Pioneer VSX-43TX User Manual

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2 Speaker Connections

Home theater is designed to be setup with five, or seven speakers (front left & right; center; surround left &
right; and, optimally, surround back left & right) and a subwoofer, but you can use this receiver with fewer
speakers. Hook up the speakers you have to the A speaker terminals on the back of the receiver. If you only
have two speakers hook them up as FRONT. If you have three hook up the single speaker as CENTER. Follow
the diagram below in order to hook up all your speakers. A center speaker is very important for watching films
because in digital soundtracks the dialog comes from the center speaker. If you do not have a center speaker
you must tell the receiver the center channel is off or when you listen to digital soundtracks you won't hear any
dialog. This can be easily accomplished by following the steps in the Surround Sound QUICK setup instructions
from page 13 of the Easy Setup Guide.
If possible, use surround back speakers. These speakers are important to take full advantage of all the sound
channels on new, eight channel home theater DVDs. The diagram below also explains how to hook up a
subwoofer which provides realistic bass sounds. For the subwoofer use a mono (single plug) RCA cord and for
the other speakers use regular speaker cords. See pages 91–92 for advice on speaker placement.
Make sure you connect the speaker on the right to the R terminal and the speaker on the left to the L terminal.
Also make sure the positive and negative (+/–) terminals on the receiver match those on the speakers.

7 Speaker terminals

1 Twist exposed wire

strands together
tightly.

2 Loosen speaker terminal

and insert exposed wire.

The speaker terminals also

accept single banana plugs.

(Refer to speaker manual for

details.)

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• We recommend speakers with a nominal impedance rated 8 

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• If you only have one surround back speaker hook it up to the left surround back terminal.
• If you use a THX certified subwoofer use the THX INPUT jack on the subwoofer (if your subwoofer

has one) or switch the filter position to THX on your subwoofer.

• When you attached your speaker wire to the speaker terminal make sure that not even one strand

of wire touches the back of the receiver. If this happens it could short out the receiver.

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