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1Connecting speakers

The unit has 9 built-in amplifiers. You can connect 2 to 11 speakers and up to 2 subwoofers to create the favorite acoustic space in your room.

You can also apply bi-amp connections, channel expansion (using an external power amplifier) or multi-zone configurations to enhance your system (p.24).

Caution

•Under its default settings, the unit is configured for 8-ohm speakers. When connecting 6-ohm speakers, set the unit’s speaker impedance to “6 Ω MIN”. In this case, you can also use 4-ohm speakers as the front speakers. For details, see “Setting the speaker impedance” (p.21).

Functions of each speaker
Speaker typeAbbr.Function

 

 

 

Front (L)

1

Produce front right/left channel sounds (stereo sounds).

 

 

Front (R)

2

 

 

 

 

Center

3

Produces center channel sounds (such as movie dialogues and

vocals).

 

 

 

Surround (L)

4

Produce surround right/left channel sounds. Surround speakers

 

 

also produce surround back channel sounds when no surround

Surround (R)

5

back speakers are connected.

 

 

 

Surround back (L)

6

Produce surround back right/left channel sounds.

 

 

Surround back (R)

7

 

 

 

 

Front presence (L)

E

 

 

 

Produce CINEMA DSP effect sounds. In combination with CINEMA

Front presence (R)

R

DSP HD³ (RX-A3020) or CINEMA DSP 3D (RX-A2020) (p.64), the

Rear presence (L)

T

presence speakers create a natural 3-dimensional sound field in

 

 

your room.

Rear presence (R)

Y

 

 

 

 

 

 

Produces LFE (low-frequency effect) channel sounds and

 

 

reinforces bass parts of other channels.

Subwoofer

9

This channel is counted as “0.1”. You can connect 2 subwoofers to

 

 

the unit and place them on the right/left (or front/rear) sides of the

 

 

room.

 

 

 

•We recommend using presence speakers to have a full effect of the 3-dimensional sound fields. However, the unit creates Virtual Presence Speaker (VPS) using the front, center and surround speakers to produce 3-dimensional sound fields even when no presence speakers are connected (p.64).

•Use “Ideal speaker layout” (diagram on the right) as reference. You do not need to exactly adjust the speaker layout to this diagram since the YPAO function of the unit will automatically optimize the speaker settings (such as distances) to suit the speaker layout.

•When using only one surround back speaker, place it straight behind the listening position (middle of “SBL” and “SBR” in the diagram).

Ideal speaker layout

E

R

0.5 to 1 m

0.5 to 1 m

(1.6 to 3.3 ft)

(1.6 to 3.3 ft)

1

2

1.8 m

1.8 m

(5.9 ft)

(5.9 ft)

9 3 9

4 5

10°~30°

10°~30°

T Y

6 7

1.8 m

 

0.3 m (1 ft) or more

 

1.8 m

 

 

 

(5.9 ft)

 

 

 

(5.9 ft)

PREPARATIONS ➤ Connecting speakers

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