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Connecting your equipment
03
Bi-wiring your speakers
Your speakers can also be bi-wired if they support bi-amping.
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With these connections, the
Speaker System
setting makes no difference.
CAUTION
!
Don’t connect different speakers from the same terminal in this way.
!
When bi-wiring as well, heed the cautions for bi-amping shown above.
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To bi-wire a speaker, connect two speaker cords to the speaker terminal on the receiver.
Using a banana plug for the second connection is recommended.
Selecting the Speaker system
The front height terminals can be used for front wide and Speaker B connections, in addition to for the front
height speakers. Also, the surround back terminals can be used for bi-amping and ZONE 2 connections, in addi-
tion to for the surround back speakers. Make this setting according to the application.
Front height setup
*Default setting
1 Connect a pair of speakers to the front height speaker terminals.
See
Standard surround connection
on
page 23
.
2 If necessary, select ‘Normal(SB/FH)’ from the Speaker System menu.
See
Speaker system setting
on
page 93
to do this.
Front wide setup
1 Connect a pair of speakers to the front height speaker terminals.
See
Standard surround connection
on
page 23
.
2 Select ‘Normal(SB/FW)’ from the Speaker System menu.
See
Speaker system setting
on
page 93
to do this.
Speaker B setup
You can listen to stereo playback in another room.
1 Connect a pair of speakers to the front height speaker terminals.
See
Standard surround connection
on
page 23
.
2 Select ‘Speaker B’ from the Speaker System menu.
See
Speaker system setting
on
page 93
to do this.
Bi-Amping setup
Bi-amping connection of the front speakers for high sound quality with 5.1-channel surround sound.
1 Connect bi-amp compatible speakers to the front and surround back speaker terminals.
See
Bi-amping your speakers
on
page 23
.
2 Select ‘Front Bi-Amp’ from the Speaker System menu.
See
Speaker system setting
on
page 93
to do this.
ZONE 2 setup
With these connections you can simultaneously enjoy 5.1-channel surround sound in the main zone with stereo
playback on another component in ZONE 2.
1 Connect a pair of speakers to the surround back speaker terminals.
See
Standard surround connection
on
page 23
.
2 Select ‘ZONE 2’ from the Speaker System menu.
See
Speaker system setting
on
page 93
to do this.
HDZONE setup
With these connections you can simultaneously enjoy 5.1-channel surround sound in the main zone with stereo
playback on another component in HDZONE.
1 Connect a pair of speakers to the surround back speaker terminals.
See
Standard surround connection
on
page 23
.
2 Select ‘HDZONE’ from the Speaker System menu.
See
Speaker system setting
on
page 93
to do this.
About the audio connection
Transferable audio signals
Sound s
gna
pr
or
ty
HDMI
HD audio
Digital (Coaxial)
Conventional digital audio
RCA (Analog)
(
White
/
Red
)
Conventional analog audio
Digital (Optical)
Types of cables and terminals
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With an HDMI cable, video and audio signals can be transferred in high quality over a single cable.
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For HD audio, see
About HDMI
on
page 25
.
