PREPARATIONS ➤ Connecting speakers En 25
■ Available speaker configurations
(RX-A3020)
(RX-A2020)
• When applying one of these configurations, you need to configure the “Power Amp Assign” setting (p.114)
in the “Setup” menu.
• When applying a multi-zone configuration, you can select a zone (Zone2 or Zone3) to be assigned to the
EXTRA SP 1–2 jacks in “Power Amp Assign” (p.114) in the “Setup” menu. By default, Zone2 is assigned to
the EXTRA SP 1 jacks and Zone3 is assigned to the EXTRA SP 2 jacks. The following explanation is based
on the assumption that you have not changed the default zone assignments.
Speaker configuration
Main zone
Multi-zone Power Amp Assign (p.114) Page
Output channel
(max)
Bi-amp
External power
amplifier (required)
Using a bi-amp connection in the main zone 7 c 7ch BI-AMP 26
Using a bi-amp connection in the main zone and power-amp channel
expansion (for presence channels)
9 c Front presence 7ch BI-AMP +FP 26
11 c
Front presence
Rear presence
7ch BI-AMP +FP+RP 27
Using power-amp channel expansion (for front and/or presence
channels)
11 Rear Presence 9ch +RP 27
11 Front 9ch +FRONT 28
11
Front presence
Rear presence
7ch +FP+RP 28
Using power-amp channel expansion (for front channels) and
multi-zone speakers
9 Front +1 room 7ch +FRONT+1ZONE 29
7 Front +2 rooms 5ch +FRONT+2ZONE 29
Using multi-zone speakers
7 +1 room 7ch +1ZONE 30
9 +1 room 9ch +1ZONE 30
7 +2 rooms 7ch +2ZONE 31
Speaker configuration
Main zone
Multi-zone Power Amp Assign (p.114) Page
Output channel
(max)
Bi-amp
External power
amplifier (required)
Using a bi-amp connection in the main zone 7 c 7ch BI-AMP 26
Using power-amp channel expansion (for front channels) and
multi-zone speakers
9 Front +1 room 7ch +FRONT+1ZONE 29
7 Front +2 rooms 5ch +FRONT+2ZONE 29
Using multi-zone speakers
7 +1 room 7ch +1ZONE 30
9 +1 room 9ch +1ZONE 30
7 +2 rooms 7ch +2ZONE 31
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