Integra RDC-7.1 instruction manual Connection Examples, Main room a Main room B

Speaker Placement—Continued

Connection Examples

The RDC-7.1 has two speaker terminal blocks for speaker system [A] and [B]. This allows you to build two 7.1 ch home theater systems, and various speaker placements and connections are also available. For example, some channels of either speaker system can be used for another room (Zone 2), or you can select one of two speaker systems for playback according to the source.

When you use two speaker systems, you have to associate the speakers with the zone (e.g., Main A, Main B, etc.). After making the association, for example, pressing the “Main A” button on the remote controller will output the source from the speakers configured as “Main A.”

Here are some examples of speaker placement and zone association. These examples can be your reference when you build your own home theater system. The illustration on the right represents the actual settings displayed corresponding to each example. For details on configuring speaker placement and zone association, see page 92.

*In the following illustrations, white speakers denote speaker system [A] and gray ones denote speaker system [B].

*Key to abbreviations:

FL: Front left speaker; FR: Front right speaker; C: Center speaker; SL: Surround left speaker; SR: Surround right speaker;

SBL: Surround back left speaker; SBR: Surround back right speaker; SW: Subwoofer

When you wish to configure 7.1 ch speaker system in the main room A only, the initial setting can be used without any modification.

Main room A: 7.1 ch speaker system; Main room B: 7.1ch speaker system

		SW			SW	1-1.Speaker Config
		FR			FR
FL	C		FL	C		=====================
						Speaker A
						a.Front L/R	:Main A
						b.Center	:Main A
Main room A			Main room B			c.Surr L/R	:Main A
						d.Surr Back	2ch
SL		SR	SL		SR	:Main A
						e.Subwoofer	:Main A
						Speaker B
						f.Front L/R	:Main B
						g.Center	:Main B
						h.Surr L/R	:Main B
						i.Surr Back
	SBL	SBR		SBL	SBR	:Main B	2ch
						j.Subwoofer	:Main B

•Set all the zone parameters for speaker system [A] to “Main A.”

•Set all the zone parameters for speaker system [B] to “Main B.”

•Pressing the [Main A] or [Main B] button causes the sound to be output from the speaker system associated

with the zone button. Both speaker systems cannot be selected simultaneously.

*If you set all the zone parameters for speaker system [B] to “Main A” and play a single source, the same audio signal will be output from both speaker systems [A] and [B].

Main room A: 7.1 ch speaker systems and the two additional front speakers

(When you want to use speaker system [A] for movies and enjoy 7.1 surround sound and the two additional front speakers for classic music.)

FL FL C FR FR SW

Main room A

SL			SR
	SBL	SBR

1-1.Speaker Config

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Speaker A

a.Front L/R	:Main A
b.Center	:Main A
c.Surr L/R	:Main A
d.Surr Back
:Main A	2ch
e.Subwoofer	:Main A
Speaker B
f.Front L/R	:Main A
g.Center	:Not Used
h.Surr L/R	:Not Used
i.Surr Back
:Not Used
j.Subwoofer	:Not Used

3-3.Stereo

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a.Re-EQ/Academy :Off

b.Front Speaker :B

c.Subwoofer :A

Here is an example of the stereo listening mode.

•Set all the zone parameters for speaker system [A] to “Main A.”

•Set the front speaker parameters for speaker system [B] to “Main A.”

•If you want to use the front speakers of speaker system [B] for specific sources, select the source and set the front speaker setting parameters to “B” in the listening mode setup menu.

When you want to output to both speaker systems simultaneously, you can choose the “A+B” setting.

•To output the sound, press the [Main A] button on the remote controller.

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