Pioneer VSX-1017AV-S Speaker B setup, Bi-amping your front speakers, Switching the speaker system

09Other connections

1Make sure you have set the playback source to the proper output setting.

For example, you might need to set your DVD player to output multichannel analog audio.

2Press MULTI CH IN (front panel).

•Depending on the DVD player you’re using, the analog output level of the subwoofer channel may be too low. In this case switch the receiver into standby, then press  STANDBY/ON while holding down SBch PROCESSING on the front panel. This switches between SW IN +10dB (increase of 10 decibels) and SW IN 0dB (default) in the subwoofer channel.

Speaker B setup

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.

•You can use speakers with a nominal impedance between 6 Ω to 16 Ω (please see Switching the

speaker impedance on page 56 if you plan to use speakers with an impedance of less than 8 Ω).

After selecting Speaker B in Surround back speaker setting on page 38, you can use the speakers connected to the (surround back) B speaker terminals on the rear panel to listen to stereo playback in another room. See Switching the speaker system below for the listening options with this setup.

1Connect a pair of speakers to the surround back speaker terminals on the rear panel.

Connect them the same way you connected your speakers in Installing your speaker system on page 18. Make sure to review Placing the speakers on page 19 when placing the speakers in another room.

2Select ‘Speaker B’ from the ‘Surr Back System’ menu.

See Surround back speaker setting on page 38 to do this.

Switching the speaker system

If you selected Speaker B in Surround back speaker setting on page 38, three speaker system settings are possible using the SPEAKERS button. If you selected Normal (SB) or Front Bi-Amp, the button will simply switch your main speaker system on or off. The options

below are for the Speaker B setting only.1

•Use the SPEAKERS button on the front panel to select a speaker system setting.

As mentioned above, if you have selected Normal (SB), the button will simply switch your main speaker system

(A) on or off.

Press repeatedly to choose a speaker system option:

•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 not be heard. 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).

•SP(off) – No sound is output from the speakers. The same sound is output from the pre-out terminals (including from your subwoofer, if connected) as when selecting speaker system A (above).

Bi-amping your front speakers

Bi-amping is when you connect the high frequency driver and low frequency driver of your speakers to different amplifiers (in this case, to both front and surround back terminals) for better crossover performance. Your speakers must be bi-ampable to do this (having separate terminals for high and low) and the sound improvement will depend on the kind of speakers you’re using.

Note

1• The subwoofer output depends on the settings you made in Manual speaker setup on page 43. 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 Surround back speaker setting on page 38 output from the surround back pre-out terminals may change.

•All speaker systems (except Speaker B connections) are switched off when headphones are connected.

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