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Connecting your equipment
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.
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 and 16 Ω (please see Switching the speaker impedance on page 72 if you plan
to use speakers with an impedance of less than 8 Ω).
HDMI
OUT
BD IN
IN
ASSIGN-
ABLE
VSX-1018AH
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.
Note
1 When using only one surround back speaker, connect it to the SURROUND BACK L (Single) terminals.
20
En
1
Although this is ideal, other configurations with fewer speakers—no subwoofer or
Front
left
S-
IN
IN
OUT
IN
OUT
VIDEO
COAXIAL
ASSIGNABLE
1
-
2
VIDEO
IN
1
(DVD)
RS-232C
IN
2
(CD)
DVD
TV SAT
DVR1
DVR2
AUDIO
IN
IN
OUT
IN
OUT
CON-
IN
TROL
OPTICAL
L
IN
1
OUT
(TV SAT)
R
IN
2
IR
(DVR1)
ZONE2
MULTI CH IN
SPEAKERS
SPEAKERS
IN
IN
3
A
A
(DVR2)
OUT
FRONT
CENTER SURROUND SURROUND BACK
OUT
1
L
ASSIGNABLE
12 V TRIGGER
1
-
3
2
(OUTPUT
DIGITAL
12 V
TOTAL
R
50 mA MAX)
SUBWOOFER
Surround
left
Surround
back left
Front
Center
MONITOR
COMPONENT VIDEO
MONITOR
ANTENNA
IN
OUT
OUT
OUT
IN
1
IN
2
IN
3
Y
P
FM UNBAL 75
B
ASSIGNABLE
P
R
ZONE 2
1
-
3
IN
OUT
IN
OUT
IN
FRONT
CENTER
(Single)
CD
CD-R
SUBWOOFER
SUBWOOFER
SURROUND SURROUND BACK
FRONT
FRONT
CENTER
CENTER
SURROUND
SURROUND
SURROUND BACK /
SURROUND BACK /
R
R
L
L
R
R
L
L
R
R
SELECTABLE
SELECTABLE
SEE INSTRUCTION MANUAL
SEE INSTRUCTION MANUAL
SELECTABLE
SELECTABLE
VOIR LE MODE D'EMPLOI
VOIR LE MODE D'EMPLOI
Surround
back right
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.
• 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.
Subwoofer
right
LINE LEVEL
AM LOOP
PRE OUT
B
B
L
L
(Single)
(Single)
Surround
right
INPUT
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