Pioneer VSX-33TX Owner's Manual - Page 19

PREPARATION Connecting Your Equipment Speakers 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. memo 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-33TX you can use speakers with a nominal impedance rated 6Ω-16Ω, see the following page. Front speaker (A) (Left) Powered subwoofer INPUT TV/monitor Center speaker Front speaker (A) (Right) Surround speaker (Left) Surround speaker (Right) 7 Speaker terminals 1 Twist exposed wire strands together. 2 Loosen speaker terminal and insert exposed wire. 3 Tighten terminal. 3/8 in. (10mm) The speaker terminals also accept single banana plugs. (Refer to speaker manual for details.) 19