Looking for advice on a DIY entertainment center

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This is my first post. I'm extremely uneducated in almost everything audio.
But that didn't stop me from building a speaker box / entertainment center. The pic below is VERY unfinished. Hopefully when everything works I'll be able to make a full post with build pics and set up.

I just wanted advice on how to hook up the 12 speakers to my receiver.
Each side will have 6,
a 12"
a 10"
a 7"
a 6"
and two 2"

I have the whole installation set in place how I thought it would be best for what I have...
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I have a Pioneer VSX-522 K receiver I got for crazy cheap. (it's actually still new in the box waiting)
http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PUSA/Home/AV-Receivers/Pioneer+Receivers/VSX-522-K
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and 2 Radio Shack 3 way crossovers 40-1299a
http://support.radioshack.com/support_audio/doc14/14371.htm
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The entertainment center has a top I've built and it will be covered in basic mesh fabric like most speakers.

My question is what order should I connect the speakers to the crossover??? (IF I should)

My original thought was to have the tweeters be one line, and the 6" be "tweeter #2"
the 7" and 10" would be my mids
and the 12" would be the sub

I got ALL of the speakers, and THEN, the crossovers for free. I'm 99% sure the 10" aren't build to be sub-woofers.
Could I use points A & B for my single 12" speaker? Would it receive too much power/electricity??
The receiver has a spot for the sub so should I run it directly to the Pioneer and reorganize the crossover???
If I hook up the 12" to the receiver, does that mean it wont pump out the bass to the crossover so I should just focus on the 4 mid/tweet channels anyway?
I'm not even sure if this crossover would/should be the one to use with these speakers and receiver. Like I said I'm a total noob.

The wood, speakers, all the way up to the receiver cost me $140. I'm just trying to make the best with what I got and hope someone would help me accomplish that. Any help is greatly appreciated!
 
What are you trying to achieve here?

Something that just makes sound, or something that actually sounds good?
 
Well hopefully sounds good.As good as it can be for what I've got.
 
Then i would have to say that i think this is a deadend.

To get a good result you have to calculate the cabinet for each driver, and also the crossovers, which my guess would be a separate crossoverpoint for each different driver, and also a separate chamber for each driver, isolated from the others.

That said, i am no speaker designer, but what you have started does not look promising to me.
 
I'm just trying to get the best sound I can get out of this set up.
Is there a basic guide to using crossovers?
I mean I dont think twisting up the 6 positive wires and the 6 negatives up and putting them on the receiver's surround channels would be the best way to do things.
I just need the most basic info at this point I guess.
 
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