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Connecting your equipment
Determining the speakers’ application
This unit is equipped with speaker terminals for 11 channels, allowing users to select a variety of speaker layouts/
usage patterns according to their tastes. The terminals to which the speakers should be connected differ accord-
ing to the speaker layout/usage pattern. Select one speaker layout/usage pattern before connecting the speakers.
For instructions on connections, see
Installing your speaker system
on
page 25
.
!
Be sure to connect speakers to the front left and right channels (
L
and
R
).
!
It is also possible to only connect one of the surround back speakers (
SB
) or neither.
!
If you have two subwoofers, the second subwoofer can be connected to the
SUBWOOFER 2
terminal.
Connecting two subwoofers increases the bass sound to achieve more powerful sound reproduction. In this
case, the same sound is output from the two subwoofers.
Important
!
The
Speaker System
setting must be made if you use any of the connections shown below other than [A] (see
Speaker system setting
on
page 98
).
!
The speakers from which sound is output can be switched according to the speaker layout/usage pattern
(sound is not necessarily output from all connected speakers). Use the
SPEAKERS
button to switch the speak-
ers from which sound is output. For details, see
Switching the speaker terminals
on
page 78
.
[A] 9.2 channel surround system (Front height/Front wide) connection
*Default setting
!
Speaker System
setting:
9.1ch FH/FW
FWR
FWL
SL
L
FHL
SW 2
SW 1
C
R
FHR
SR
SBL
SBR
A 9.2 ch surround system connects the left and right front speakers (
L
/
R
), the center speaker (
C
), the left and right
front height speakers (
FHL
/
FHR
), the left and right front wide speakers (
FWL
/
FWR
), the left and right surround
speakers (
SL
/
SR
), the left and right surround back speakers (
SBL
/
SBR
), and the subwoofers (
SW 1
/
SW 2
).
It is not possible to produce sound simultaneously from the front height speakers and the front wide speakers.
This surround system produces a more true-to-life sound from above.
The speakers from which sound is output can be switched using the
SPEAKERS
button. For details, see
Switching
the speaker terminals
on
page 78
.
[B] 7.2 channel surround system & Speaker B connection
!
Speaker System
setting:
7.1ch + Speaker B
FHL
FHR
SL
L
R
SR
SBL
SBR
L
R
Speaker B
C
SW 1
SW 2
With these connections you can simultaneously enjoy 7.2-channel surround sound in the main zone with stereo
playback of the same sound on the B speakers. The same connections also allow for 9.2-channel surround sound
in the main zone when not using the B speakers.
The speakers from which sound is output can be switched using the
SPEAKERS
button. For details, see
Switching
the speaker terminals
on
page 78
.
[C] 7.2 channel surround system & Front Bi-amping connection (High quality
surround)
!
Speaker System
setting:
7.1ch Front Bi-Amp
Bi-amping connection of the front speakers for high sound quality with 7.2-channel surround sound.
L
R
Front Bi-Amp
SW 1
SW 2
SL
SR
SBL
SBR
C
