Hey guys, I need your assistance please.

A while ago I purchased the Pioneer to replace my Denon 3808 in my home theatre, but for various reasons, I wasn't able to. Before I start this monumental feat, I need your help to understand the receivers manual regarding 7.1 speaker setups. I'm assuming that for a 7.1 setup, I connect the front speakers to the designated connectors, and attach the sides and rears to the surround and surround back connectors? This may seem like a silly question, but the manual is a lot more convoluted than Denon's. It shows height speakers being used in a simple 7.1 setup(which is actually more speakers than a 7.1 setup has).

Here's a link to the manual.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Cam

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