Pioneer VSX-920-K Owner's Manual - Page 19

Connecting the speakers, SURROUND BACK L - how to assign only optical audio

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Connecting your equipment 03 English Deutsch Français Italiano Nederlands Español Connecting the speakers The receiver will work with just two stereo speakers (the front speakers in the diagram) but using at least three speakers is recommended, and a complete setup is best for surround sound. Make sure you connect the speaker on the right to the right (R) terminal and the speaker on the left to the left (L) terminal. Also make sure the positive and negative (+/-) terminals on the receiver match those on the speakers. You can use the speakers connected to the front height (B speaker) terminals to listen to stereo playback in another room. See Switching the speaker terminal on page 20 for the listening options with this setup. You can use speakers with a normal impedance between 6 Ω and 16 Ω. The front height terminals can also be used for Speaker B. Front height setting Front height right Front height left Speaker B setting Speaker B - right Speaker B - left Front right Powered subwoofer LINE LEVEL INPUT Center Front left IN BD SPEAKERS A R FRONT L CENTER DVD TV/SAT CD-R/TAPE DVR/VCR L SUBWOOFER OUT PRE OUT R CD-R/TAPE DVR/VCR CD L ADAPTER PORT (OUTPUT 5 V 100 mA MAX) VIDEO DVR/VCR OUT IN TV/SAT IN Class 2 Wiring COAXIAL ASSIGNABLE DVR/VCR IN 1 (CD) OPTICAL IN 2 OUT IN 1 (CD-R/TAPE) HDMI ASSIGNABLE 12 IN R TV/SAT DVD L IN R AUDIO IN MONITOR OUT DVD IN BD IN ANTENNA PR PB Y MONITOR OUT BD FM UNBAL 75 SIRIUS IN IN IN 2 (DVD) AM LOOP COMPONENT VIDEO IN 1 (BD) ASSIGNABLE 12 FRONT HEIGHT / SPEAKERS B R L SURROUND R L SURROUND BACK R L(Single) When using only one surround back speaker, connect it to the SURROUND BACK L (Single) terminals. Surround right Surround back right Surround back left Surround left Be sure to complete all connections before connecting this unit to the AC power source. 19 En

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Connecting your equipment
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Nederlands
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Español
Connecting the speakers
The receiver will work with just two stereo
speakers (the front speakers in the diagram)
but using at least three speakers is
recommended, and a complete setup is best
for surround sound.
Make sure you connect the speaker on the
right to the right (
R
) terminal and the speaker
on the left to the left (
L
) terminal. Also make
sure the positive and negative (
+
/
) terminals
on the receiver match those on the speakers.
You can use the speakers connected to the
front height (B speaker) terminals to listen to
stereo playback in another room. See
Switching the s
p
eaker terminal
on page 20 for
the listening options with this setup.
You can use speakers with a normal
impedance between 6
Ω
and 16
Ω
.
Be sure to com
p
lete all connections before connecting this unit to the AC
p
ower source.
IN
BD
R
L
IN
R
L
OUT
R
L
IN
IN
IN
CD
TV/SAT
DVD
BD
MONITOR OUT
P
R
P
B
Y
R
L
Class 2 Wiring
DVD IN
BD IN
OUT
MONITOR
COMPONENT VIDEO
ANTENNA
TV/SAT
IN
DVR/VCR
OUT
IN
FRONT
CENTER
R
L
SURROUND
SURROUND
BACK
R
L
R
L(
Single
)
CD-R/TAPE
CD-R/TAPE
DVR/VCR
DVR/VCR
DVD
TV/SAT
COAXIAL
OPTICAL
(CD)
IN
ASSIGNABLE
ASSIGNABLE
OUT
HDMI
DVR/VCR
1
(CD-R/TAPE)
IN
AUDIO
SIRIUS
IN
FM
UNBAL
75
AM
LOOP
ADAPTER PORT
VIDEO
(OUTPUT 5 V
100 mA MAX)
1
(BD)
IN
1
(DVD)
IN
2
1
2
ASSIGNABLE
SPEAKERS
FRONT HEIGHT /
1
B
SPEAKERS
A
2
IN
2
SUBWOOFER
PRE OUT
LINE LEVEL
INPUT
Powered subwoofer
The front height
terminals can also be
used for Speaker B.
Speaker B - left
Speaker B - right
Speaker B setting
Front height left
Front height setting
Front height right
Front left
Center
Surround right
Surround back left
Surround back right
Front right
Surround left
When using only one surround back speaker,
connect it to the
SURROUND BACK L
(Single) terminals.