Zone 2 and Zone, 109, Connecting Zone

Zone 2 and Zone 3

In addition to your main listening room, you can also enjoy playback in two other rooms, or as we call them, Zone 2 and Zone 3. And, you can select a different source for each room.

Connecting Zone 2

Zone 2 speakers must be connected to an amp in Zone 2.

Connecting Your Zone 2 Speakers

You can enjoy 2-channel stereo playback in Zone 2 and a different source to those selected for your main room and Zone 3.

Hookup

•Use an RCA audio cable to connect the AV control- ler’s ZONE 2 PRE OUT L/R jacks to an analog audio input on your Zone 2 amp.

•Use an RCA audio cable to connect the AV control- ler’s ZONE 2 PRE OUT SW jack to the line input on a powered subwoofer in Zone 2.

•Connect your Zone 2 speakers to the speaker termi- nals on your Zone 2 amp.

Main room

Multichannel power amp

AV controller

ZONE 2 ZONE 3

PRE OUT

Zone 2
	LINE INPUT
		IN
Powered	R	L
subwoofer
	Receiver/
	integrated amp

Note:

•With the default settings, the Zone 2 volume must be set on the Zone 2 amp. If your Zone 2 amp has no vol- ume control, set the Zone 2 Out setting to Variable so that you can set the Zone 2 volume on the AV control- ler (see page 110).

Zone 2 Video Outputs

The AV controller features a composite video output and component video output for connection to a TV in Zone 2, so you can enjoy both audio and video in that zone.

Hookup

•Use a composite video cable to connect the AV con- troller’s ZONE 2 OUT V jack to a composite video input on your Zone 2 TV.

•Alternatively, use a component video cable to connect the AV controller’s COMPONENT VIDEO MONI- TOR OUT 2/ZONE 2 OUT jacks to a component video input on your Zone 2 TV.

Main room

AV controller

MONITOR OUT 2

/ZONE 2 OUTZONE 2 OUT

Zone 2

•If you use the COMPONENT VIDEO MONITOR OUT 2/ZONE 2 OUT, you must set the Monitor Out2 setting to Zone 2 (see page 45).

Notes:

•The ZONE 2 OUT V jack outputs video from compo- nents connected to composite video inputs and S-Video inputs.

•The COMPONENT VIDEO MONITOR

OUT 2/ZONE 2 OUT outputs video from components connected to component video inputs.

109 PR-SC885 specifications

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Onkyo PR-SC885 Zone 2 and Zone, 109, Connecting Zone, Connecting Your Zone 2 Speakers

Models: PR-SC885

Zone 2 and Zone 3

Connecting Zone 2

Connecting Your Zone 2 Speakers

Hookup

Zone 2 Video Outputs

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PR-SC885 specifications