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AV Receiver,Pioneer VSX-522-K output

Jan 9, 2015 1:25AM PST

Does the Pioneer VSX-522-K 5.1 channel AV receiver have 5.1 channel line level output ????

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Have to write no.
Jan 9, 2015 1:33AM PST
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What does the user manual say?
Jan 9, 2015 3:54AM PST
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(NT) I downloaded the manual and the answer is simply no.
Jan 9, 2015 4:02AM PST
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That's why I ask what the OP had in mind.
Jan 9, 2015 10:45AM PST

I noticed there's a "pre-amp" out and a "composite out"...which may not be "line out" in the straightest sense but maybe could be use as such.

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The closest to line out was the head phone jack.
Jan 10, 2015 1:45AM PST

But it failed the 5.1 requirement.

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Subwoofer connections
Jan 9, 2015 10:28PM PST

speaker level inputs for Hi Level IN on subwoofer accepts a stereo speaker level full range signal from a receiver/power amp using 4 speaker wires... You don't have to use these 4 connections If the receiver/power amp has a Line Level full range signal output, you just use a phono jack Y adapter to make the 2 connections for the subwoofer Line In !!!
Now the dumb question is = Which of these do I use for the surround sound setup??

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I am puzzled.
Jan 10, 2015 1:26AM PST
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Something else puzzles me,
Jan 10, 2015 1:51AM PST

why the AVR have a "pre-amp" out...could that be for the SUB. but just didn't label it as such? Why don't you give that a try? In fact, this is a 5.1 AVR, right?

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Dunbfounded
Jan 10, 2015 11:21AM PST

Looks like to me that we all don't know what the answer or situation is..
Thanks any way
b-well 77

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Sorry we can't help, but...
Jan 10, 2015 4:12PM PST

I just took the trouble of reading the manual and it says the sub-woofer do connected to the "pre-out". Your post should have ask ...where/what is the "line level" connection on the sub-woofer. I'll be back with the answer after I find out.

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Ok, for surround setup,
Jan 10, 2015 4:39PM PST

use the phono jack.

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Try asking the questions again.
Jan 11, 2015 12:07AM PST

1. Does the Pioneer VSX-522-K 5.1 channel AV receiver have 5.1 channel line level output ?
No it does not. That's easy to see with the documentation at Pioneer.

2. I think you have a new question. But it's lost in this post somewhere.
Bob

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Maybe the OP is right.
Jan 11, 2015 12:26AM PST

I might still have got the situation correctly. We don't know anything about the sub-woofer either.