Connections

■Connecting an external amplifier

This unit has more than enough power for any home use. However, if you want to add more power to the speaker output or if you want to use another amplifier, connect an external amplifier to the PRE OUT jacks.

Notes

•When you make connections to the PRE OUT jacks, do not make connections to the SPEAKERS terminals.

•Each PRE OUT jack outputs the same channel signals as the corresponding SPEAKERS terminals.

•Adjust the volume level of the subwoofer with the control on the subwoofer (see page 52).

•Some signals may not be output at the SUBWOOFER PRE OUT jack depending on the settings for “Speaker Set” (see page 91) and “Bass Out” (see page 92).

•You can use the automatic setup feature even if you use an external amplifier (see page 37).

1CENTER PRE OUT jack

Center channel output jack.

2FRONT PRE OUT jacks

Front channel output jacks.

3SURROUND PRE OUT jacks

Surround channel output jacks.

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CENTER

FRONT SURROUND SINGLE(SB)

L

R

SUB

 

 

 

SUR.BACK/

WOOFER

 

 

 

PRESENCE

 

 

PRE OUT

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4SURROUND BACK/PRESENCE PRE OUT

jacks

Surround back or presence channel output jacks. When you only connect one external amplifier for the surround back channel, connect it to the SINGLE (SB) jack.

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•Set the “Surround Back” to “Large x2”, “Large x1”, “Small x2” or “Small x1” and “Presence” to “None” (see page 92) to output the surround back channel signals at SURROUND BACK/ PRESENCE PRE OUT jacks.

•Set the “Presence” to “Yes” and “Surround Back” to “None” (see page 92) to output the presence channel signals at SURROUND BACK/PRESENCE PRE OUT jacks.

•When “BI-AMP” is set to “ON” (see page 19), this unit output the front channel audio signals at the SUR.BACK/PRESENCE PRE OUT jacks.

5SUBWOOFER PRE OUT jack

Connect a subwoofer with a built-in amplifier.

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RX-V3800 specifications

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