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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 23.
However, the 5.1ch + ZONE 2+3 and Multi-ZONE Music settings can be used separately according to the situa-
tion. Normally set this to 5.1ch + ZONE 2+3 and use this for multi-zone/multi-source playback, and when using
the system for home parties for example, set this to Multi-ZONE Music to associate all zones with the main zone.
! 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 99).
! 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 79.
[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 79.
[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 79.
[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
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