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Selecting the Speaker system, About the audio connection

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03 Connecting your equipment Bi-wiring your speakers Your speakers can also be bi-wired if they support bi-amping. ! With these connections, the Speaker System setting makes no difference. CAUTION ! Don't connect different speakers from the same terminal in this way. ! When bi-wiring as well, heed the cautions for bi-amping shown above. % 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. Selecting the Speaker system The front height terminals can be used for front wide and Speaker B connections, in addition to for the front height speakers. Also, the surround back terminals can be used for bi-amping and ZONE 2 connections, in addition to for the surround back speakers. Make this setting according to the application. Front height setup *Default setting 1 Connect a pair of speakers to the front height speaker terminals. See Standard surround connection on page 23 . 2 If necessary, select 'Normal(SB/FH)' from the Speaker System menu. See Speaker system setting on page 93 to do this. Front wide setup 1 Connect a pair of speakers to the front height speaker terminals. See Standard surround connection on page 23 . 2 Select 'Normal(SB/FW)' from the Speaker System menu. See Speaker system setting on page 93 to do this. Speaker B setup You can listen to stereo playback in another room. 1 Connect a pair of speakers to the front height speaker terminals. See Standard surround connection on page 23 . 2 Select 'Speaker B' from the Speaker System menu. See Speaker system setting on page 93 to do this. Bi-Amping setup Bi-amping connection of the front speakers for high sound quality with 5.1-channel surround sound. 1 Connect bi-amp compatible speakers to the front and surround back speaker terminals. See Bi-amping your speakers on page 23. 2 Select 'Front Bi-Amp' from the Speaker System menu. See Speaker system setting on page 93 to do this. ZONE 2 setup With these connections you can simultaneously enjoy 5.1-channel surround sound in the main zone with stereo playback on another component in ZONE 2. 1 Connect a pair of speakers to the surround back speaker terminals. See Standard surround connection on page 23 . 2 Select 'ZONE 2' from the Speaker System menu. See Speaker system setting on page 93 to do this. HDZONE setup With these connections you can simultaneously enjoy 5.1-channel surround sound in the main zone with stereo playback on another component in HDZONE. 1 Connect a pair of speakers to the surround back speaker terminals. See Standard surround connection on page 23 . 2 Select 'HDZONE' from the Speaker System menu. See Speaker system setting on page 93 to do this. About the audio connection Types of cables and terminals HDMI Transferable audio signals HD audio Sound signal priority Digital (Coaxial) Digital (Optical) Conventional digital audio RCA (Analog) (White/Red) Conventional analog audio ! With an HDMI cable, video and audio signals can be transferred in high quality over a single cable. ! For HD audio, see About HDMI on page 25. 24

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Connecting your equipment
03
Bi-wiring your speakers
Your speakers can also be bi-wired if they support bi-amping.
!
With these connections, the
Speaker System
setting makes no difference.
CAUTION
!
Don’t connect different speakers from the same terminal in this way.
!
When bi-wiring as well, heed the cautions for bi-amping shown above.
%
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.
Selecting the Speaker system
The front height terminals can be used for front wide and Speaker B connections, in addition to for the front
height speakers. Also, the surround back terminals can be used for bi-amping and ZONE 2 connections, in addi-
tion to for the surround back speakers. Make this setting according to the application.
Front height setup
*Default setting
1
Connect a pair of speakers to the front height speaker terminals.
See
Standard surround connection
on
page 23
.
2
If necessary, select ‘Normal(SB/FH)’ from the Speaker System menu.
See
Speaker system setting
on
page 93
to do this.
Front wide setup
1
Connect a pair of speakers to the front height speaker terminals.
See
Standard surround connection
on
page 23
.
2
Select ‘Normal(SB/FW)’ from the Speaker System menu.
See
Speaker system setting
on
page 93
to do this.
Speaker B setup
You can listen to stereo playback in another room.
1
Connect a pair of speakers to the front height speaker terminals.
See
Standard surround connection
on
page 23
.
2
Select ‘Speaker B’ from the Speaker System menu.
See
Speaker system setting
on
page 93
to do this.
Bi-Amping setup
Bi-amping connection of the front speakers for high sound quality with 5.1-channel surround sound.
1
Connect bi-amp compatible speakers to the front and surround back speaker terminals.
See
Bi-amping your speakers
on
page 23
.
2
Select ‘Front Bi-Amp’ from the Speaker System menu.
See
Speaker system setting
on
page 93
to do this.
ZONE 2 setup
With these connections you can simultaneously enjoy 5.1-channel surround sound in the main zone with stereo
playback on another component in ZONE 2.
1
Connect a pair of speakers to the surround back speaker terminals.
See
Standard surround connection
on
page 23
.
2
Select ‘ZONE 2’ from the Speaker System menu.
See
Speaker system setting
on
page 93
to do this.
HDZONE setup
With these connections you can simultaneously enjoy 5.1-channel surround sound in the main zone with stereo
playback on another component in HDZONE.
1
Connect a pair of speakers to the surround back speaker terminals.
See
Standard surround connection
on
page 23
.
2
Select ‘HDZONE’ from the Speaker System menu.
See
Speaker system setting
on
page 93
to do this.
About the audio connection
Transferable audio signals
Sound signal priority
HDMI
HD audio
Digital (Coaxial)
Conventional digital audio
RCA (Analog)
(
White
/
Red
)
Conventional analog audio
Digital (Optical)
Types of cables and terminals
!
With an HDMI cable, video and audio signals can be transferred in high quality over a single cable.
!
For HD audio, see
About HDMI
on
page 25
.