Pioneer VSX-921 - Manual (Page 11)

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03 Connecting your equipment
Determining the speakers’
application
This unit permits you to build various surround
systems, in accordance with the number of
speakers you have.
! Be sure to connect speakers to the front left
and right channels (L and R).
! It is also possible to only connect one of the
surround back speakers (SB) or neither.
Choose one from Plans [A] to [E] below.
Important
! The Speaker System setting must be made if
you use any of the connections shown below
other than [A] (see Speaker system setting on
page 62 ).
! Sound does not come through simultaneously
from the front height, front wide, speaker B
and surround back speakers. Output speakers
are different depending on the input signal or
listening mode.
[A] 7.1 channel surround system (Front
height)
*Default setting
! Speaker System setting: Normal(SB/FH)
SL
L
FHL
SW
C
R
FHR
SR
SBL
SBR
A 7.1 ch surround system connects the left and
right front speakers (L/R), the center speaker
(C), the left and right front height speakers
(FHL/FHR), the left and right surround speakers
(SL/SR), the left and right surround back speak-
ers (SBL/SBR), and the subwoofer (SW).
It is not possible to produce sound simultane-
ously from the front height or front wide speak-
ers and the surround back speakers.
This surround system produces a more true-to-
life sound from above.
[B] 7.1 channel surround system (Front
wide)
! Speaker System setting: Normal(SB/FW)
FWR
FWL
SL
L
SW
C
R
SR
SBL
SBR
This plan replaces the left and right front height
speakers shown in [A] with the left and right
front wide speakers (FWL/FWR).
It is not possible to produce sound simultane-
ously from the front height or front wide speak-
ers and the surround back speakers.
This surround system produces a true-to-life
sound over a wider area.
[C] 7.1 channel surround system & Speaker
B connection
! Speaker System setting: Speaker B
SL
L
SW
C
R
SR
SBL
SBR
L
R
Speaker B
With these connections you can simultaneously
enjoy 5.1-channel surround sound in the main
zone with stereo playback of the same sound
on the B speakers. The same connections also
allow for 7.1-channel surround sound in the
main zone when not using the B speakers.
[D] 5.1 channel surround system & Front
Bi-amping connection (High quality
surround)
! Speaker System setting: Front Bi-Amp
Bi-amping connection of the front speakers for
high sound quality with 5.1-channel surround
sound.
L
R
SL
SW
C
SR
Front Bi-Amp
[E] 5.1 channel surround system & ZONE 2
connection (Multi Zone)
! Speaker System setting: ZONE 2
With these connections you can simultaneously
enjoy 5.1-channel surround sound in the main
zone with stereo playback on another compo-
nent in ZONE 2. (The selection of input devices
is limited.)
L
L
R
R
SL
SW
C
SR
Main zone
Sub zone
ZONE 2
Other speaker connections
! Your favorite speaker connections can be
selected even if you have fewer than 5.1
speakers (except front left/right speakers).
! When not connecting a subwoofer, connect
speakers with low frequency reproduction
capabilities to the front channel. (The
subwoofer’s low frequency component
is played from the front speakers, so the
speakers could be damaged.)
! After connecting, be sure to conduct the
Full Auto MCACC (speaker environment
setting) procedure. See Automatically
conducting optimum sound tuning (Full Auto
MCACC) on page 23 .