PREPARATIONS
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Connecting speakers
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Available speaker configurations
(RX-A3040)
(RX-A2040)
• When applying one of these configurations, you need to configure the “Power Amp Assign” setting (p.124)
in the “Setup” menu.
• When applying a multi-zone configuration, you can select a zone (Zone2 or Zone3) to be assigned to the
EXTRA SP 1–2 jacks in “Power Amp Assign” (p.124) in the “Setup” menu. By default, Zone2 is assigned to
the EXTRA SP 1 jacks and Zone3 is assigned to the EXTRA SP 2 jacks. The following explanation is based
on the assumption that you have not changed the default zone assignments.
Speaker configuration
Main zone
Multi-zone
Page
Output channel
(max)
Bi-amp
External power
amplifier (required)
Using a bi-amp connection in the main zone
7
7ch BI-AMP
Using a bi-amp connection in the main zone and multi-zone speakers
7
+1 room
7ch BI-AMP +1ZONE
Using a bi-amp connection in the main zone and power-amp channel
expansion (for presence channels)
11
Front presence
Rear presence
7ch BI-AMP +FP+RP
Using power-amp channel expansion (for front and/or presence
channels)
11
Rear Presence
9ch +RP
11
Front
9ch +FRONT
11
Front presence
Rear presence
7ch +FP+RP
Using power-amp channel expansion (for front channels) and
multi-zone speakers
9
Front
+1 room
7ch +FRONT+1ZONE
7
Front
+2 rooms
5ch +FRONT+2ZONE
Using multi-zone speakers
7
+1 room
7ch +1ZONE
9
+1 room
9ch +1ZONE
7
+2 rooms
7ch +2ZONE
Speaker configuration
Main zone
Multi-zone
Page
Output channel
(max)
Bi-amp
External power
amplifier (required)
Using a bi-amp connection in the main zone
7
7ch BI-AMP
Using a bi-amp connection in the main zone and multi-zone speakers
7
+1 room
7ch BI-AMP +1ZONE
Using power-amp channel expansion (for front channels) and
multi-zone speakers
9
Front
+1 room
7ch +FRONT+1ZONE
7
Front
+2 rooms
5ch +FRONT+2ZONE
Using multi-zone speakers
7
+1 room
7ch +1ZONE
9
+1 room
9ch +1ZONE
7
+2 rooms
7ch +2ZONE
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