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Speaker System, Front Bi-Amp

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04 Connecting your equipment (In case of VSX-830) Bi-amping your speakers Speaker System setting: Front Bi-Amp 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 Subwoofer 1 Center Subwoofer 2 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. LINE LEVEL INPUT LINE LEVEL INPUT AUDIO OUT SPEAKER A FRONT R L SUBWOOFER PRE OUT 1 CENTER SURROUND / BI-AMP R L 2 About the audio connection Types of cables and terminals HDMI Transferable audio signals HD audio Digital (Coaxial) Digital (Optical) Conventional digital audio Sound signal priority AUDIO OUT SPEAKER A FRONT R L SUBWOOFER PRE OUT 1 CENTER SURROUND / BI-AMP R L 2 RCA (Analog) (White/Red) Conventional analog audio 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. ! With an HDMI cable, video and audio signals can be transferred in high quality over a single cable. ! For HD audio, see About HDMI on page 42. 41

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Connecting your equipment (In case of VSX-830)
04
Bi-amping your speakers
Speaker System
setting:
Front Bi-Amp
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 termi-
nals for high and low) and the sound improvement will depend on the kind of speakers you’re using.
SPEAKER A
SUBWOOFER
PRE OUT
AUDIO OUT
SURROUND / BI-AMP
CENTER
SPEAKER A
FRONT
R
L
R
L
SUBWOOFER
PRE OUT
1
2
AUDIO OUT
LINE LEVEL
INPUT
LINE LEVEL
INPUT
High
Low
High
Low
Center
Subwoofer 2
Subwoofer 1
Front right
Front left
Bi-amp compatible
speaker
Bi-amp compatible
speaker
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 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.
About the audio connection
Transferable audio signals
Sound signal priority
HDMI
HD audio
Digital (Coaxial)
Conventional digital audio
RCA (Analog)
(
White
/
Red
)
Conventional analog audio
Digital (Optical)
Types of cables and terminals
!
With an HDMI cable, video and audio signals can be transferred in high quality over a single cable.
!
For HD audio, see
About HDMI
on
page 42
.