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Other connections 10
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Chapter 10
Other connections
Using speaker system B
You can connect a pair of speakers to the B speaker
terminals on the rear panel to listen to stereo playback in
another room, or you can also use these terminals to
hear surround sound when playing DVD-Audio sources.
Once you’ve made these connections, you’ll have to
change the speaker setting in Speaker Systems on
page 58 to specify how you’re using speaker system B.
Switching the speaker system
This unit has three speaker system settings which allow
you to select the speaker system(s) you want to use.
What you will hear depends on the settings you made in
Speaker Systems on page 58. If you selected
Normal
Surround for speaker system A, and Second Zone for
speaker system B, sound is output according to the
explanations below.
• Use the SPEAKER A/B button on the remote
control receiver menu screen to select a speaker
system setting.
You can also use the
SP SYSTEM A/B button on the front
panel.
Press repeatedly to cycle through the speaker system
options:
• SP A – Sound is output from speaker system A and
the same signal is output from the pre-out terminals.
• SP B – Sound is output from the two speakers
connected to speaker system B. Multichannel
sources will be downmixed to these two speakers.
The same signal is output from the surround back
channel pre-out terminals.
• 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.
The sound from speaker system B will be the same as
the sound from speaker system A (multichannel
sources will be downmixed to 2 channels). The same
signal as speaker A is output from the pre-out
terminals, except for the surround back pre-outs,
which output the same signal as speaker B.
• SP (off) – No sound is output from the speakers. The
same sound is output from the pre-out terminals as
when selecting speaker system A (above).
Note
• The subwoofer output depends on the settings you
made in Speaker Systems on page 58. 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 Speaker Systems on
page 58 and Using the Stream Direct mode on
page 47, output from the surround back pre-out
terminals may change.
• All speaker systems are switched off when
headphones are connected.
Using speaker system B in another room
Connect a pair of speakers to the speaker B terminals on
the rear panel the same way you connected your
speakers in Connecting the speakers on page 26. Make
sure to review Placing the speakers on page 27 when
placing the speakers in another room.
We recommend using speakers with a nominal
impedance between 6–16Ω (please see Switching the
speaker impedance on page 78 if you plan to use speakers
with a lower impedance).
Alternating surround speaker setups using
speaker system B (ITU-R)
After you connect an alternate set of surround speakers,
you can use speaker system B to provide surround sound
when listening to sources like DVD-Audio discs. This will
give you a setup of 9 speakers where the front and center
speakers can be used with normal 7.1 surround (speaker
system A), or 5.1 surround with DVD-Audio sources
(speaker system B in ITU-R setting).
RECEIVER 3/4
SB CH
MODE
INPUT
STATUS
INPUT
ATT
SPEAKER
A/B
VIDEO
SELECT
TAPE2
MONITOR
DISPLAY
DIMMER
RECEIVER
TV
CONT
PHONES SP SYSTEM
A/B
SIGNAL
SELECT VIDEO
SELECT
TAPE2
MONITOR
STREAM
DIRECT
SETUP
MIC
SB CH
MODE
DIGITAL IN
S-VIDEO VIDEO
VIDEO INPUT
AUDIO L R
MIDNIGHT TONE OPTION DIGITAL NR CLASS STATION
MULTI ROOM & SOURCE
CONTROL ON/OFF
TUNER ACOUSTIC
CAL.