19
PREP
ARA
TION
Connecting Your Equipment
Speakers
A full complement of eight speakers is shown here but, naturally, everyone's home set up will vary.
Simply connect the speakers you have in the manner described below. The VSX-39TX will work with just
two stereo speakers (called "front" speakers in the diagram) but the receiver is designed to be used with
at least three speakers.
One of the latest features of home theater is the use of SURROUND BACK speakers. These speakers
add even great realism in movie sound effects and new discs with soundtracks in Dolby Digital or DTS
incorporates these channels. In order to be able to use these channels you must hook your SURROUND
BACK speakers up to an external amplifier and then connect that to the VSX-39TX, as shown in the
diagram below. If you only have one SURROUND BACK speaker hook it up to the SURROUND BACK L
(SINGLE) terminal on the back of the receiver.
In general, make sure you connect the speaker on the right to the right terminal and the speaker on the
left to the left terminal. Also make sure the positive and negative (+/–) terminals on the receiver match
those on the speakers.
Before making or changing the connections, switch off the power and disconnect the power cord from
the AC outlet.
The VSX-39TX has two speaker systems, A & B. A is the main system supporting the full
complement of surround sound speakers. If you switch on both A & B speaker systems, only
front speakers and the subwoofer will be audible. No sound will come from the center or
surround speakers but multi channel sources will be down-mixed to the active speakers so no
sound will be lost. Similarly, if you choose just the B system you‘ll only hear the front
speakers connected to the B system and multi channel sources will be down-mixed to these
two speakers.
Please use speakers with a nominal impedance rated 6
Ω
-16
Ω
.
CD
IN
SURR-
OUND
SUB
WOOFER
SUB
WOOFER
CENTER
FRONT
MULTI CH IN
SURR-
OUND
R
L
R
R
R
R
L(SING
L
L
R
L
FRONT
PRE OUT
CENTER
DVD /
LD
IN
S2 VIDEO
VIDEO
VIDEO
AUDIO
IN
TV /
SAT
IN
IN
OUT
IN
VCR1 /
DVR
OUT
IN
OUT
IN
VCR2
OUT
IN
MD /
TAPE1/
MD
PLAY
REC
TAPE2
MONITOR
PLAY
REC
PCM/
2
/
DTS
DIGITAL
IN
5
IN
4
IN
3
2
RF IN
(LD)
IN
2
IN
1
IN
PHONO
FM UNBAL
75‰
FM
ANTENNA
AM LOOP
ANTENNA
MULTI-
ROOM
&
SOURCE
OUT
AUDIO
OUT
OUT
2
1
MONITOR
OUT
MONITOR
OUT
CONTROL
MULTI-ROOM
&
SOURCE
IN
OUT
REMOTE
IN
SPEAKERS
COMPONENT VIDEO
DVD/LD
IN
TV/SAT
IN
Y
ONITOR
OUT
Y
MULTI CH IN
SURROUND
BACK
SURROUND
BACK
PRE OUT
A
FRONT
CENTER
SURROUND
FRONT
B
SWITCHED
TOTAL 100W(0.8A)MAX
UNSWITCHED
100W(0.8A)MAX
AC120V 60Hz
AC OUTLETS
Surround back
speaker (Right)
Surround back
speaker (Left)
INPUT
Powered
subwoofer
Front
speaker (A)
(Left)
Front
speaker (A)
(Right)
TV/monitor
Center
speaker
Additional Amplifier (See p.21)
Surround
speaker
(Right)
Surround
speaker
(Left)
memo
