Sony STR-ZA5000ES - Preparation 2. Connecting speakers; Speaker patterns and terminals to be connected

Monaural audio cable (not supplied)
Speaker cable (not supplied)
After you have made the Zone 2 speaker connection, set [Height1 SP Assign] to [Zone2] in the
[Speaker Setup] menu.
Note
After you have installed and connected your speakers, set the speaker pattern to [7.1] using
[Speaker Pattern] in the [Speaker Setup] menu.
[20] Preparation 2. Connecting speakers
Speaker patterns and terminals to be connected
When you connect speakers to the receiver, refer to the following table.
You can use the following table to confirm the speaker patterns supported by the receiver as
well as the speaker terminals to which the speakers of each speaker pattern are to be
connected.
When playing back DTS content, select a speaker pattern which supports DTS playback (*),
indicated with ♦ below. If you select other speaker patterns, the sound may not be output from
some speakers.
To set the speaker pattern, select [Setup] - [Speaker Setup] - [Speaker Pattern] from the home
menu.
The abbreviations and symbol used in the list are as follows.
FH: Front high speakers
TF: Top front speakers
TM: Top middle speakers
TR: Top rear speakers
RH: Rear high speakers
FD: Front Dolby Atmos enabled speakers
SRD: Surround Dolby Atmos enabled speakers
SBD: Surround back Dolby Atmos enabled speakers
△
: There are no speaker terminals that can be assigned and output is enabled from the
PRE OUT jacks only.
SB: SPEAKERS SURROUND BACK (FRONT B/BI-AMP/ZONE 2) terminals
H1: SPEAKERS HEIGHT 1 (ZONE 2) terminals
What the numbers in the speaker pattern indicate:
Number of speakers located at listener’s level
Number of subwoofers
Number of height or overhead (top) speakers
According to the latest specification information released by DTS, Inc. (as of February 2016)
*
Speaker
pattern
SPEAKERS terminals/PRE OUT jacks
Zone 2
connection
(*1)
Front B
speaker
connection
(*1)
Bi-
amplifier
connection
(*1)
FRONT
A
CENTER SURROUND
SURROUND
BACK
(FRONT
B/BI-
AMP/ZONE
2) (single)
SURROUND
BACK
(FRONT
B/BI-
AMP/ZONE
2) (L/R)
HEIGHT
1
(ZONE
2)
HEIGHT
2
SUBWOOFER
2.0 ♦ ○ - - - - - - - SB or H1 SB SB
2.0.2
(TM)
○ - - - - ○ (TM) - - SB SB SB
2.0.2
(FD)
○ - - - - ○ (FD) - - SB SB SB
2.1 ♦ ○ - - - - - - ○ SB or H1 SB SB
2.1.2
(TM)
○ - - - - ○ (TM) - ○ SB SB SB