PREPARATIONS ➤Placing speakers En 12
Select the speaker layout for the number of speakers that you are using and place the speakers and subwoofer (with built-in amplifier) in your room. This section describes the
representative speaker layout examples.
1Placing speakers
Caution
• (U.S.A. and Canada models only)
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 MIN”. In this case, you can also use 4-ohm speakers as the front speakers.
For details, see “Setting the speaker impedance” (p.14).
• (Except for U.S.A. and Canada models)
Use speakers with an impedance of at least 6 .
Speaker type Abbr. Function
Speaker system (the
number of channels)
5.1 4.1 3.1 2.1
Front (L) 1
Produce front right/left channel sounds (stereo sounds).
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Front (R) 2●●●●
Center 3Produces center channel sounds (such as movie dialogue and vocals). ●●
Surround (L) 4
Produce surround right/left channel sounds.
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Surround (R) 5●●
Subwoofer 9Produces LFE (low-frequency effect) channel sounds and reinforces the bass parts of other channels.
This channel is counted as “0.1”. ●●●●
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