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Connecting Your Speakers
—Continued
The FRONT L/R and SURR BACK L/R terminal posts
can be used with front speakers and surround back
speakers respectively, or bridged together to provide
almost double the output power for the front speakers.
• When bridging is used, the AV receiver is able to drive
2 speakers in the main room (2.1 speakers if you’re
using a powered subwoofer).
•For bridging, the positive (+) FRONT L/R and SURR
BACK L/R terminal posts are used, but the negative
(–) FRONT L/R and SURR BACK L/R terminals are
not.
• Once you’ve completed the bridging connections
shown below and turned on the AV receiver, you must
set the Speaker Type setting to BTL to enable bridging
(see page 47).
Notes:
• Use only front speakers with an impedance of 8
ohms or higher for bridging. Failure to do so may
seriously damage the AV receiver.
• When using bridging, make sure that your front speak-
ers can handle the additional power.
Bridged Speaker Hookup
Bridging the Front Speakers
1
Connect the AV receiver’s FRONT R positive (+)
terminal to the right speaker’s positive (+) ter-
minal. And connect the AV receiver’s SURR
BACK R positive (+) terminal to the right
speaker’s negative terminal.
2
Connect the AV receiver’s FRONT L positive (+)
terminal to the left speaker’s positive (+) terminal.
And connect the AV receiver’s SURR BACK L
positive (+) terminal to the left speaker’s negative
terminal.
FRONT L
(BTL)
FRONT R
(BTL)
V
S
MONITOR
OUT
ZONE 2
OUT
RS232
DIGITAL
COAXIAL
OPTICAL
REMOTE
CONTROL
IN 1
IN 1
IN 2
IN IN IN IN
PHONO
ZONE2 L
FRONT R FRONT LSURR R CENTER SURR L
SURR BACK R
CD TAPE AUX 1
GAME/TV
GAME/TV CBL/SAT
CBL/SAT
AUX 1 VCR/DVR
VCR/DVR DVD
DVD
GND
IN 2
IN 3
LL
V
S
RR
ASSIGNABLE
(DVD)
(CBL/SAT)
(VCR/DVR)
(GAME/TV)
(CD)
OUT
COMPONENT VIDEO
ASSIGNABLE
IN 3
Y
C
B
/P
B
C
R
/P
R
IN 2 IN
1(DVD)
MONITOR
OUT
OUT
IN IN
OUT
IN IN FRONT FRONTCENTER
SUBWOOFER SUBWOOFER
CENTERSURR SURR ZONE 2 ZONE 3
MULTI CH
PRE OUT PRE OUT
SURR BACK SURR BACK
L
R
AC INLET
Bi-AMP
SURR BACK L
Bi-AMP
ETHERNET
HDMI
IN 1IN 2IN 3IN 4
ASSIGNABLE
OUT
MAIN
OUT
SUB
ZONE2 R
AM
ANTENNA
FM75
AB
IR
12V TRIGGER OUT
IN
AB
OUT
C
FRONT L
(BTL)
FRONT R
FRONT R
(BTL)
SURR BACK R
Bi-AMP
FRONT L
SURR BACK L
Bi-AMP
Right speaker Left speaker