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Connecting your equipment, Installing your speaker system - receiver

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Connecting your equipment 03 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 6-16Ω (please see Switching the speaker impedance on page 66 if you plan to use speakers with an impedance of less than 8Ω). Subwoofer Front left Center Front right LINE LEVEL INPUT MULTI-ROOM &SOURCE /REC SEL OUT1 ROOM3(ZONE3) OUT2 MULTI-ROOM & SOURCE IN ROOM2(ZONE2) OUT FM UNBAL 75Ω MONITOR OUT S400 USB IR AUDIO 12 V TRIGGER IN (AUDIO) 1 2 IN1 IN1 (DC OUT 12V TOTAL 50mA MAX) (SAT) S400 ROOM2 MULTI-ROOM & SOURCE IN2 (DVR/ VCR 1) IN3 (DVR/ VCR 2) (ZONE2) HDMI IN1 IN1 Y MONITOR OUT IN2 OUT IN1(DVD/LD) Y IN2(TV) 1-2 ASSIGNABLE IN4 PB PB (CD-R) 1-4 IN2 ASSIGNA- BLE PR PR IN1 1-2 (DVD/ LD) IN2 IN3 Y Y IN2 OUT (CD) ANTENNA AUDIO PHONO AM LOOP PRE OUT R L FRONT MULTI-ROOM & SOURCE IN R ROOM2(ZONE2) L CD SUB W. CENTER OUT IN DVD/ LD IN TV IN SAT IN OUT CD-R/ TAPE IN R R L SURROUND SURROUND BACK (Single) L VIDEO1/ GAME1 IN FR FL iPod SUB W. CENTER SPEAKERS IN A R FRONT L OUT DVR/ VCR 1 IN SURROUND R L IN XM DIGITAL PB PB PR PR OUT DVR/ VCR 2 IN ASSIGNABLE 1-3 S -VIDEO VIDEO COMPONENT VIDEO VIDEO R L AUDIO R SURROUND L BACK RS-232C MULTI CH OUT IN IN CONTROL VSX-74TXVi CENTER R SURROUND L AC OUTLET SWITCHED 100W(0.8A)MAX SURROUND R BACK / L(Single) B SELECTABLE Surround left Surround right Surround back left Surround back right 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. 17 En

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Connecting your equipment
03
17
En
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 6–16
Ω
(please see
Switching the speaker impedance
on page 66 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.
S400
(AUDIO)
S400
MULTI-ROOM
&SOURCE
/REC SEL
OUT1
ROOM3(ZONE3)
OUT2
USB
AUDIO
IN
IN
1
(SAT)
IN
2
(DVR/
VCR 1)
IN
3
(DVR/
VCR 2)
IN
4
(CD-R)
1
–
2
1
–
3
1
–
4
IN
1
(DVD/
LD)
IN
2
IN
1
(DVD/LD)
IN
2
(TV)
IN
1
IN
1
IN
2
IN
3
IN
3
OUT
MULTI-ROOM
&
SOURCE
MULTI-ROOM & SOURCE
MONITOR
OUT
12 V
TRIGGER
ROOM2(ZONE2)
ROOM2(ZONE2)
FM UNBAL 75
Ω
AM LOOP
MONITOR
OUT
OUT
CD
CD-R/
TAPE
DVD/
LD
TV
SAT
VIDEO1/
GAME1
OUT
DVR/
VCR 1
DVR/
VCR 2
OUT
IN
IN
IN
VIDEO
VIDEO
AUDIO
S - VIDEO
IN
IN
IN
FR
FL
SUB W.
CENTER
MULTI CH
IN
SPEAKERS
RS-232C
SUR-
ROUND
SURROUND
BACK
CONTROL
iPod
SUB W.
FRONT
CENTER
SUR-
ROUND
SWITCHED 100W(0.8A)MAX
AC OUTLET
SELECTABLE
FRONT
R
L
R
L
R
L
(Single)
CENTER
SURROUND
SURROUND BACK /
(Single)
SUR-
ROUND
BACK
OUT
PHONO
IN
IN
IN
IN
ROOM2
(ZONE2)
IN
(DC OUT 12V TOTAL 50mA MAX)
1
2
IN
2
(CD)
IN
IN1
IN2
OUT
Y
P
B
P
R
Y
P
B
P
R
Y
P
B
P
R
Y
P
B
P
R
DIGITAL
COMPONENT
VIDEO
ASSIGNABLE
XM
ASSIGNA-
BLE
1
–
2
ASSIGNABLE
OUT
IN
OUT
ANTENNA
AUDIO
PRE OUT
MULTI-ROOM & SOURCE
IR
HDMI
R
L
R
R
L
A
B
R
L
L
R
L
R
L
R
L
VSX-74TXVi
Front
left
Front
right
Center
Surround
left
Surround
right
Surround
back right
Surround
back left
LINE LEVEL
INPUT
Subwoofer