Pioneer VSX-815-S Owner's Manual - Page 62

11 Other connections Chapter 11: Other connections Caution • Before making or changing the connections, switch off the power and disconnect the power cord from the power outlet. Plugging in components should be the last connection you make with your system. • Be careful not to allow any contact between speaker wires from different terminals. • You can use speakers with a nominal impedance between 6-16Ω (please see Switching the speaker impedance on page 72 if you plan to use speakers with an impedance of less than 8Ω). 2 Select SB 2ND Z from the 'SB. SYSTEM' menu. See Surround back speaker setting on page 43 to do this. Switching the speaker system If you selected SB 2ND Z in Surround back speaker setting on page 43, three speaker system settings are possible using the SPEAKERS button. If you selected SB NORM. or SB BIAMP, the speaker system is fixed as SP A or SP AB (respectively). The options below are for the SB 2ND Z setting only.1 • Use the SPEAKERS button on the front panel to select a speaker system setting. Second Zone speaker B setup After selecting SB 2ND Z in Surround back speaker setting on page 43, you can use the speakers connected to the (surround back) B speaker terminals on the rear panel to listen to stereo playback in another room. See Switching the speaker system below for the listening options with this setup. 1 Connect a pair of speakers to the surround back speaker terminals on the rear panel. Connect them the same way you connected your speakers in Connecting the speakers on page 23. Make sure to review Hints on speaker placement on page 24 when placing the speakers in another room. INPUT FL DIMMER ATT EXTENDED ACOUSTIC SPEAKERS MODE EQ BAND TUNING /STATION TUNER EDIT TONE QUICK SETUP SYSTEM SETUP RETURN MULTI JOG Press repeatedly to choose a speaker system option: • SP A - Sound is output from the speakers connected to the A speaker terminals (multichannel playback is possible). • SP B - Sound is output from the two speakers connected to speaker system B (only stereo playback is possible). Note 1 • The subwoofer output depends on the settings you made in Speaker setting on page 48. However, if SP B is selected above, no sound is heard from the subwoofer (the LFE channel is not downmixed). • Depending on the Surround back speaker setting on page 43 output from the surround back pre-out terminals may change. • All speaker systems (except SB 2ND Z connections) are switched off when headphones are connected. 62 En