Pioneer VSX-919AH-K manual Using other functions Switching the speaker system

Using other functions

Switching the speaker system

If you selected Speaker B in Surround back speaker setting on page 94, three speaker system settings are possible using SPEAKERS. If you selected Normal, Front Bi-Ampor ZONE 2, the button will simply switch your main speaker system on or off. The options below are for the Speaker B setting only.1

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Using the MULTI-ZONE controls

The following steps use the front panel controls to adjust the sub zone volume and select sources. See MULTI-ZONE remote controls on page 70.

1Press the MULTI-ZONE ON/OFF button on the front panel.

Each press selects a MULTI-ZONE option:

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

As mentioned above, if you have selected Normal, 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).

•ZONE 2 ON – Switches the MULTI-ZONE feature on

•MULTI ZONE OFF – Switches the MULTI- ZONE feature off

The MULTI-ZONEindicator lights when the MULTI-ZONE control has been switched ON.

2Press MULTI-ZONE CONTROL on the front panel.

•When the receiver is on,2 make sure that any operations for the sub zone are done while ZONE 2 shows in the display. If this is not showing, the front panel controls affect the main zone only.

3Use the INPUT SELECTOR dial to select the source for the sub zone.

For example, ZONE 2 CD-Rsends the source connected to the CD-Rinputs to the sub room (ZONE 2).

•If you select TUNER, you can use the tuner controls to select a preset station (see

Saving station presets on page 52 if you’re unsure how to do this).3

•VSX-919AH model only: iPod/USB and SIRIUS Radio function cannot be selected for the MULTI-ZONE feature.

Note

1• The subwoofer output depends on the settings you made in Manual speaker setup on page 94. 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 94 output from the surround back pre-out terminals may change.

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

2If the receiver is in standby, the display is dimmed, and ZONE 2 DVD for example shows in the display.

3The tuner cannot be tuned to more than one station at a time. Therefore, changing the station in one zone also changes the station in the other zone. Please be careful not to change stations when recording a radio broadcast.

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