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Connecting your equipment 03 Bi-amping your speakers Bi-amp compatible speaker High Low Front left Center Subwoofer High Low Bi-amp compatible speaker Front right HDMI ASSIGNABLE 13 COMPONENT VIDEO ASSIGNABLE IN 1 (DVD) Y PB PR Y BD IN IN 1 IN 2 IN 3 OUT 1 (KURO OUT 2 LINK) COAXIAL ASSIGNABLE IN 1 IN 2 IN 1 ASSIGNABLE IN 2 OUT OPTICAL IN 3 XM SIRIUS IN IN IN 2 L (DVR) Y R PB (DVD) (CD) (TV/SAT) (DVR) (VIDEO) FRONT CENTER SURROUND FRONT CENTER AUDIO L (Single) R ZONE2 ZONE3 DVD PR OUT OUT IN MONITOR OUT MONITOR OUT VIDEO TV/SAT VIDEO IN IN DVR OUT IN CD CD-R/TAPE IN OUT IN SUBWOOFER MULTI CH IN SUBWOOFER SURROUND SURROUND BACK PRE OUT ANTENNA FM UNMAL 75 ‫ޓޓ‬ AM LOOP PB S-VIDEO PR RS-232C CONTROL IN OUT SPEAKERS FRONT AR CENTER SURROUND L R SURROUND BACK / B LR L (Single) 12 V TRIGGER IR IN 1 IN 2 OUT (OUTPUT 12 V TOTAL 50 mA MAX) 1 2 AC IN VSX-23TXH 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 Surr Back 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. 21 En

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Connecting your equipment
03
21
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
Surr Back 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
COMPONENT
VIDEO
HDMI
ZONE2
VIDEO
S-VIDEO
ASSIGNABLE
ASSIGNABLE
ASSIGNABLE
ASSIGN-
ABLE
MONITOR
OUT
MONITOR
OUT
IN
Y
L
R
P
B
P
R
Y
P
B
P
R
Y
OUT
DVD
IN
TV/SAT
IN
VIDEO
DVR
IN
CD
IN
IN
OUT
CD-R/TAPE
MULTI
CH
IN
PRE OUT
PRE OUT
ANTENNA
SIRIUS
XM
SPEAKERS
OPTICAL
AUDIO
FM UNMAL
75
AM LOOP
AC IN
COAXIAL
IN
OUT
ZONE3
OUT
P
B
P
R
1
IN
BD IN
1
IN
2
IN
OUT 1
OUT 2
(KURO
LINK)
(DVD)
(CD)
(TV/SAT)
(DVR)
(VIDEO)
(Single)
(Single)
3
IN
1
IN
1
A
B
IN
2
IN
OUT
IN
IN
FRONT
R
L
R
L
CENTER
SURROUND
R
L
SURROUND BACK /
FRONT
CENTER
SURROUND
FRONT
CENTER
L
R
SURROUND SURROUND
BACK
3
IN
2
1
3
(DVD)
IN
2
(DVR)
CONTROL
IR
12 V TRIGGER
IN
IN
IN
OUT
OUT
1
2
1
2
(OUTPUT 12 V
TOTAL 50 mA MAX)
SUBWOOFER
SUBWOOFER
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
VSX-23TXH