Connecting the AV receiver—Continued

Bi-amping the Front Speakers

The FRONT L/R and SURR BACK/ZONE 2 L/R termi- nal posts can be used with front speakers and surround back speakers respectively, or bi-amped to provide sepa- rate tweeter and woofer feeds for a pair of front speakers that support bi-amping, providing improved bass and treble performance.

When bi-amping is used, the AV receiver is able to drive up to 5.1 speakers in the main room.

For bi-amping, the FRONT L/R terminal posts con- nect to the front speakers’ woofer terminals. And the SURR BACK/ZONE 2 L/R terminal posts connect to the front speakers’ tweeter terminals.

Once you’ve completed the bi-amping connections shown below and turned on the AV receiver, you must set the “Speakers Type(Front)” setting to “Bi-Amp” to enable biamping (see page 51).

Important:

When making the bi-amping connections, be sure to remove the jumper bars that link the speakers’ tweeter (high) and woofer (low) terminals.

Bi-amping can only be used with speakers that support bi-amping. Refer to your speaker manual.

Bi-amping Speaker Hookup

1

Connect the AV receiver’s FRONT R positive (+)

 

terminal to the right speaker’s positive (+) Woofer

 

(low) terminal. And connect the AV receiver’s

 

FRONT R negative (–) terminal to the right

 

speaker’s negative (–) Woofer (low) terminal.

 

 

2

Connect the AV receiver’s SURR BACK/ZONE 2

 

R positive (+) terminal to the right speaker’s pos-

 

itive (+) Tweeter (high) terminal. And connect the

 

AV receiver’s SURR BACK/ZONE 2 R negative

 

(–) terminal to the right speaker’s negative (–)

 

Tweeter (high) terminal.

 

 

3

Connect the AV receiver’s FRONT L positive (+)

 

terminal to the left speaker’s positive (+) Woofer

 

(low) terminal. And connect the AV receiver’s

 

FRONT L negative (–) terminal to the left

 

speaker’s negative (–) Woofer (low) terminal.

 

 

4

Connect the AV receiver’s SURR BACK/ZONE 2

L positive (+) terminal to the left speaker’s posi- tive (+) Tweeter (high) terminal. And connect the AV receiver’s SURR BACK/ZONE 2 L negative

(–) terminal to the left speaker’s negative (–) Tweeter (high) terminal.

Tweeter (high)

Tweeter (high)

Woofer (low)

Woofer (low)

Right speaker

Left speaker

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Onkyo 29400021, HT-RC180, TX-NR807 instruction manual Bi-amping the Front Speakers, Bi-amping Speaker Hookup