Yamaha DSP-Z11 owner manual 35 En, Connecting external amplifiers, decoder, Preparation

■Connecting external amplifiers

This unit has more than enough power for any home use. However, if you want to use external amplifiers, connect the external amplifiers to the PRE OUT jacks. Each PRE OUT jack outputs the same channel signals as the corresponding SPEAKERS terminals.

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Use the external amplifiers in the following cases:

–when you want to add more power to the speaker output

–when you want to use another amplifier for your presence of sounds

–when you want to enjoy the 11.2-channel surround sound in the main zone with activating the other zones (see page 111)

Pre-amplifier mode

If you want use the external amplifiers for the all channels in the main zone, set “PREAMP MODE” to “ON” in the advanced setup (see page 120). When “PREAMP MODE” is set to “ON”, the power consumption is reduced.

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Connections

Notes

•When you select the component connected to the MULTI CH INPUT jacks as the input source (see page 50), this unit automatically turns off the digital sound field processor, and you cannot select sound field programs.

•The audio signals input at the CENTER and SUBWOOFER MULTI CH INPUT jacks are mixed down to the left and right headphone channels.

•This unit redirects the audio signals input at the CENTER and/or SUBWOOFER MULTI CH INPUT jacks to the front left and right speaker channels when you set “Center” and/or “Configuration” in “Speaker Set” to “None” (see page 84). We recommend that you connect at least a 5.1- channel speaker system before using this feature.

For 6-channel input

		FRONT (6CH)	CENTER
		L
		R
		SB (8CH)	SURROUND SUBWOOFER
		MULTI CH INPUT
L	R	L	R	Subwoofer

Preparation

FRONT SURROUND CENTER

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(FRONT)

(REAR)

SUBWOOFER

PRE OUT

(SINGLE)

SUR. BACK	FRONT	REAR
	PRESENCE	PRESENCE

L

R

Front out Surround out out Center out

Multi-format player/

External decoder

For 8-channel input

	PRE OUT jack	Output audio channel
1	FRONT	Front left/right
2	SURROUND	Surround left/right
3	SUBWOOFER	Subwoofer left/right (see page 25)
4	SUR.BACK	Surround back left/right *
5	FRONT PRESENCE	Front presence left/right
6	REAR PRESENCE	Rear presence left/right
7	CENTER	Center

Note

*When you only connect one external amplifier for the surround back channel, connect it to the SINGLE jack.

■Connecting a multi-format player or an external

L

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R

		FRONT (6CH)				CENTER
		L
		R
			SB (8CH)	SURROUND		SUBWOOFER
		Surroundback	MULTI CH INPUT
L	R		L	R	Surround	Subwoofer
		out			out	out

L	R
Center out	Front out

decoder

This unit is equipped with 6 additional input jacks (left and right FRONT, CENTER, left and right SURROUND and SUBWOOFER) for discrete multi-channel input from a multi- format player, external decoder, sound processor or pre-amplifier. If you set “Input Channels” to “8ch” in “Multi CH Assign” (see page 83), you can use the input jacks assigned as “Front Input” in “Multi CH Assign” (see page 83) together with the MULTI CH INPUT jacks to input 8-channel signals.

Connect the output jacks on your multi-format player or external decoder to the MULTI CH INPUT jacks. Be sure to match the left and right outputs to the left and right input jacks for the front and surround channels.

Multi-format player/

External decoder

Note

*The analog audio input jacks assigned as “Front Input” in “Multi CH Assign” (see page 83).

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