Pioneer VSX-1122-K Owner's Manual - Page 20

03 Connecting your equipment 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. Front right High Bi-amp compatible speaker Bi-amp compatible speaker Front left High Low Low 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. Subwoofer 1 LINE LEVEL INPUT Center Subwoofer 2 LINE LEVEL INPUT PRE OUT SUB WOOFER 1 2 A FRONT R L CENTER SURROUND R L SURROUND BACK / ZONE 2 R L (Single) FRONT HEIGHT / WIDE / R L B PRE OUT SUB WOOFER 1 2 A FRONT R L CENTER SURROUND R L SURROUND BACK / ZONE 2 R L (Single) FRONT HEIGHT / WIDE / R L B SPEAKERS Surround right Surround left 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. 20