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Connecting your equipment
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 20
.
2 If necessary, select ‘Normal(SB/FH)’ from the Speaker System menu.
See
Speaker system setting
on
page 84
to do this.
Front wide setup
1 Connect a pair of speakers to the front height speaker terminals.
See
Standard surround connection
on
page 20
.
2 Select ‘Normal(SB/FW)’ from the Speaker System menu.
See
Speaker system setting
on
page 84
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 20
.
2 Select ‘Speaker B’ from the Speaker System menu.
See
Speaker system setting
on
page 84
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 21
.
2 Select ‘Front Bi-Amp’ from the Speaker System menu.
See
Speaker system setting
on
page 84
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 20
.
2 Select ‘ZONE 2’ from the Speaker System menu.
See
Speaker system setting
on
page 84
to do this.
About the audio connection
Transferable audio signals
Sound signal priorit
y
HDMI
HD audio
Digital (Coaxial)
Conventional digital audio
RCA (Analog)
(
White
/
Red
)
Conventional analog audio
Digital (Optical)
Types of cables and terminals
!
With an HDMI cable, video and audio signals can be transferred in high quality over a single cable.