Pioneer VSX-917V-S/-K manual Bi-amping your front speakers

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

SOUND	MIDNIGHT/	SB ch
RETRIEVER LOUDNESS PROCESSING			TONE
	SIGNAL	TUNING/	TUNER
SPEAKERS	SELECT	STATION	EDIT	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).

• 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. Multichannel sources (heard through speaker system A) are downmixed for stereo output from speaker system B.

Bi-amping your front speakers

Bi-amping is when you connect the high frequency driver and low frequency driver of your speakers to different amplifiers (in this case, to both front and surround back terminals) 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.

1Connect your speakers as shown below. This illustration below shows the connections for bi-amping your front left speaker. Hook up your front right speaker in the same way.

	S	R	FRONT	L R	SURROUND	L	CENTER	R	SURROUND BACK	L
	P
	E
Front left	A	A								B
	K
speaker	E
	R
	S

Hi

Lo

Since both front and surround back speaker terminals output the same audio, it doesn’t matter which set (front or surround back) is powering which part (Hi or Low) of the speaker.

•Make sure that the + / – connections are properly inserted.

2Select the ’Front Bi-Amp’ setting from the ‘Surr Back System’ menu.

See Surround back speaker setting on page 38 to specify how you’re using the surround back speaker terminals.

Caution

•Most speakers with both Hi and Low terminals have two metal plates that connect the Hi 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.

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