Second zone speaker b setup, Switching the speaker system, Other connections 08 – Pioneer VSX-AX4AVi-G User Manual

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If you’re connecting for the first time, wait for the

USB driver installation to finish.

The installation may take a minute or two to complete.
Make sure you leave the USB cable connected until the
dialog box indicates that the USB setup is finished. Note
that some older operating systems may require a disc for

installation.

1

4

Use the INPUT SELECT button to select USB.

You can also use the

INPUT SELECTOR

dial on the front

panel.

5

Make any necessary settings required to select the

USB interface as your computer audio output.

You will need to make sure the correct speaker setting is
selected with the audio software you’re using. Please
refer to the manual that came with the software to make
these settings.

6

Turn up the volume control on your computer and

this receiver.

You may want to start with a fairly low volume on this
receiver and turn it up as necessary after you’ve checked
your levels.

7

Start playback of a source on your computer.

Caution

• Make sure you don’t switch off the computer or

unplug the USB cable during playback.

• To prevent noise being output, don’t use other

software on your computer during playback.

• Pioneer is not responsible for computer system

damage, software crashes or failures, or any other
possible computer problems due to this
configuration.

Microsoft

®

, Windows

®

XP, Windows

®

2000, Windows

®

Millennium Edition, Windows

®

98, and Windows

NT

®

are

either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft
Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

Second Zone speaker B setup

Caution

Before making or changing the connections

, switch off

the power and disconnect the power cord from the
power outlet. Plugging in components should be the
last connection you make with your system.

• Be careful not to allow any contact between speaker

wires from different terminals.

• You can use speakers with a nominal impedance

between 6–16

(please see

Switching the speaker

impedance

on page 65 if you plan to use speakers

with an impedance of less than 8

).

After selecting

2nd Zone

in

Surround back speaker

setting

on page 35, you can use the speakers connected

to the (surround back) B speaker terminals on the rear
panel to listen to stereo playback in another room. See

Switching the speaker system

below for the listening

options with this setup.

1

Connect a pair of speakers to the surround back

speaker terminals on the rear panel.

Connect them the same way you connected your
speakers in

Installing your speaker system

on page 17.

Make sure to review

Placing the speakers

on page 18

when placing the speakers in another room.

2

Select ‘2nd Zone’ from the ‘Surr Back System’ menu.

See

Surround back speaker setting

on page 35 to do this.

Switching the speaker system

If you selected

2nd Zone

in

Surround back speaker setting

on page 35, three speaker system settings are possible
using the

SPEAKERS

button. If you selected

Normal (SB)

or

Front Bi-Amp

, the button will simply switch your main

speaker system on or off. The options below are for the

2nd Zone

setting only.

2

Use the SPEAKERS button on the front panel to

select a speaker system setting.

As mentioned above, if you have selected

Normal (SB)

,

the button will simply switch your main speaker system
(A) on or off.

Press repeatedly to choose a speaker system option:

Note

1 If your PC doesn’t recognize the receiver, try disconnecting the USB cable and connecting it again. If it is still unrecognized, restart the computer.

2 • The subwoofer output depends on the settings you made in

Manual speaker setup

on page 42. However, if

SP

B

is selected above, no sound is heard

from the subwoofer (the LFE channel is not downmixed).

• Depending on the settings in

Surround back speaker setting

on page 35 output from the surround back pre-out terminals may change.

• All speaker systems (except

2nd Zone

connections) are switched off when headphones are connected.

SPEAKERS

(TUNE +)

ENTER

(TUNE –)

PHONES

AV
PARAMETER

SETUP

(ST –)

(ST +)

TUNER

EDIT

BAND

CONTROL

ON/OFF

VIDEO

SELECT

SIGNAL
SELECT

SBch

PROCESSING

STEREO

VIDEO/GAME 2 INPUT

DIGITAL IN

S-VIDEO

VIDEO

L

R

AUDIO

MULTI – ROOM &
SOURCE/REC SEL

MCACC

SETUP MIC

RETURN

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