Yamaha RX-V3800 Controlling Zone 2 or Zone, 118 En, Using the internal amplifiers of this unit

Using multi-zone configuration

■Using the internal amplifiers of this unit

Important safety notice

The SP1 or SP2 speaker terminals of this Receiver should not be connected to a Passive Loudspeaker Selector Box or more than one loudspeaker per channel.

Connection to a Passive Loudspeaker Selector Box or multiple speakers per channel could create an abnormally low impedance load resulting in amplifier damage. See this owner’s manual for correct usage.

Compliance with minimum speaker impedance information for all channels must be maintained at all times. This information is found on the back panel of your Receiver.

If you want to use one internal amplifier (SP1 or SP2) of this unit

Connect the Zone 2 or Zone 3 speakers directly to the SP1 or SP2 speaker terminals and select either “INT:[SP1]” or “INT:[SP2]” for “Zone2 Amplifier” or “Zone3 Amplifier” (see page 97).

If you want to use two internal amplifiers (SP1 and SP2) of this unit

Connect the Zone 2 and Zone 3 speakers directly to the SP1 and SP2 speaker terminals and select “Both” for “Zone2 Amplifier” or “Zone3 Amplifier” (see page 97).

Second zone

(Zone 2)

	SP1
R	PRESENCE/ZONE 2/ZONE 3		L	R SP2 L
+	– –		+
				+
R	SURROUND BACK/		L
	BI-AMP
+	– –	SINGLE	+	–

This unit

Third zone

(Zone 3)

Controlling Zone 2 or Zone 3

You can select the zone you want to control by using the control buttons on the front panel or on the remote control.

■Selecting Zone 2 or Zone 3

Front panel operations

1Press QZONE 2 ON/OFF or QZONE 3 ON/OFF on the front panel to individually

turn on or off Zone 2 or Zone 3.

2Press QZONE CONTROLS on the front panel repeatedly to select the zone you want to control.

Each time you press QZONE CONTROLS, the front panel display changes as shown below, and the indicator for the currently selected zone flashes for approximately 10 seconds. However, no indicator flashes when the main zone is selected.

ZONE2 ZONE3

No indicator flashes when the main zone is

selected.

ZONE2

Controls the Zone 2 amplifier or tuner functions.

ZONE3

Controls the Zone 3 amplifier or tuner functions.

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•You must complete this step within 10 seconds while the selected zone flashes in the front panel display. Otherwise, the currently selected zone mode is automatically canceled. In this case, press QZONE CONTROLS again.

•The initial setting is ZONE2 when both Zone 2 and Zone 3 are turned on.

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