Single), 03 connecting your equipment, Selecting the speaker system – Pioneer VSX-1121-K User Manual
Page 15: Bi-amping your speakers, Bi-wiring your speakers, Front height setup, Front wide setup, Speaker b setup, Caution, 2 select ‘speaker b’ from the speaker system menu
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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
OUT
OUT
TV/SAT VIDEO
IN
CD
DVD
IN
SIRIUS
PRE OUT
SUBWOOFER
1
2
COMPONENT VIDEO
Y
P
B
P
R
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
1 6
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.