Integra DTR-8.8 - Manual (Page 26)

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Connecting Your Speakers —Continued
The FRONT L/R and SURR BACK L/R terminal posts
can be used with front speakers and surround back
speakers respectively, or bridged together to provide
almost double the output power for the front speakers.
• When bridging is used, the AV receiver is able to drive
2 speakers in the main room (2.1 speakers if you’re
using a powered subwoofer).
• For bridging, the positive (+) FRONT L/R and SURR
BACK L/R terminal posts are used, but the negative
(–) FRONT L/R and SURR BACK L/R terminals are
not.
• Once you’ve completed the bridging connections
shown below and turned on the AV receiver, you must
set the Speaker Type setting to BTL to enable bridging
(see page 47).
Notes:
• Use only front speakers with an impedance of 8
ohms or higher for bridging. Failure to do so may
seriously damage the AV receiver.
• When using bridging, make sure that your front speak-
ers can handle the additional power.
Bridged Speaker Hookup
Bridging the Front Speakers
1 Connect the AV receiver’s FRONT R positive (+)
terminal to the right speaker’s positive (+) ter-
minal. And connect the AV receiver’s SURR
BACK R positive (+) terminal to the right
speaker’s negative terminal.
2 Connect the AV receiver’s FRONT L positive (+)
terminal to the left speaker’s positive (+) terminal.
And connect the AV receiver’s SURR BACK L
positive (+) terminal to the left speaker’s negative
terminal.
FRONT L (BTL) FRONT R (BTL)
V
S
MONITOR OUT
ZONE 2 OUT
RS232
DIGITAL
COAXIAL
OPTICAL
REMOTE
CONTROL
IN 1
IN 1
IN 2
IN IN IN IN
PHONO
ZONE2 L FRONT R FRONT L SURR R CENTER SURR L SURR BACK R
CD TAPE AUX 1 GAME/TV
GAME/TV CBL/SAT
CBL/SAT
AUX 1 VCR/DVR
VCR/DVR DVD
DVD
GND
IN 2
IN 3
L L
V
S
R R
ASSIGNABLE
(DVD)
(CBL/SAT)
(VCR/DVR)
(GAME/TV)
(CD)
OUT
COMPONENT VIDEO ASSIGNABLE
IN 3
Y
CB/PB
CR/PR
IN 2 IN 1(DVD) MONITOR OUT
OUT IN IN OUT IN IN FRONT FRONT CENTER
SUBWOOFER SUBWOOFER
CENTER SURR SURR ZONE 2 ZONE 3
MULTI CH PRE OUT PRE OUT
SURR BACK SURR BACK
L
R
AC INLET
Bi-AMP
SURR BACK L
Bi-AMP
ETHERNET
HDMI
IN 1 IN 2 IN 3 IN 4
ASSIGNABLE
OUT MAIN OUT SUB
ZONE2 R
AM
ANTENNA
FM75
A B
IR
12V TRIGGER OUT
IN
A B
OUT
C
FRONT L (BTL)
FRONT R
FRONT R (BTL)
SURR BACK R
Bi-AMP FRONT L SURR BACK L
Bi-AMP
Right speaker Left speaker