Onkyo 29400021, HT-RC180 117, Connecting Your Zone 3 Speakers Directly to the AV receiver

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Connecting Zone 3

There are two ways you can connect Zone 3 speakers:

1.Connect them directly to the AV receiver.

2.Connect them to an amp in Zone 3.

Connecting Your Zone 3 Speakers Directly to the AV receiver

This setup allows 3.1-channel playback in your main room and 2-channel stereo playback in Zone 3, with a different source in each room. This is called Powered Zone 3, as the Zone 3 speakers are powered by the AV receiver.

To use this setup, you must set the “Powered Zone2” and “Powered Zone3” setting to “Act” (see page 118).

Hookup

•Connect your Zone 3 speakers to the AV receiver’s SURR/ZONE 3 L/R speaker terminals.

Main room

TV

AV receiver

Zone 3

RL

Notes:

•With this setup, the Zone 3 volume is controlled by the AV receiver.

•Powered Zone3 cannot be used if “Speaker Type (Front)” is set to “Bi-Amp” (see page 51).

Connecting Your Zone 3 Speakers to an Amp in Zone 3

This setup allows 7.1-channel playback in your main lis- tening room and 2-channel stereo playback in Zone 3, with a different source in each room.

Hookup

•Use an RCA audio cable to connect the AV receiver’s ZONE 3 PRE OUT L/R jacks to an analog audio input on your Zone 3 amp.

•Connect your Zone 3 speakers to the speaker terminals on your Zone 3 amp.

Main room

TV

AV receiver

Zone 3
	IN
R	L
	Receiver/
	integrated amp

Note:

With the default settings, the Zone 3 volume must be set on the Zone 3 amp. If your Zone 3 amp has no volume control, set the “Zone3 Out” setting to “Variable” so that you can set the Zone 3 volume on the AV receiver (see page 119).

Zone 3 12V Trigger (TX-NR807)

When Zone 3 is turned on, the output from the 12V TRIGGER OUT ZONE 3 goes high (+12 volts, 25 mil- liamperes max). Connecting this jack to a 12-volt trigger input on a component in Zone 3 will make that compo- nent turn on or off as and when Zone 3 is turned on or off on the AV receiver.

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