Zone 2 Operation, Audio Connections | Sunfire TGR401, TGR-401-230

CHAPTER 5

Zone 2 Operation

If you have a pair of speakers in a second room or area (Zone 2), they can play a stereo source independent of whatever is playing in the Home Theater room (Main Zone). You can also play the same source as selected in the Main Zone.

The Zone 2 speakers can be pow- ered by two of the TGR-401's internal ampli ers, if you enable "Powered Z2" in the Binding Posts menu. The ampli- ers that power the surround-back speakers are switched to play the Zone 2 speakers instead. An external power ampli er can be used to power the Zone 2 speakers.

Zone 2 plays stereo sources, and is unaffected by the DSP, Sonic Hologra- phy, surround modes or bass man- agement.

Audio Connections

The connections for Zone 2 are shown on page 23.

Note: Zone 2 can play analog sources independent of what is play- ing in the Main Zone. It cannot play from a digital-only source unless that input is selected and playing in the Main Zone. To play a source such as a DVD player in Zone 2 independent of the Main Zone, make sure you connect the player's L-R analog audio output to the TGR-401.

Video Connections

Zone 2 has a composite video output that can connect to a video monitor in your other room. This will only play if the selected source also has composite video.

Indicators

Turning on Zone 2

With the remote set to operate the TGR-401, press the ZONE 2 button. The remote's POWER, VOLUME and MUTE buttons then work for Zone 2.

Note: Zone 2 can also be turned on and adjusted without using the remote. Press the Zone 2 button on the TGR-401 front panel followed by Power to turn it on (or off), or adjust the input source or volume. After 8 seconds of inactivity, the front panel will revert back to control of the Main Zone.

Zone 2 operations will work even if the Main Zone is off.

MAIN MENU

TRIMS

TONE CONTROLS

MODES

PRESETS

SETUP

SETUP		CHOICES
INPUTS
INPUTS
SPEAKERS
SPEAKERS
VIDEO
VIDEO
MAIN ZONE
MAIN ZONE
ZONE 2
ZONE 2
CONTROL
CONTROL
DIGITAL OUT		DNMX/THRU
DIMMER		LOW/MED/HI

SPEAKERS

AUTO SETUP

SPEAKER SIZE

DISTANCE

LEVEL CALIBRATION

BINDING POSTS

BINDING POSTS		CHOICES
AMP SECTION	ON	ON, OFF
FRONT	ON	ON, OFF
SURROUND	ON	ON, OFF
CFG POST	OFF	OFF, FRONT, SURR
POWERED Z2	OFF	ON/OFF

Zone 2 OSD menu

The ZONE 2 menu allows you to customize Zone 2 to suit:

FIXED: Set the Zone 2 volume at this xed level.

PWR UP MAX VOL: Set the Zone 2 turn-on volume so it will not come on higher than this.

PWR UP MIN VOL: Set the Zone 2 turn-on volume so it will not come on lower than this level.

MAX VOLUME: Set the Zone 2 vol- ume so it cannot be higher than this level.

BASS: Adjust the bass with up to 14 dB of boost or cut.

TREBLE: Adjust the treble with up to 14 dB of boost or cut.

BALANCE: Adjust the balance with up to 20 dB or adjustment either side.

Binding Posts menu

POWERED Z2: Set to ON for the Zone 2 binding posts to supply speaker-level power to your Zone 2 speakers

The front panel has a green LED to show the Zone 2 status.

This LED is always on when Zone 2 is on. If it is off, there will be no output to Zone 2.

ZONE 2		CHOICES
FIXED VOLUME	NONE	NONE, 0.0 - 100.0
PWR UP MAX VOL	100.0	0.0 - 100.0
PWR UP MIN VOL	0.0	0.0-100.0 MUST BE LESS THAN POWER UP MAX VOLUME
MAX VOLUME	100.0	0.0-100.0 MUST BE MORE THAN POWER UP MAX VOLUME
PWR UP SOURCE	LAST	LAST, INPUT 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
BASS	0	+14 TO -14, 2 DB STEPS
TREBLE	0	+14 TO -14, 2 DB STEPS
BALANCE	0	-20 TO +20, 1 DB STEPS

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