Bi-amping your front speakers, Bi-wiring your speakers, Other connections 12 – Technicolor - Thomson XRB3059-A User Manual

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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 36

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.

Bi-wiring your speakers

The reasons for bi-wiring are basically the
same as bi-amping, but additionally,
interference effects within the wire could be
reduced, producing better sound. Again, to do
this your speakers must be bi-wireable (that is
they must have separate terminals for the high
and low frequencies). When bi-wiring, make
sure you’ve selected

Normal (SB)

or

Second

Zone

in

Surround back speaker setting

on

page 36.

To bi-wire a speaker, connect two speaker

cords to the speaker terminal on the receiver.

FRONT

R

L

CENTER

SURROUND

S
P
E
A
K
E
R
S

R

L

SURROUND BACK

A

B

L

R

Hi

Lo

Front left

speaker

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