Other connections

Chapter 12:

Other connections

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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 6–16Ω(please see Switching the speaker impedance on page 81 if you plan to use speakers with an impedance of less than 8Ω).

Second Zone speaker B setup

VSX-915 model only

After selecting SB 2ND Z in Surround back speaker setting on page 46, 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 Connecting the speakers on page 22. Make sure to review Hints on speaker placement on page 23 when placing the speakers in another room.

2Select SB 2ND Z from the ‘SB. SYSTEM’ menu.

See Surround back speaker setting on page 46 to do this.

Switching the speaker system

If you selected SB 2ND Z in Surround back speaker setting on page 46, three speaker system settings are possible using the SPEAKERS button. If you selected SB NORM. or SB BIAMP, the speaker system is fixed as SP A or SP AB (respectively). The options

below are for the SB 2ND Z setting only.1

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

FL DIMMER

INPUT

SPEAKERS

EXTENDED

ACOUSTIC

 

 

ATT

MODE

EQ

 

 

 

TUNING

TUNER

 

QUICK

SYSTEM

RETURN

BAND

/STATION

EDIT

TONE

SETUP

SETUP

MULTI JOG

Press repeatedly to choose a speaker system option:

• SP A – Sound is output from the speakers connected to the A speaker terminals (multichannel playback is possible).

• SP B – Sound is output from the two speakers connected to speaker system B (only stereo playback is possible).

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Note

1 • The subwoofer output depends on the settings you made in Speaker setting on page 51. However, if SP B is selected above, no sound is heard from the subwoofer (the LFE channel is not downmixed).

•Depending on the Surround back speaker setting on page 46 output from the surround back pre-out terminals may change.

•All speaker systems (except SB 2ND Z connections) are switched off when headphones are connected.

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VSX-815-S/-K, VSX-915-S/-K specifications

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