Hooking Up the System

Depending on the shape of your room (etc.), you may wish to place the rear speakers behind you instead of on the side walls. One advantage of this placement is that you can use a pair of large floor standing speakers matching your front speakers.

B

A A

45°

C

C

90°

20°

Note

If you place the rear speakers behind you, be sure to check the rear speaker position setting in the SPEAKER SETUP before using the VIRTUAL MULTI REAR and VIRTUAL REAR SHIFT sound fields (see pages 22 and 33 to 34 for details).

zYou can connect wireless rear speakers (except for STR-D760Z)

When using an optional Sony wireless rear speaker system, connect the transmitter to the WIRELESS REAR SPEAKER connector.

Note

Do not connect any other components to the WIRELESS REAR SPEAKER connector.

Selecting the speaker system

You can connect one set or two sets of speakers. Set the SPEAKERS selector on the front panel according to your speaker system.

To drive

Set SPEAKERS selector to

 

 

Speaker system A

A

(connected to the FRONT

 

SPEAKERS A terminals)

 

 

 

Speaker system B

B

(connected to the FRONT

 

SPEAKERS B terminals)

 

 

 

Both speaker systems A and B

A+B*

(parallel connection)

 

 

 

*Connect speakers with nominal impedance of 8 ohms, or higher, to the A and B terminals.

Speaker placement for STR-DE815G and STR-D760Z

For optimum surround sound effect, place your speakers as shown below.

Rear speaker

60 - 90 cm (2 - 3 feet)

Front speaker

zYou can connect an active woofer

You can reinforce the bass sound by connecting an optional active woofer to the WOOFER AUDIO OUT terminal.

Receiver

Active woofer

WDOFER

INPUT

AUDIO

 

OUT

 

Selecting the impedance (except for Singaporian models)

Check the impedance of your speakers (usually indicated on the back of the speaker), and set the IMPEDANCE SELECTOR for the front speakers.

If nominal impedance of

Set IMPEDANCE SELECTOR

your speaker is

your speaker is to

 

 

Between 4 and 8 ohms

4 Ω

 

 

8 ohms or higher

8 Ω

 

 

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