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Getting Started
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Installing/Setting the Speakers
• The AVR-1610  is  compatible  with  various  types 
of surround playback.
• Decide  on  the  surround  modes  to  be  played on 
the  AVR-1610  before  making  connections  and 
settings.
Below we introduce examples of speaker layouts. Refer 
to  these  to  arrange  your  speakers  according  to  their 
type and how you want to use them.
Installing All the Speakers
Surround back speakers
Center 
speaker
Front 
speakers
Subwoofer
Front Height speakers
Surround 
speaker
Surround 
speaker
Monitor
Center speaker
Subwoofer
G
As seen from above
H
z1: 22 ~ 30˚
z2: 90˚
z3: 110˚
Surround back 
speaker
G
As seen from the side
H
Surround speakers
Surround 
speaker
Front 
speaker
2 to 3 feet /
60 to 90 cm
Point slightly  
downwards
Surround back 
speakers
Front speakers
When 7.1ch (Surround Back Speaker) Connectedn
z4: 30˚
z5: 45˚
Front speakers
G
As seen from above
H G
As seen from the side
H
Monitor
Center speaker
z1: 22 ~ 30˚
z2: 90˚
z3: 110˚
Subwoofer
Surround speakers
Surround back 
speaker
Front 
speaker
Surround 
speaker
Surround back 
speaker
Point slightly  
downwards
2 to 3 feet /
60 to 90 cm
Surround speakers
Front speakers
Monitor
Center speaker
Subwoofer
z1: 22 ~ 30˚
z2: 120˚
Front 
speaker
Surround 
speaker
2 to 3 feet /
60 to 90 cm
G
As seen from above
H G
As seen from the side
H
When 6.1ch Connectedn
When 5.1ch Connectedn
Front speakers
Subwoofer
Monitor
Surround speakers
Center speaker
Front height speakers
G
As seen from above
H
z1: 30˚
z2: 45˚
Surround  
speaker
Front height 
speaker
Point slightly  
downwards
2 to 3 feet /
60 to 90 cm
G
As seen from the side
H
Front speaker
When 7.1ch (Front Height Speaker) Connectedn
z3: 90˚
z4: 110˚
a Determine the Speaker Layout.
NOTE
• It  is  not  possible  to  use  the  front  height  speakers  and 
surround back speakers simultaneously.
• To play surround back speakers or front height speakers, 
connect a power amplifier to the AVR-1610’s SURR. BACK 
/ FRONT HEIGHT PRE OUT connectors (vpage 11).
Connections