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Bi-amping your speakers - does the support biamp

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03 Connecting your equipment Bi-amping your speakers Front right High Bi-amp compatible Low speaker Center Subwoofer Front left High Low Bi-amp compatible speaker HDMI BD IN IN 1 IN 2 IN 3 IN 4 OUT ASSIGNABLE 14 LAN (10/100) ADAPTER PORT (OUTPUT 5 V 100 mA MAX) COMPONENTVIDEO ASSIGNABLE Y PB PR IN 1 (DVD) IN 2 (DVR/BDR) ZONE2 OUT DVD TV/SAT VIDEO IN IN IN MONITOR OUT SIRIUS COAXIAL ASSIGNABLE OPTICAL ASSIGNABLE IN IN 1 IN 2 IN 1 IN 2 IN 3 (DVD) (CD) (TV/SAT) (DVR/BDR) (VIDEO) OUT VIDEO DVR/BDR OUT IN CD IN AUDIO CD-R/TAPE OUT IN FRONT CENTER SURROUND SURR BACK FH/FW (Single) PRE OUT L Y PB PR MONITOR OUT R AM LOOP RS-232C ANTENNA SUBWOOFER FM UNBAL 75 SPEAKERS A R FRONT L CENTER R SURROUND L B R SURROUND BACK L(Single) FRONT HEIGHT / FRONT WIDE/ R L Class 2 Wiring (OUTPUT 5 V 150 mA MAX) IN IN OUT OUT EXTENSION CONTROL IR AC IN Surround right Surround left Bi-amping is when you connect the high frequency driver and low frequency driver of your speakers to different amplifiers for better crossover performance. Your speakers must be bi-ampable to do this (having separate terminals for high and low) and the sound improvement will depend on the kind of speakers you're using. CAUTION • Most speakers with both High and Low terminals have two metal plates that connect the High to the Low terminals. These must be removed when you are bi-amping the speakers or you could severely damage the amplifier. See your speaker manual for more information. • If your speakers have a removable crossover network, make sure you do not remove it for bi-amping. Doing so may damage your speakers. Bi-wiring your speakers Your speakers can also be bi-wired if they support biamping. • With these connections, the Speaker System setting makes no difference. • To bi-wire a speaker, connect two speaker cords to the speaker terminal on the receiver. Using a banana plug for the second connection is recommended. CAUTION • Don't connect different speakers from the same terminal in this way. • When bi-wiring as well, heed the cautions for biamping shown at the left. 20 En

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Connecting your equipment
03
20
En
Bi-amping your speakers
Bi-am
p
ing is when you connect the high f
r
equency d
r
ive
r
and low f
r
equency d
r
ive
r
of you
r
s
p
eake
r
s to diffe
r
ent
am
p
lifie
r
s fo
r
bette
r
c
r
ossove
r
p
e
r
fo
r
mance. You
r
s
p
eake
r
s must be bi-am
p
able to do this (having se
p
a
r
ate
te
r
minals fo
r
high and low) and the sound im
pr
ovement
will de
p
end on the kind of s
p
eake
r
s you’
r
e using.
CAUTION
•
Most s
p
eake
r
s with both
High
and
Low
te
r
minals
have two metal
p
lates that connect the
High
to the
Low
te
r
minals. These must be
r
emoved when you a
r
e
bi-am
p
ing the s
p
eake
r
s o
r
you could seve
r
ely
damage the am
p
lifie
r
. See you
r
s
p
eake
r
manual fo
r
mo
r
e info
r
mation.
•
If you
r
s
p
eake
r
s have a
r
emovable c
r
ossove
r
netwo
r
k,
make su
r
e you do not
r
emove it fo
r
bi-am
p
ing. Doing
so may damage you
r
s
p
eake
r
s.
Bi-wiring your speakers
You
r
s
p
eake
r
s can also be bi-wi
r
ed if they su
pp
o
r
t bi-
am
p
ing.
•
With these connections, the
Speaker System
setting
makes no diffe
r
ence.
•
To bi-wire a speaker, connect two speaker cords to
the speaker terminal on the receiver.
Using a banana
p
lug fo
r
the second connection is
r
ecommended.
CAUTION
•
Don’t connect diffe
r
ent s
p
eake
r
s f
r
om the same
te
r
minal in this way.
•
When bi-wi
r
ing as well, heed the cautions fo
r
bi-
am
p
ing shown at the left.
RS-232C
HDMI
SPEAKERS
ASSIGNABLE
COAXIAL
COMPONENT VIDEO
ASSIGNABLE
OPTICAL
ASSIGNABLE
ASSIGNABLE
MONITOR
OUT
IN
Y
P
R
Y
CD-R/TAPE
ANTENNA
FM UNBAL 75
AM LOOP
AC IN
IN
CD
VIDEO
MONITOR
AUDIO
IN
OUT
OUT
ZONE2
OUT
DVD
IN
TV/SAT
IN
VIDEO
IN
DVR/BDR
OUT
IN
P
B
P
R
P
B
1
IN
BD
IN
1
IN
2
IN
3
OUT
A
B
R
L
R
L
R
L(Single)
SURROUND BACK
SURROUND
CENTER
FRONT
R
R
L
L
FRONT HEIGHT / FRONT WIDE/
1
4
(DVD)
IN
1
(DVD)
IN
1
(TV/SAT)
IN
2
(DVR/BDR)
IN
OUT
FRONT
CENTER
SURROUND
SURR BACK
(Single)
FH/FW
3
(VIDEO)
IN
2
(CD)
IN
2
(DVR/BDR)
CONTROL
EXTENSION
IN
IN
OUT
OUT
SUBWOOFER
IN
4
LAN
(10/100)
(OUTPUT 5 V
100 mA MAX)
ADAPTER PORT
PRE OUT
(OUTPUT
5 V
150 mA
MAX)
SIRIUS
IN
Class 2 Wiring
IR
High
Low
High
Low
F
r
ont left
Subwoofe
r
Cente
r
Su
rr
ound
r
ight
F
r
ont
r
ight
Su
rr
ound left
Bi-am
p
com
p
atible
s
p
eake
r
Bi-am
p
com
p
atible
s
p
eake
r