Pioneer SC-07, SC-05 manual Speaker B setup, Bi-amping your speakers, Switching the speaker system

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•Depending on the DVD player you’re using, the analog output level of the subwoofer channel may be too low. In this case, the output level of the subwoofer can be increased by 10 dB in the Multi Ch In Setup in Other Setup. For details, see Multi Channel Input Setup on page 94.

Speaker B setup

Caution

•Be careful not to allow any contact between speaker wires from different terminals.

•You can use speakers with a nominal impedance between 6 Ω to 16 Ω.

After selecting Speaker B in Surround back speaker setting on page 56, 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.

1Connect a pair of speakers to the surround back speaker terminals on the rear panel.

Connect them the same way you connected your speakers in Installing your speaker system on page 26. Make sure to review Placing the speakers on page 27 when placing the speakers in another room.

SPEAKERS	B L (Single)	R SURROUND L	A R	FRONT
R SURROUND BACK/					L	CENTER

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Switching the speaker system

If you selected Speaker B in Surround back speaker setting on page 56, three speaker system settings are possible using SPEAKERS. If you selected Normal or Front Bi-Amp, the button will simply switch your main speaker system on or off. The options below are for the

Speaker B setting only.1

•Use SPEAKERS on the front panel to select a speaker system setting.

As mentioned above, if you have selected Normal, the button will simply switch your main speaker system (A) on or off.

AUDIO	PARAMETER	VIDEO	AUTO SURR/	HOME	STANDARD	ADVANCED	STEREO/
	(TUNE)	TUNER EDIT	BAND STREAM DIRECT	THX	SURROUND	SURROUND	A.L.C.	CONTROL ON/OFF	SPEAKERS
					VIDEO3 INPUT			MULTI-ZONE
	ENTER							& SOURCE
(ST)		(ST)
		iPod DIRECT
		USB
HOME MENU	(TUNE)	RETURN						MCACC
			DIGITAL IN	S-VIDEO VIDEO		L AUDIO R			PHONES
								SETUP MIC

Press repeatedly to choose a speaker system option:

•SPA – Sound is output from speaker system A and the same signal is output from the pre-out terminals.

•SPB – Sound is output from the two speakers connected to speaker system B. Multichannel sources will not be heard. The same signal is output from the surround back channel pre-out terminals.

•SPAB – Sound is output from speaker system A (up to 5 channels, depending on the source), the two speakers in speaker system B, and the subwoofer. The sound from speaker system B will be the same as the sound from speaker system A (multichannel sources will be downmixed to 2 channels).

•SP(off) – No sound is output from the speakers. The same sound is output from the pre-out terminals (including from your subwoofer, if connected) as when selecting speaker system A (above).

2Select ‘Speaker B’ from the Surr Back System menu.

See Surround back speaker setting on page 56 to do this.

Bi-amping your speakers

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.

Note

1• The subwoofer output depends on the settings you made in Manual speaker setup on page 55. However, if SPB is selected above, no sound is heard from the subwoofer (the LFE channel is not downmixed).

•Depending on the settings in Surround back speaker setting on page 56 output from the surround back pre-out terminals may change.

•All speaker systems (except Speaker B connections) are switched off when headphones are connected.

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