Zone 2 and Zone 3—Continued

Powered Zone 2 Setting

If you’ve connected your Zone 2 speakers to the AV receiver, as explained in “Connecting Your Zone 2 Speakers Directly to the AV receiver” on page 101, you must set the Powered Zone 2 setting to Act (Activated).

 

ON

STANDBY

 

 

 

TV

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INPUT

 

 

DVD

VCR/DVR

CBL/SAT

 

 

 

1

 

2

 

3

 

 

+

 

 

GAME/TV

AUX1

AUX2

TV CH

 

 

4

 

5

 

6

 

 

-

 

 

TAPE

TUNER

CD

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

8

 

9

 

 

 

 

 

PHONO

 

 

 

D. TUN

TV VOL

 

 

+10

 

0

CLEAR

 

 

 

--/--- 10

 

 

11

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

INPUT SELECTOR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MACRO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

2

 

3

 

 

ZONE3

 

 

 

REMOTE MODE

 

 

 

 

DVD

VCR

CD

 

 

ZONE2

 

 

 

 

 

 

CDR/MD

 

RECEIVER

 

TV

SAT

DOCK

TAPE/AMP

 

CABLE

RECEIVER

 

 

DIMMER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SLEEP

 

 

 

 

 

ENU

M

EN

 

 

 

 

 

 

M

 

U

 

 

 

 

OP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

T

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ENTER

+

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CH

 

 

ENTER

 

 

 

VOL

 

 

DISC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ALBUM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-

G

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UIDE

IT

 

 

 

 

SETUP

CH

 

 

EX

 

 

 

 

ETUP

RETU

 

 

 

 

PREV

S

 

 

 

 

 

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

R

 

 

 

DISPLAY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MUTING

 

 

REC

 

 

PLAYLIST

 

 

 

RANDOM

 

1

Press the [RECEIVER] REMOTE

 

RECEIVER

MODE button, followed by the

[SETUP] button.

 

The main menu appears onscreen.

S

 

E

 

T

 

UP

 

2

Use the Up and Down [ ]/[ ]

 

buttons to select “7. Hardware

ENTER

Setup,” and then press [ENTER].

 

The Hardware Setup menu appears.

ENTER

3

 

Use the Up and Down [

]/[ ]

 

 

buttons to select “2. Zone 2/

 

ENTER

Zone 3,” and then press [ENTER].

 

 

 

 

 

The Zone 2/Zone 3 screen appears.

 

 

7-2.Zone2/Zone3

 

 

 

Powered Zone2

Not Act

 

 

Zone2 Out

Fixed

 

 

Zone3 Out

Fixed

 

ENTER

 

 

4

Use the Up and Down [ ]/[ ]

 

buttons to select “Powered

 

Zone 2,” and use the Left and

 

ENTER

 

Right [ ]/[ ] buttons to select:

 

NotAct: ZONE 2 L/R speaker termi-

 

nals not activated (Powered

 

Zone 2 disabled).

 

Act: ZONE 2 L/R speaker termi-

 

nals activated (Powered Zone

 

ENTER

 

2 enabled).

5

Press the [SETUP] button.

 

 

Setup closes.

 

S

 

E

 

T

 

UP

Notes:

•When Act is selected and Zone 2 turned on, the Zone 2 speakers connected to the ZONE 2 L/R speaker termi- nals output sound, but the surround back speakers con- nected to the SURR BACK L/R speaker terminals do not. When Act is selected and Zone 2 turned off, the surround back speakers output sound as normal.

•On the TX-SR875, Powered Zone 2 cannot be used if the Speaker Type is set to Bi-Amp or BTL (page 45).

•This procedure can also be performed on the AV receiver by using its [SETUP], [ENTER], and arrow

buttons.

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