Connecting the speakers, Connect the surround back or front height speakers, Connecting your equipment – Pioneer VSX-521 User Manual
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Connecting your equipment
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Connecting the speakers
The receiver will work with just two stereo speakers (the front speakers in the diagram) but
using at least three speakers is recommended, and a complete setup is best for surround
sound.
Make sure you connect the speaker on the right to the right (
R) terminal and the speaker on
the left to the left (
L) terminal. Also make sure the positive and negative (+/–) terminals on the
receiver match those on the speakers.
Be sure to complete all connections before connecting this unit to the AC power source.
Bare wire connections
CAUTION
• These speaker terminals carry
HAZARDOUS LIVE voltage. To prevent the risk of electric
shock when connecting or disconnecting the speaker cables, disconnect the power cord
before touching any uninsulated parts.
• Make sure that all the bare speaker wire is twisted together and inserted fully into the
speaker terminal. If any of the bare speaker wire touches the back panel it may cause the
power to cut off as a safety measure.
Connect the surround back or front height speakers
Connect the
PRE OUT SURR BACK/FRONT HEIGHT outputs of the unit and additional
amplifier to add a surround back or front height speaker.
• The Pre Out setting must be set if the above connections are performed. Select
SURR.BACK if the surround back speaker is connected and HEIGHT if the front height
speaker is connected (If neither the surround back speaker nor the front height speaker is
connected, either setting will suffice) (see The Pre Out Setting on page 34).
• You can use the additional amplifier on the surround back channel pre-outs for a single
speaker as well. In this case plug the amplifier into the left (
L (Single)) terminal only.
Front speaker terminals:
1
Twist exposed wire strands together.
2
Loosen terminal and insert exposed wire.
3
Tighten terminal.
Center and surround speaker terminals:
1
Twist exposed wire strands together.
2
Push open the tabs and insert exposed
wire.
3
Release the tabs.
1
2
3
10 mm
1
2
3
10 mm
HDMI
VIDEO
COMPONENT VIDEO
DVR/
BDR
L
R
R
L
Y
P
B
P
R
COAXIAL
AUDIO
PRE OUT
SPEAKERS
ANTENNA
OPTICAL
ASSIGNABLE
ASSIGNABLE
ASSIGNABLE
OUT
A
DVR/BDR
OUT
CD-R/TAPE
SURR BACK/
FRONT HEIGHT
L
R
PRE OUT
(Single)
IN
(
CD
)
1
SUBWOOFER
IN
IN
CD
MONITOR
OUT
TV/SAT
IN
BD
IN
OUT
IN
DVD IN
IN
TV/SAT
BD
IN
DVD
(
DVD
)
IN
1
MONITOR
OUT
(
DVR/
BDR
)
IN
2
DVR/BDR IN
DVD IN
BD IN
VIDEO IN
(
TV/SAT
)
IN
1
(
CD-R/TAPE
)
IN
2
FM
UNBAL
75
(
OUTPUT 5 V
0.1 A MAX
)
ADAPTER PORT
AM LOOP
FRONT
R
L
CENTER
SURROUND
R
L
LINE LEVEL
INPUT
ANALOG
R
L
AUDIO IN
SPEAKER
R
SPEAKER
L
Center
Surround right
Front right
Surround back or front height
channel amplifier
Front left
Subwoofer
Surround left
Right
Left
Surround back or
front height speakers
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