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Connecting a Powered Subwoofer, Bi-amping the Front Speakers, WOOFER PRE OUT, FRONT

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Connecting a Powered Subwoofer Using a suitable cable, connect the AV receiver's SUBWOOFER PRE OUT jack to an input on your powered subwoofer, as shown. If your subwoofer is unpowered and you're using an external amplifier, connect the SUBWOOFER PRE OUT jack to an input on the amp. Bi-amping the Front Speakers The FRONT L/R and SURR BACK OR FRONT HIGH L/R terminal posts can be used with front speakers and surround back speakers respectively, or biamped to provide separate tweeter and woofer feeds for a pair of front speakers that support bi-amping, providing improved bass and treble performance. • When bi-amping is used, the AV receiver is able to drive up to a 5.1 speaker system in the main room. • For bi-amping, the FRONT L/R terminal posts con- nect to the front speakers' woofer terminals; the SURR BACK OR FRONT HIGH L/R terminal posts connect to the front speakers' tweeter terminals. • Once you've completed the bi-amping connections shown below and turned on the AV receiver, you must set the "Speakers Type" setting to "Bi-AMP" to enable bi-amping (➔ 40). L NE PUT LINE INPUT Powered subwoofer Right speaker Left speaker Tweeter (high) Woofer (low) Important: • When making the bi-amping connections, be sure to remove the jumper bars that link the speakers' tweeter (high) and woofer (low) terminals. • Bi-amping can be used only with speakers that support bi-amping. Refer to your speaker manual. En 13

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Connecting a Powered Subwoofer
Using a suitable cable, connect the AV receiver’s
SUB-
WOOFER PRE OUT
jack to an input on your pow-
ered subwoofer, as shown. If your subwoofer is
unpowered and you’re using an external amplifier, con-
nect the
SUBWOOFER PRE OUT
jack to an input
on the amp.
Bi-amping the Front Speakers
The
FRONT
L/R
and
SURR BACK OR FRONT
HIGH
L/R
terminal posts can be used with front speak-
ers and surround back speakers respectively, or bi-
amped to provide separate tweeter and woofer feeds for
a pair of front speakers that support bi-amping, provid-
ing improved bass and treble performance.
• When bi-amping is used, the AV receiver is able to
drive up to a 5.1 speaker system in the main room.
• For bi-amping, the
FRONT
L/R
terminal posts con-
nect to the front speakers’ woofer terminals; the
SURR BACK OR FRONT HIGH
L/R
terminal
posts connect to the front speakers’ tweeter terminals.
• Once you’ve completed the bi-amping connections
shown below and turned on the AV receiver, you must
set the “
Speakers Type
” setting to “
Bi-AMP
” to
enable bi-amping (
➔
40
).
Important:
•
When making the bi-amping connections, be sure to remove the jumper bars that link the speakers’ tweeter (high) and woofer (low)
terminals.
•
Bi-amping can be used only with speakers that support bi-amping. Refer to your speaker manual.
L NE
PUT
LINE INPUT
Powered subwoofer
Woofer (low)
Right
speaker
Tweeter (high)
Left
speaker