Onkyo HT-RC270 Bi-ampingthe Front Speakers, Connecting a Power Amplifier, Power amplifier

Bi-amping the Front Speakers

The FRONT L/R and SURR BACK L/R terminal posts can be used with front speakers and surround back speakers respec- tively, or bi-amped to provide separate tweeter and woofer feeds for a pair of front speakers that support bi-amping, providing improved bass and treble performance.

•When bi-amping is used, the AV receiver is able to drive up to a 5.1 speaker system in the main room.

•For bi-amping, the FRONT L/R terminal posts connect to the front speakers’ woofer terminals; the SURR BACK L/R ter- minal posts connect to the front speakers’ tweeter terminals.

•Once you’ve completed the bi-amping connections shown below and turned on the AV receiver, you must set the “Speakers Type(Front)” setting to “Bi-Amp” to enable bi- amping (➔ 44).

RightLeft

speakerspeaker

Tweeter (high)

Woofer (low)

Important:

•When making the bi-amping connections, be sure to remove the jumper bars that link the speakers’ tweeter (high) and woofer (low) terminals.

•Bi-amping can be used only with speakers that support bi-amping. Refer to your speaker manual.

Connecting a Power Amplifier

If you want to use a more powerful power amplifier and use the AV receiver as a preamp, connect it to the PRE OUT jacks, and connect all speakers to the power amplifier.

*1

		PRE OUT
FRONT	CENTER	SURR	SB/FH/FW
L		L	L
R		R	R
FRONT	CENTER	SURR	SURR BACK OR
			FRONT HIGH OR
L			FRONT WIDE
		L	L
R		R	R

a b c

Power amplifier

d f g e

Note

*1 Specify “None” for the channel that you don’t want to output (➔ 44).

SB···Surround Back, FH···Front High, FW···Front Wide

aFront left speaker bCenter speaker cFront right speaker dSurround left speaker eSurround right speaker

fSurround back/Front wide/Front high left speaker*1 gSurround back/Front wide/Front high right speaker*1

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