Pioneer SC-05 Owner's Manual - Page 64

Other connections, Speaker B setup, Bi-amping your speakers - review

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09 Other connections • Depending on the DVD player you're using, the analog output level of the subwoofer channel may be too low. In this case, the output level of the subwoofer can be increased by 10 dB in the Multi Ch In Setup in Other Setup. For details, see Multi Channel Input Setup on page 94. Speaker B setup Caution • Be careful not to allow any contact between speaker wires from different terminals. • You can use speakers with a nominal impedance between 6 Ω to 16 Ω. After selecting Speaker B in Surround back speaker setting on page 56, you can use the speakers connected to the (surround back) B speaker terminals on the rear panel to listen to stereo playback in another room. See Switching the speaker system below for the listening options with this setup. 1 Connect a pair of speakers to the surround back speaker terminals on the rear panel. Connect them the same way you connected your speakers in Installing your speaker system on page 26. Make sure to review Placing the speakers on page 27 when placing the speakers in another room. SPEAKERS R SURROUND BACK/ B L (Single) R SURROUND L AR FRONT L CENTER SELECTABLE SEE INSTRUCTION MANUAL SELECTABLE VOIR LE MODE D'EMPLOI L R Switching the speaker system If you selected Speaker B in Surround back speaker setting on page 56, three speaker system settings are possible using SPEAKERS. If you selected Normal or Front Bi-Amp, the button will simply switch your main speaker system on or off. The options below are for the Speaker B setting only.1 • Use SPEAKERS on the front panel to select a speaker system setting. As mentioned above, if you have selected Normal, the button will simply switch your main speaker system (A) on or off. AUDIO PARAMETER (TUNE) VIDEO (ST) ENTER (ST) (TUNE) HOME MENU RETURN AUTO SURR/ HOME STANDARD ADVANCED STEREO/ TUNER EDIT BAND STREAM DIRECT THX SURROUND SURROUND A.L.C. CONTROL ON/OFF SPEAKERS iPod DIRECT USB VIDEO3 INPUT MULTI-ZONE & SOURCE DIGITAL IN S-VIDEO VIDEO L AUDIO R MCACC SETUP MIC PHONES Press repeatedly to choose a speaker system option: • SPA - Sound is output from speaker system A and the same signal is output from the pre-out terminals. • SPB - Sound is output from the two speakers connected to speaker system B. Multichannel sources will not be heard. The same signal is output from the surround back channel pre-out terminals. • SPAB - Sound is output from speaker system A (up to 5 channels, depending on the source), the two speakers in speaker system B, and the subwoofer. The sound from speaker system B will be the same as the sound from speaker system A (multichannel sources will be downmixed to 2 channels). • SP (off) - No sound is output from the speakers. The same sound is output from the pre-out terminals (including from your subwoofer, if connected) as when selecting speaker system A (above). 2 Select 'Speaker B' from the Surr Back System menu. See Surround back speaker setting on page 56 to do this. Bi-amping your speakers 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. Note 1 • The subwoofer output depends on the settings you made in Manual speaker setup on page 55. However, if SPB is selected above, no sound is heard from the subwoofer (the LFE channel is not downmixed). • Depending on the settings in Surround back speaker setting on page 56 output from the surround back pre-out terminals may change. • All speaker systems (except Speaker B connections) are switched off when headphones are connected. 64 En

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Other connections
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Depending on the DVD player you’re using, the
analog output level of the subwoofer channel may be
too low. In this case, the output level of the subwoofer
can be increased by 10 dB in the
Multi Ch In Setup
in
Other Setup
. For details, see
Multi Channel Input
Setup
on page 94.
Speaker B setup
Caution
Be careful not to allow any contact between speaker
wires from different terminals.
You can use speakers with a nominal impedance
between 6
to 16
.
After selecting
Speaker B
in
Surround back speaker
setting
on page 56, you can use the speakers connected
to the (surround back) B speaker terminals on the rear
panel to listen to stereo playback in another room. See
Switching the speaker system
below for the listening
options with this setup.
1
Connect a pair of speakers to the surround back
speaker terminals on the rear panel.
Connect them the same way you connected your
speakers in
Installing your speaker system
on page 26.
Make sure to review
Placing the speakers
on page 27
when placing the speakers in another room.
2
Select ‘
Speaker B
’ from the
Surr Back System
menu.
See
Surround back speaker setting
on page 56 to do this.
Switching the speaker system
If you selected
Speaker B
in
Surround back speaker
setting
on page 56, three speaker system settings are
possible using
SPEAKERS
. If you selected
Normal
or
Front Bi-Amp
, the button will simply switch your main
speaker system on or off. The options below are for the
Speaker B
setting only.
1
Use
SPEAKERS
on the front panel to select a
speaker system setting.
As mentioned above, if you have selected
Normal
, the
button will simply switch your main speaker system (A)
on or off.
Press repeatedly to choose a speaker system option:
SP
A
– Sound is output from speaker system A and
the same signal is output from the pre-out terminals.
SP
B
– Sound is output from the two speakers
connected to speaker system B. Multichannel
sources will not be heard. The same signal is output
from the surround back channel pre-out terminals.
SP
AB
– Sound is output from speaker system A (up
to 5 channels, depending on the source), the two
speakers in speaker system B, and the subwoofer.
The sound from speaker system B will be the same as
the sound from speaker system A (multichannel
sources will be downmixed to 2 channels).
SP
(off) – No sound is output from the speakers. The
same sound is output from the pre-out terminals
(including from your subwoofer, if connected) as
when selecting speaker system A (above).
Bi-amping your speakers
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.
SPEAKERS
CENTER
L
FRONT
L
R
SURROUND BACK/
L
R
SURROUND
(Single)
SEE INSTRUCTION
MANUAL
VOIR LE MODE
D'EMPLOI
A
L
R
FRONT
SPEAKERS
L
R
B
L
R
SURROUND BACK/
(Single)
SEE INSTRUCTION
MANUAL
SELECTABLE
VOIR LE MODE
D'EMPLOI
SELECTABLE
Note
1
• The subwoofer output depends on the settings you made in
Manual speaker setup
on page 55. However, if
SP
B
is selected above, no sound
is heard from the subwoofer (the LFE channel is not downmixed).
• Depending on the settings in
Surround back speaker setting
on page 56 output from the surround back pre-out terminals may change.
• All speaker systems (except
Speaker B
connections) are switched off when headphones are connected.
VIDEO3 INPUT
DIGITAL IN
S-VIDEO
VIDEO
L
R
AUDIO
PHONES
SPEAKERS
CONTROL
MULTI-ZONE
& SOURCE
ON/OFF
MCACC
SETUP MIC
PARAMETER
ENTER
(TUNE)
(TUNE)
(ST)
(ST)
AUDIO
VIDEO
TUNER EDIT
iPod DIRECT
USB
AUTO SURR/
STREAM DIRECT
HOME
THX
STANDARD
SURROUND
ADVANCED
SURROUND
STEREO/
A.L.C.
BAND
HOME MENU
RETURN
SPEAKERS