Pioneer VSX-D709S, Operating Instructions Manual

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PREP
ARA
TION
Connecting Your Equipment
A full complement of six 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 receiver 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.
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
wall outlet.
The receiver 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.
For the VSX-D709S you can use speakers with a nominal impedance rated 6
Ω
-16
Ω
, see the
following page.
Speakers
Surround
speaker
(Right)
INPUT
Powered
subwoofer
Surround
speaker
(Left)
Front
speaker (A)
(Left)
Front
speaker (A)
(Right)
TV/monitor
Center
speaker
7
Speaker terminals
1
Twist exposed wire
strands together.
2
Loosen speaker terminal
and insert exposed wire.
3
Tighten
terminal.
The speaker terminals
also accept single banana
plugs.
(Refer to speaker manual
for details.)
3/8 in. (10mm)
memo