Pioneer VSA-AX10 - Manual (Page 73)

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Using Other Functions
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Speaker System B Setup
Bi-amping the front speakers
For bi-amp playback you can connect both the A and B speaker terminals to your front speakers. To do this
your speakers must be bi-wireable (that is they must have separate terminals for the high and low
frequencies).
Bi-amping delivers more power to the front speakers, but disables the surround back speakers, so you will
be limited to 5.1 channel playback.
Bi-wiring your speakers
1 Connect your speakers as
shown.
Since both Front A and B speaker terminals
output the same audio, it doesn’t matter which
set (A or B) is powering which part (HI or LOW)
of the speaker.
2 Select FRONT BI-AMP(5.1). If you
need more information on how
to do this see page 42, step 3.
The surround back channel amplifier is now
used to power the B set of speaker terminals
and the A+B (SP
3AB) speaker setting is
automatically selected. The speaker setting in
this case can only be A+B or OFF.
Caution!
Do not allow any speaker wire from any
terminal to touch a wire from a different
terminal.
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.
To bi-wire a speaker, connect two speaker cords to each speaker terminal on
the amplifier. To do this your speakers must be bi-wireable (that is they must
have separate terminals for the high and low frequencies). The way to do this
is to connect both wires to one speaker terminal as in the illustration. Make
sure you use a parallel (not series) connection when doing so. Don't connect
different speakers from the same terminal in this way. For this type of connec-
tion select NORMAL SURROUND when setting up.
Stereo playback in another room
Connect a pair of speakers to the B speaker terminals to listen to stereo playback in another room (kitchen,
bedroom, etc.). Select NORMAL SURROUND and choose the speaker system setup that you want.
See the next page for more details on these speaker system settings.
Please use speakers with a nominal impedance rated 6
Ω-16Ω.
FRONT
CENTER
SUR-
ROUND
SUR-
ROUND
BACK
(Single)
L
·
·
ª
· ª
ª
R
L
R
L
R
L
Hi
Lo
R
Å
ı
FRONT Speaker
rear side
Watch that +/– connections
are properly inserted (they
are in opposite positions for
A and B speaker terminals).