Pioneer VSX-51 Owner's Manual - Page 15

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 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 14 . 2 If necessary, select 'Normal(SB/FH)' from the Speaker System menu. See Speaker system setting on page 65 to do this. Front wide setup 1 Connect a pair of speakers to the front height speaker terminals. See Standard surround connection on page 14 . 2 Select 'Normal(SB/FW)' from the Speaker System menu. See Speaker system setting on page 65 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 14 . 2 Select 'Speaker B' from the Speaker System menu. See Speaker system setting on page 65 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 14 . 2 Select 'Front Bi-Amp' from the Speaker System menu. See Speaker system setting on page 65 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 14 . 2 Select 'ZONE 2' from the Speaker System menu. See Speaker system setting on page 65 to do this. About the audio connection Types of cables and terminals HDMI Transferable audio signals HD audio Sound signal priority Digital (Coaxial) Conventional digital audio Digital (Optical) 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. About the video converter The video converter ensures that all video sources are output through all of the MONITOR VIDEO OUT jacks. The only exception is HDMI: since this resolution cannot be downsampled, you must connect your monitor/TV to the receiver's HDMI output when connecting this video source. If several video components are assigned to the same input function (see The Input Setup menu on page 26 ), the converter gives priority to HDMI, component, then composite (in that order). En 15