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• Use the SPEAKERS button on the front
panel to select a speaker system setting.
Press repeatedly to choose a speaker system
option:
•
SP
A
– Sound is output from the speakers
connected to the A speaker terminals
(multichannel playback is possible).
•
SP
B
– Sound is output from the two
speakers connected to speaker system B
(only stereo playback is possible).
•
SP
AB
– Sound is output from speaker
system A (up to 5 channels, depending on
the source), the two speakers in speaker
system B, and the subwoofer.
Multichannel sources (heard through
speaker system A) are downmixed for
stereo output from speaker system B.
Bi-amping your front speakers
Bi-amping is when you connect the high
frequency driver and low frequency driver of
your speakers to different amplifiers (in this
case, to both front and surround back
terminals) 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.
1 Connect your speakers as shown below.
This illustration below shows the connections
for bi-amping your front left speaker. Hook up
your front right speaker in the same way.
Since both front and surround back speaker
terminals output the same audio, it doesn’t
matter which set (front or surround back) is
powering which part (
Hi
or
Low
) of the
speaker.
• Make sure that the
+
/
–
connections are
properly inserted.
2 Select the
’Front Bi-Amp’
setting from
the ‘
Surr Back System’
menu.
See
Surround back speaker setting
on page 38
to specify how you’re using the surround back
speaker terminals.
Caution
• Most speakers with both
Hi
and
Low
terminals have two metal plates that
connect the
Hi
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.
TUNING/
STATION
SETUP RETURN
TUNER
EDIT
SIGNAL
SELECT
SPEAKERS
MIDNIGHT/
LOUDNESS
SB ch
PROCESSING
SOUND
RETRIEVER
TONE
MULTI JOG
FRONT
R L
CENTERSURROUND
S
P
E
A
K
E
R
S
R
L
SURROUND BACK
A B
LR
Hi
Lo
Front left
speaker
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