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Connecting your equipment
Bi-amping your speakers
Bi-amping is when you connect the high frequency driver and low frequency driver of your speakers
to different amplifiers for better crossover performance. Your speakers must be bi-ampable to do
this (having separate terminals for high and low) and the sound improvement will depend on the
kind of speakers you’re using.
RS-232C
ZONE 2
L
R
IN IN IN IN
DVR/BDR
OUTOUT
TV/SAT VIDEO
IN
CD
DVD
IN
SIRIUS
PRE OUT
SUBWOOFER
1 2
COMPONENT VIDEO
Y PB PR
ASSIGNABLE
MONITOR
OUT
(
DVD
)
IN
1
(
DVR/
BDR
)
IN
2
FRONT
CENTER
SURROUND SURR BACK
FH / FW
(
CD
)(
DVD
)
COAXIAL
ASSIGNABLE
IN
1
IN
2
(
DVR/BDR
)(
TV/SAT
)
OPTICAL
ASSIGNABLE
IN
1
IN
2
IN
3
OUT
(
VIDEO
)
(
OUTPUT 5
V
0.1 A MAX
)
ADAPTER PORT
EXTENSION
DC OUTPUT
for WIRELESS LAN
(
10/100
)
LAN
(
OUTPUT
5 V
0.6 A MAX
)
FRONT CENTER
SURROUND
SURROUND BACK
R L R L
R L
R L
(
Single
)
(
Single
)
SPEAKERS
FRONT HEIGHT / FRONT WIDE /
B
A
AC IN
FM UNBAL 75
AM LOOP
ANTENNA
(
OUTPUT 5 V
150 mA MAX
)
CONTROL IR
OUT
IN
OUT
IN
VIDEO
AUDIO
MONITOR
OUT
HDMI
BD IN
(VIDEO)
IN
1
IN
2
IN
4
IN
5
IN
6
(DVD)
(DVR/BDR)
ASSIGNABLE
16
OUT
High
Low
High
Low
Front right
Front left
Bi-amp compatible
speaker
Subwoofer 1 Subwoofer 2
Bi-amp compatible
speaker
Center
Surround right Surround left
CAUTION
! Most speakers with both High and Low terminals have two metal plates that connect the High
to the Low terminals. These must be removed when you are bi-amping the speakers or you could
severely damage the amplifier. See your speaker manual for more information.
! If your speakers have a removable crossover network, make sure you do not remove it for bi-amping.
Doing so may damage your speakers.
Bi-wiring your speakers
Your speakers can also be bi-wired if they sup-
port bi-amping.
! With these connections, the Speaker System
setting makes no difference.
CAUTION
! Don’t connect different speakers from the
same terminal in this way.
! When bi-wiring as well, heed the cautions for
bi-amping shown above.
% To bi-wire a speaker, connect two
speaker cords to the speaker terminal on
the receiver.
Using a banana plug for the second connection
is recommended.
Selecting the Speaker system
The front height terminals can be used for front
wide and Speaker B connections, in addition to
for the front height speakers. Also, the surround
back terminals can be used for bi-amping and
ZONE 2 connections, in addition to for the sur-
round back speakers. Make this setting accord-
ing to the application.
Front height setup
*Default setting
1 Connect a pair of speakers to the front
height speaker terminals.
See Standard surround connection on page 14 .
2 If necessary, select ‘Normal(SB/FH)’
from the Speaker System menu.
See Speaker system setting on page 66 to do
this.
Front wide setup
1 Connect a pair of speakers to the front
height speaker terminals.
See Standard surround connection on page 14 .
2 Select ‘Normal(SB/FW)’ from the
Speaker System menu.
See Speaker system setting on page 66 to do
this.
Speaker B setup
You can listen to stereo playback in another
room.
1 Connect a pair of speakers to the front
height speaker terminals.
See Standard surround connection on page 14 .
2 Select ‘Speaker B’ from the
Speaker System menu.
See Speaker system setting on page 66 to do
this.