminal.
PCM/
2DIGITAL /
DTS/MPEG
OUT1
OUT2
IN
R L
·
ª
·
ª
R L R R L L
(TV/
SAT)
1
IN
(CD-R/
TAPE1)
2
IN 3
(DVD/
LD)
IN 4
(CD)
PLAY
PLAY
CD-R/
TAPE1 VCR1/
DVR
TV/
SAT
IN
DVD/
LD
IN
SUR-
ROUND
BACK
(Single)
FRONT
CENTER
SUR-
ROUND
SUB
WOOFER
PRE OUT
FRONT CENTER
SWITCHED 100W MAX
SURROUND
SURROUND BACK /
VCR2
CD
LINE DIGITAL
AUDIO AUDIO VIDEO
IN
IN
IN
OUT
IN
OUT
IN
OUT
IN
OUT
VIDEO S VIDEO
MD/
TAPE2
REC
REC
AC OUTLET
MULTI CH IN
SPEAKERS
OUT
IN
MONITOR OUT 1
CONTROL
75 Ω
ANTENNA AM LOOP
FM UNBAL
R L R L
L R
L R
L R
ASSIGNABLE
SUR-
ROUND
BACK
SUR-
ROUND
FRONT
SUB
WOOF-
ER
CEN-
TER
L R
L R
L R
Å ı
INPUT
Powered
subwoofer
Front
speaker
(Left)
Front
speaker
(Right)
TV/monitor
Center
speaker
Surround back
speaker (Right)
Surround back
speaker (Left)
Surround
speaker
(Left) Surround
speaker
(Right)