Pioneer VSX-517-S/-K manual Other connections Bi-ampingyour front speakers, Bi-wiringyour speakers

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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.

1 Connect your speakers as shown below.

This illustration below shows the connections for bi-amping your front left speaker. Hook up your front right speaker in the same way.

	S	R	FRONT	L R	SURROUND	L	CENTER	R	SURROUND BACK	L
	P
	E
Front left	A	A								B
	K
speaker	E
	R
	S

Hi

Lo

Since both front and surround back speaker terminals output the same audio, it doesn’t matter which set (front or surround back) is powering which part (Hi or Low) of the speaker.

•Make sure that the + / – connections are properly inserted.

2Select the ‘SB BIAMP’ setting from the ‘SB.SYSTEM’ menu.

See Surround back speaker setting on page 39 to specify how you’re using the surround back speaker terminals.

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Caution	English
• Most speakers with both Hi and Low
terminals have two metal plates that
connect the Hi to the Low terminals.
These must be removed when you are bi-
amping the speakers or you could severely	Deutsch
damage the amplifier. See your speaker
manual for more information.
• If your speakers have a removable
crossover network, make sure you do not
remove it for bi-amping. Doing so may
damage your speakers.	Français
Bi-wiring your speakers
The reasons for bi-wiring are basically the
same as bi-amping, but additionally,	Italiano
this your speakers must be bi-wireable (that is
interference effects within the wire could be
reduced, producing better sound. Again, to do
they must have separate terminals for the high
and low frequencies). When bi-wiring, make	Nederlands
speaker cords to the speaker terminal on the
sure you’ve selected SB NORM. or SB 2ND Z
in Surround back speaker setting on page 39.
• To bi-wire a speaker, connect two
receiver.	Español

Caution

•Make sure you use a parallel (not series, which are fairly uncommon) connection when bi-wiring your speakers.

•Don’t connect different speakers from the same terminal in this way.

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