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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 56 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.
SPEAKERS
A
B
RL
RL
R
L
(
Single
)
(
Single
)
FRONT CENTER
SURROUND
SURROUND BACK /
SELECTABLE
SEE INSTRUCTION MANUAL
CD
IN IN IN IN IN INOUT OUT OUT
IN IN IN IN MONITOR
OUT
OUT OUT
CD-R/TAPE/MD DVD/LD
DVR/VCR1 DVR/VCR2
TV/SAT
CONTROL iPod
IN
AUDIO
ANTENNA
AM LOOP
Y
P
B
P
R
Y
P
B
P
R
Y
P
B
P
R
Y
P
B
P
R
DIGITAL
ASSIGNABLE
OPTICAL
COAXIAL
VIDEO
S-VIDEO
PRE OUT
COMPONENT VIDEO
OUT
HDMI
ASSIGNABLE
ASSIGNABLE
OUT
(
TV/SAT
)
(
DVD/LD
)
(
CD
)
(
DVR/
VCR1
)
IN
IN
OUT
1
IN
1
1
(
TV/SAT
)
IN
2
IN
2
IN
3
(
DVD/LD
)
IN
1
(
DVR/VCR2
)
IN
2
IN
2
IN
3
31
R
L
R
R R
R
R R
L L
L LL
L
OUT
IN
21
21
ASSIGNABLE
31
CENTER
CENTER
MULTI CH IN
FRONT
FRONT
SUR-
ROUND
SUR-
ROUND
SURROUND
BACK
SURROUND
BACK
SUB
WOOFER
SUB
WOOFER
VSX-1017AV
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-1017_HY.book Page 18 Tuesday, March 6, 2007 3:53 PM