Connecting your equipment
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Installing your speaker system
To take full advantage of the receiver’s surround sound capabilities connect front, center, surround and surround back
speakers, as well as a subwoofer. Although this is ideal, other configurations with fewer speakers—no subwoofer or
no center speaker, or even no surround speakers—will work. At the very least, front left and right speakers only are
necessary. Note that your main surround speakers should always be connected as a pair, but you can connect just
one surround back speaker if you like (it must be connected to the left surround back terminal). You can use speakers
with a nominal impedance between 6
Ω
to 16
Ω
(please see
Switching the speaker impedance
on page 73 if you plan to
use speakers with an impedance of less than 8
Ω
).
Connecting the speakers
Each speaker connection on the receiver comprises a
positive (+) and negative (–) terminal. Make sure to
match these up with the terminals on the speakers
themselves.
Caution
• 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.
AC IN
SWITCHED 100 W 0.4 A MAX
AC OUTLET
A
OUT1
ZONE3
OUT2
FM UNBAL 75
Ω
AM LOOP
MONI-
TOR
OUT
MONI-
TOR
OUT
OUT
CD
CD-R/
TAPE
MD
DVD/LD
BD
TV/SAT
VIDEO /
GAME 1
OUT
DVR/
VCR 1
DVR/
VCR 2
OUT
IN
IN
IN
IN
IN
IN
SUB W.
CENTER
FRONT
SPEAKERS
RS-232C
SUR-
ROUND
SURROUND BACK
CONTROL
SUB W.
FRONT
CENTER
SUR-
ROUND
FRONT
R
L
R
L
R
L
(Single)
CENTER
SURROUND
SURROUND BACK /
(Single)
SUR-
ROUND
BACK
OUT
PHONO
IN
IN
IN
IN
Y
P
B
P
R
Y
P
B
P
R
Y
P
B
P
R
Y
P
B
P
R
DIGITAL
COMPONENT VIDEO
OUT
IN
IN
OUT
ANTENNA
iPod
MULTI CH IN
MULTI-ZONE & SOURCE
PRE OUT
IN
1
IN
2
1
12 V TRIGGER
2
ZONE2
ZONE2
ZONE2
MAIN
(DC OUT 12V/
TOTAL 50 mA MAX)
OUT
(TV/SAT)
(BD)
(BD)
(VIDEO/GAME 1)
(DVD/
LD)
1
IN
2
(DVR/
VCR 1)
IN
3
(DVD/
LD)
IN
1
(CD)
IN
2
IN
2
IN
OUT
1
IN
1
IN
2
IN
3
IN
4
R
L
HDMI
MULTI-ZONE
& SOURCE
MULTI-ZONE
& SOURCE
/REC SEL
IR
IN
3
(CD-R)
IN
4
4
1
(DVD/LD)
(BD)
IN
1
IN
2
IN
1
IN
2
2
2
1
3
1
4
1
R
L
L
L
L
R
R
R
L
R
L
R
B
VIDEO
AUDIO
AUDIO
S-VIDEO
OPTICAL
COAXIAL
1
LAN (10/100)
ASSIGN-
ABLE
ASSIGNABLE
ASSIGNABLE
ASSIGN-
ABLE
SELECTABLE
VSX-LX70
Front
left
Front
right
Center
Surround
left
Surround
right
Surround
back right
Surround
back left
LINE LEVEL
INPUT
Subwoofer
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.
VSX_LX60LX70.book Page 19 Wednesday, June 6, 2007 3:13 PM
