Pioneer VSX-43TX Owner's Manual - Page 65
SECOND ZONE Speaker System B/FRONT BI-AMP Setup
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Using Other Functions SECOND ZONE (Speaker System B)/FRONT BI-AMP Setup Stereo playback in another room (SECOND ZONE) This setup enables you to listen to a pair of stereo speakers independently of the main speaker system hooked up to the receiver. The VSX-43TX has two possibilities for playback in another room. You can choose SECOND ZONE, and use the speakers hooked up to the surround back terminals as a B speaker system, that is, playing the same source as the main speaker system but from independent stereo speakers. 1 Connect a pair of speakers to the surround back speaker terminals. 2 Select SECOND ZONE in the SURRBACK SYSTEMS setup (see page 35) setup. memo Please use speakers with a nominal impedance rated 8 Ω-16 Ω. Bi-amping the front speakers (FRONT BI-AMP) For bi-amp playback you can connect both the A and B speaker terminals to your front speakers. To do this your speakers must be bi-wireable (that is they must have separate terminals for the high and low frequencies). Bi-amping delivers more power to the front speakers, but disables the surround back speakers, so you will be limited to 5.1 channel playback. SPEAKERS Å R FRONT L ª CENTER R SURROUND L SURROUND BACK / ı R L ª · · FRONT Speaker rear side · ª Hi · ª Lo Caution! Most speakers with both Hi and Low terminals have two metal plates that connect the Hi 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. Caution! Do not allow any speaker wire from any terminal to touch a wire from a different terminal. 1 Connect your speakers as shown. Since both Front A and B speaker terminals output the same audio, it doesn't matter which set (A or B) is powering which part (HI or LOW) of the speaker. 2 Select FRONT BI-AMP in the SURRBACK SYSTEMS setup (see page 35). The surround back channel amplifier is now used to power the B set of speaker terminals and the A+B (SP3AB) speaker setting is automatically selected. The speaker setting in this case can only be A+B or OFF. 65 EXPERT