Pioneer VSA-AX10Ai manual Other connections Chapter, Using speaker system B

Other connections

Chapter 9

Other connections

Caution

•Before making or changing the connections, switch off the power and disconnect the power cord from the power outlet. Plugging in components should be the last connection you make with your system.

•Be careful not to allow any contact between speaker wires from different terminals.

•Note that the + and – connections on speaker terminals A and B are in opposite positions.

•You can use speakers with a nominal impedance between 4–16Ω(please see Switching the speaker impedance on page 72 if you plan to use speakers with an impedance of less than 6Ω).

Using speaker system B

You can connect a pair of speakers to the B speaker terminals on the rear panel to listen to stereo playback in another room, or you can also use these terminals to hear surround sound when playing DVD-Audio sources. Once you’ve made these connections, you’ll have to change the speaker setting in Speaker Systems on page 52 to specify how you’re using speaker system B.

Switching the speaker system

This unit has three speaker system settings which allow you to select the speaker system(s) you want to use. What you will hear depends on the settings you made in Speaker Systems on page 52. If you selected Normal Surround for speaker system A, and Second Zone for speaker system B, sound is output according to the explanations below.

•Use the SPEAKER A/B button on the remote control amplifier menu screen to select a speaker system setting.

You can also use the front panel SP SYSTEM A/B button.

AMPLIFIER 3/3

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AMPLIFIER CONT

INPUT	SB CH
	MODE
SPEAKER	INPUT
A/B	ATT
VIDEO	DISPLAY
SELECT	DIMMER
TAPE2	STATUS
MONITOR

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ACOUSTIC										CHLEVEL	SBCH
CAL.	MIDNIGHT	LOUDNESS	TONE	OPTION			DIGITALNR	INPUTATT	SELECT		MODE
PHONES	SPSYSTEM	SIGNAL	VIDEO	TAPE2	STREAM	SETUP			VIDEOINPUT
	A/B	SELECT	SELECT	MONITOR	DIRECT	MIC	DIGITALIN
									S-VIDEO	VIDEO	L AUDIO R

Press repeatedly to cycle through the speaker system options:

• SP A – Sound is output from speaker system A and the same signal is output from the pre-out terminals.

• SP B – Sound is output from the two speakers connected to speaker system B. Multichannel sources will be downmixed to these two speakers. The same signal is output from the surround back channel pre-out terminals.

• SP AB – Sound is output from speaker system A (up to 5 channels, depending on the source), the two speakers in speaker system B, and the subwoofer. The sound from speaker system B will be the same as the sound from speaker system A (multichannel sources will be downmixed to 2 channels). The same signal as speaker A is output from the pre-out terminals, except for the surround back pre-outs, which output the same signal as speaker B.

•SP (off) – No sound is output from the speakers. The same sound is output from the pre-out terminals as when selecting speaker system A (above).

Note

• The subwoofer output depends on the settings you made in Speaker Systems on page 52. However, if SP B is selected above, no sound is heard from the subwoofer (the LFE channel is not downmixed).

•Depending on the settings in Speaker Systems on page 52 and Using the Stream Direct mode on page 43, output from the surround back pre-out terminals may change.

•All speaker systems are switched off when headphones are connected.

Using speaker system B in another room

Connect a pair of speakers to the speaker B terminals on the rear panel the same way you connected your speakers in Connecting the speakers on page 24. Make sure to review Placing the speakers on page 25 when placing the speakers in another room.

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