Pioneer VSX-919AH-K Owner's Manual - Page 15

Connecting your equipment, Determining the speakers, application

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Connecting your equipment 03 Determining the speakers' application Surround sound with a strong sense of presence can be enjoyed by connecting 7 speakers and 1 subwoofer. It is also possible to achieve high sound quality using bi-amp connections and to enjoy music in other rooms using the MULTI-ZONE feature. High sound quality can be achieved with a minimum of two speakers. • Be sure to connect speakers to the front left and right channels ( FL and FR ). • The Surr Back System setting must be made if you use any of the connections shown below other than [1] (see Selecting the Surr Back system on page 21). [1] 7.1ch surround connection (Simple connection & Best surround) *Default setting These connections prioritize surround sound with a speaker layout like that in a movie theater. • Surr Back System setting: Normal (default) • If you have six speakers, either only connect one surround back speaker (6.1 ch surround), or connect for the 7.1-channel setting as shown on the diagram below but without the center speaker. FL SW Front left Subwoofer C Center FR Front right SL Surround left SR Surround right SBL Surround back left SBR Surround back right [2] 5.1ch surround & Front Bi-amping connection (High quality surround) Bi-amping connection of the front speakers for high sound quality with 5.1-channel surround sound. • Surr Back System setting: Front Bi-Amp FL Front left* SW C Center Subwoofer FR Front right* Surround left SL Surround right SR *Bi-amp compatible speaker [3] 5.1ch surround & Zone 2 connection (Multi Zone) 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. (The selection of input devices is limited.) • Surr Back System setting: Zone2 FL Front left SW C Center Subwoofer Surround left SL FR Front right Surround right SR L R Left Right ZONE2 15 En

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Connecting your equipment
03
15
En
Determining the speakers’
application
Su
rr
ound sound with a st
r
ong sense of
pr
esence can be enjoyed by connecting 7
s
p
eake
r
s and 1 subwoofe
r
. It is also
p
ossible to
achieve high sound quality using bi-am
p
connections and to enjoy music in othe
r
r
ooms
using the MULTI-ZONE featu
r
e. High sound
quality can be achieved with a minimum of two
s
p
eake
r
s.
Be su
r
e to connect s
p
eake
r
s to the f
r
ont
left and
r
ight channels (
and
).
• The
Surr Back System
setting must be
made if you use any of the connections
shown below othe
r
than [1] (see
Selecting
the Surr Back system
on
p
age 21).
[1] 7.1ch surround connection
(Simple connection & Best surround)
*Default setting
These connections
pr
io
r
itize su
rr
ound sound
with a s
p
eake
r
layout like that in a movie theate
r
.
Surr Back System setting: Normal
(default)
If you have six s
p
eake
r
s, eithe
r
only
connect one su
rr
ound back s
p
eake
r
(6.1 ch
su
rr
ound), o
r
connect fo
r
the 7.1-channel
setting as shown on the diag
r
am below but
without the cente
r
s
p
eake
r
.
[2] 5.1ch surround & Front Bi-amping
connection (High quality surround)
Bi-am
p
ing connection of the f
r
ont s
p
eake
r
s fo
r
high sound quality with 5.1-channel su
rr
ound
sound.
Surr Back System setting: Front Bi-Amp
*Bi-am
p
com
p
atible s
p
eake
r
[3] 5.1ch surround & Zone 2 connection
(Multi Zone)
With these connections you can simultaneously
enjoy 5.1-channel su
rr
ound sound in the main
zone with ste
r
eo
p
layback on anothe
r
com
p
onent in Zone 2. (The selection of in
p
ut
devices is limited.)
Surr Back System setting: Zone2
FL
FR
SW
C
FL
FR
SL
SBL
SBR
SR
Subwoofe
r
Cente
r
F
r
ont
r
ight
F
r
ont
left
Su
rr
ound
left
Su
rr
ound
r
ight
Su
rr
ound
back left
Su
rr
ound
back
r
ight
SW
C
FL
FR
SL
SR
Subwoofe
r
Cente
r
F
r
ont
r
ight*
F
r
ont
left*
Su
rr
ound
left
Su
rr
ound
r
ight
SW
C
FL
FR
SL
SR
L
ZONE2
R
Subwoofe
r
Cente
r
F
r
ont
r
ight
F
r
ont
left
Right
Left
Su
rr
ound
left
Su
rr
ound
r
ight