Pioneer A-A6MK2-K Black: Connecting up

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Connecting up 02

Chapter 2:

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Connecting up

Making cable connections

Connecting audio components

Make sure not to bend the cables over the top

The number and kind of connections depends

of this unit (as shown in the illustration). If this

on the kind of component you’re connecting.

happens, the magnetic field produced by the

Follow the steps below to connect a CD player,

transformers in this unit may cause a

tape recorder, turntable or other audio

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humming noise from the speakers.

component.

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Turntable

CONTROL

OUT

SIGNAL

GND

L

L

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R

R

REC

PLAY

OUT

IN

TAPE

TUNER

AUX

CD PHONO

Important

This amplifier

• Before making or changing any

connections, switch off the power and

disconnect the power cord from the AC

outlet.

L

12

R

OUT

IN

OUT

REC

PLAY

R

L

AUDIO IN/OUT

AUDIO OUT

D6

Tape deck, etc.

CD player, etc.

1 Connect the analog audio outputs of your

CD player (or other component) to the CD

inputs on this amplifier.

Use a stereo RCA phono cable as shown.

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• Connect any other components (such as

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an iPod

dock or a portable audio player) to

the AUX and TUNER inputs in the same

way.

2 Connect the analog outputs of your tape

deck (or other recorder) to the TAPE inputs

(IN) on this amplifier. Then connect the audio

inputs on the tape deck to the TAPE outputs

(OUT) on this amplifier.

This will allow you to make recordings from the

components connected to this amplifier. Use

stereo RCA phono cables as shown.

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Turntables only:

Connect the audio

• Connect the speakers to the speaker

outputs of your turntable to the PHONO

terminals as shown above.

inputs on this amplifier.

Connections for the left speaker are shown.

• If your turntable has a grounding wire,

Connect the right speaker in the same way. You

secure it to the ground terminal on this

can use either bare wire connections to do this

amplifier.

(see below).

• If your turntable has line-level outputs (i.e.,

it has a built-in phono pre-amp), connect it

Bare wire connections

to the AUX inputs instead.

Make sure that the speaker cable you’re going

to use is properly prepared with about 10 mm

of insulator stripped from each wire, and the

exposed wire strands twisted together (fig. A).

Connecting the speakers

To connect a terminal, unscrew the terminal a

Make sure you connect the speaker on the

few turns until there is enough space to insert

right to the right terminal and the speaker on

the exposed wire (fig. B). Once the wire is in

the left to the left terminal. Also make sure the

position, tighten the terminal until the wire is

positive and negative (+/–) terminals on the

firmly clamped (fig. C).

amplifier match those on the speakers. You

can use speakers with a nominal impedance

between 4 Ω to 16 Ω.

Be sure to complete all connections before

connecting this unit to the AC power source.

Important

• Please refer to the manual that came with

your speakers for details on how to connect

the other end of the speaker cables to your

speakers.

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Left speaker

CONTROL

OUT

SIGNAL

GND

AC IN

L

SPEAKER L

R

PHONO

fig. A fig. B fig. C

10 mm

1 iPod is a trademark of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.

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2 If the Pioneer component also has a

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Caution

CONTROL OUT

jack, you can continue the

chain in the same way for as many

• These speaker terminals carry

components as you have.

HAZARDOUS live voltage. To prevent the

risk of electric shock when connecting or

disconnecting the speaker cables,

disconnect the power cord before touching

Plugging in

any uninsulated parts.

Make sure to complete all connections before

• Make sure no exposed speaker wire is

connecting to an AC outlet.

touching the rear panel, this may cause the

• Connect the AC power cord to the AC IN

amplifier to turn off automatically.

inlet on the rear panel of the amplifier, then

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plug into an AC outlet.

Operating other Pioneer

components with this unit’s

sensor

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Many Pioneer components have SR CONTROL

jacks which can be used to link components

together so that you can use just the remote

sensor of one component. When you use a

remote control, the control signal is passed

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along the chain to the appropriate component.

• Note that if you use this feature, make sure

that you also have at least one set of analog

audio jacks connected to another

component for grounding purposes.

1 Connect the

CONTROL OUT

jack of this

amplifier to the

CONTROL IN

jack of another

Pioneer component.

Use a cable with a mono mini-plug on each

end for the connection.

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