Onkyo PR-SC5530

Advanced Speaker Connection
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Advanced Speaker Connection
Bi-Amping
It is possible to connect speakers supporting bi-amping to
improve quality of the bass and treble. Up to 9.2 ch will be
played in bi-amping.
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Bi-amping with PRE OUT RCA jacks
1.
Connect as below using the FRONT jacks and HEIGHT
1 jacks.
Tweeter (treble)
Woofer (bass)
2.
Turn the unit on and make the bi-amping setting.
1
After pressing RECEIVER, press HOME on the
remote controller.
2
Select "Setup" with the cursors and press ENTER.
3
With the cursors, select "2. Speaker Setup" -
"Speaker Settings" - "Front Speakers Type".
4
With the cursors, select "Bi-Amp".
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Before bi-amping, be sure to remove the short-
circuit connector that connects the tweeter (treble)
jack and the woofer (bass) jack.
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Use speakers supporting bi-amping only. For
details, refer to the speakers' instruction manual.
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Bi-amping with PRE OUT XLR jacks
1.
Connect as below using the FRONT jacks and HEIGHT
1 (Bi-AMP) jacks.
Tweeter (treble)
Woofer (bass)
Connecting Dipole Speakers
It is possible to use dipole speakers instead of surround
speakers and surround back speakers. A dipole speaker
is bidirectional speaker outputting the same sound in two
directions, for example forward and backward.
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TV
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Connections
An arrow for matching the phases (
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) is marked on a
dipole speaker. Place the surround speakers (a) so that
their arrows ( ) point to the TV and the surround back
speakers (b) so that their arrows ( ) point to each other.
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Phase: A waveform position in one cycle (0 to 360 degree) of sine
wave. If the phases do not match due to mistake in speaker distance,
installation angle or positive (+)/negative (–) of wiring, sound image and
sound field may be unclear or hard of listening.