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Connecting Your Equipment
Connecting Speakers (VSX-D810S/D850S)
A full complement of seven speakers is shown here but, naturally, everyone’s home setup 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 we recommend you use at least three speakers. To get the most out of the VSX-
D810S/D850S models hook up all seven speakers, including a surround back speaker, the latest advancement in
home theater. You can only hook up one speaker here as the surround back channel is mono on the VSX-D810S/
D850S models. This is actually 6.1 ch sound but we usually refer to it by its regular name, 7.1 ch sound. The two are
essentially the same thing both offering surround back sound. If you don’t hook up a surround back speaker you can
use that speaker terminal to hook up your subwoofer.
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.
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.
• Use speakers with a nominal impedance of 8 Ω to 16 Ω.
• If you select subwoofer (SB SUBWF) in the surround back speakers setting mode (see p.17) you can hook a
subwoofer up to the surround back speaker terminals. In this case the terminals will be used for this “passive
subwoofer” and no surround back sound will come from these terminals.
Be sure to complete all
other connections before
connecting this unit to
the AC power source.
Front Speakers (A)
Center Speaker
SURROUND Speakers
Powered subwoofer
LR
C
SR
SL
When using the speaker on your TV as the center
speaker (‘C’), connect the CENTER PREOUT jack on this
unit to the audio input jack on your TV. In this case, the
center speaker shown is unnecessary.
L
R
R
R
L
L
L
R
L
R
BACK
LR
VIDEO
AC OUTLET
VIDEO
COMPONENT
VIDEO
FRONT
CENTER
SURROUND
SURROUND
BACK
TO
MONTOR
TV
TO
MONTOR
TV OUT
VCR /
DVR
DIGITAL IN
TO MONITOR TV OUT
CENTER
SUB WOOFER
SURROUND
SURROUND BACK
CONTROL
IN
IN
IN
AUX
IN
CD
IN
(DVD)
(CD)
PCM/
2
/DTS
C
O
A
X
O
P
T
¥
O
P
T
ø
O
P
T
π
O
P
T
[
O
P
T
IN
IN
IN
OUT
OUT
CD - R
/ TAPE
/ MD
SUB
WOOFER
DIGITAL OUT
Y
Y
L
R
L
R
P
B
P
B
P
R
P
R
IN
TV /
SAT
TV /
SAT
DVD
/ LD
DVD/
LD
FRONT
O
U
T
R
E
C
P
L
A
Y
A
(DVD/LD) IN
1
(TV/SAT) IN
2
B
VCR /
DVR
S
IN
S
IN
S
IN
S
OUT
S
OUT
PREOUT
(TV)
(VCR)
(CD-R)
OUT
FM
UNBAL
75Ω
AM
LOOP
ANTENNA
DVD 7.1 CH
INPUT
DVD
7.1 CH
INPUT
PREOUT
FRONT FRONT
SURROUND
CENTER
PREOUT
ASSIGNABLE
S
P
E
A
K
E
R
S
INPUT
VSX-D810S/D850S
SURROUND BACK Speaker
SB
Subwoofer (passive)