Connecting your equipment
03
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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 6–16
Ω
(please see
Switching the speaker impedance
on page 65 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 75Ω 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
SELECTABLE
FRONT
RL R LRL(Single)
CENTER SURROUND
SURROUND BACK /
(Single)
SUR-
ROUND
BACK
OUT
PHONO
IN
IN
IN
IN
ROOM2
(ZONE2)
IN
(DC OUT 12V TOTAL 50mA MAX)
12
IN
2
(CD)
IN1
IN2
OUT
Y
P
B
PR
Y
P
B
PR
Y
P
B
PR
Y
P
B
PR
DIGITAL
COMPONENT VIDEO
ASSIGNABLE
ASSIGNA-
BLE
1
–
2
ASSIGNABLE
OUT
IN
OUT
ANTENNA
AUDI O PRE OUT
MULTI-ROOM & SOURCE
IR
HDMI
R L
R
R
L
A
B
R L
L
R L
R L
R L
230-
240 V
120-127 V
110V
220V
220V
230-240V
110 V
120-127V
AC IN
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-AX4AVi
Front
left
Front
right
Center
Surround
left
Surround
right
Surround
back right
Surround
back left
LINE LEVEL
INPUT
Subwoofer
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