Pioneer VSX-59TXi operating instructions 10Other connections Chapter, Using speaker system B

10Other connections

Chapter 10

Other connections

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 58 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 58. 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 receiver menu screen to select a speaker system setting.

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

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RECEIVER CONT

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

ACOUSTIC								TUNER	SBCH	MULTI ROOM & SOURCE
CAL.	MIDNIGHT	TONE	OPTION			DIGITALNR	CLASS	STATION	MODE	CONTROL	ON/OFF
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.

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• 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 58. 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 58 and Using the Stream Direct mode on page 47, 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 26. Make sure to review Placing the speakers on page 27 when placing the speakers in another room.

We recommend using speakers with a nominal impedance between 6–16Ω(please see Switching the speaker impedance on page 78 if you plan to use speakers with a lower impedance).

Alternating surround speaker setups using speaker system B (ITU-R)

After you connect an alternate set of surround speakers, you can use speaker system B to provide surround sound when listening to sources like DVD-Audio discs. This will give you a setup of 9 speakers where the front and center speakers can be used with normal 7.1 surround (speaker system A), or 5.1 surround with DVD-Audio sources (speaker system B in ITU-R setting).

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