Yamaha RX-Z11 Controlling Zone 2, Zone 3, or Zone, 139 En, Step3: Setting the zone parameter, ■Basic operation, ■Assigning the zone speakers

Step3: Setting the zone parameter

After the connection, turn on this unit and then set the assignment of the speaker terminals and other zone parameters.

■Assigning the zone speakers

Use “Zone SP Assign” to set the zone that each speaker terminal are used for.

1Press IMENU on the remote control.

The top GUI menu appears in the video monitor.

2Press 9k / n repeatedly to select “Manual Setup” and then 9h.

3Press 9k / n repeatedly to select “Multi Zone” and then 9h.

“Multi Zone” menu appears in the GUI screen.

4Press9k / n repeatedly to select “Zone SP Assign” and then press 9h.

Following display appears in the GUI screen.

	M 2 3	4
	F.PRNS
Speaker B	EXTRA
	FRONT
Zone SP Assign	CENTER
	SUR.
Party Mode Set	S.BACK
	R.PRNS
Zone2 Set	Zone: /
	SP terminal:	/

Exit: ENTER

5Press 9k / n repeatedly to select the desired speaker terminals and then 9l / h repeatedly to select the desired zone you want to use the speaker connected to the selected speaker terminals.

When “PREAMP MODE” in the advanced setup is set to “OFF” (see page 143), “FRONT”, “CENTER”, “SUR.” and “S.BACK” are fixed to “M” (the main zone).

To make the system of the example (see page 134), set “Zone SP Assign” as follows:

	M 2 3 4	Zone indications
F.PRNS		M: Main zone
		2: Zone 2
EXTRA
		3: Zone 3
FRONT
		4: Zone 4
CENTER
SUR.
S.BACK
R.PRNS

Speaker terminal indications

F.PRNS: FRONT PRESENCE speaker terminals

EXTRA: EXTRA SP speaker terminals

FRONT: FRONT A speaker terminals CENTER: CENTER speaker terminals

SUR.: SURROUND speaker terminals S.BACK: SUR.BACK speaker terminals R.PRNS: REAR PRESENCE speaker terminals

Using multi-zone configuration

PREAMP MODE

When “PREAMP MODE” in the advanced setup is set to “ON” (see page 143), you can assign all the speaker terminals of this unit to Zone 2, Zone 3, or Zone 4. The audio signals for the main zone are only output at the PRE OUT jacks.

6Once you have finished the settings of all the speaker terminals, press 9ENTER to confirm the

setting and exit from the “Zone SP Assign” screen.

7Set other zone parameters appropriately.

See pages 109 and 110 for details.

8Once you have finished the settings of the zone parameters, press IMENU to exit the GUI menu.

Controlling Zone 2, Zone 3, or Zone 4

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

■Basic operation

Front panel operations

1Press OZONE 2, OZONE 3, or OZONE 4 on the front panel to individually turn on or off Zone 2, Zone 3, or Zone 4.

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

Each time you press OZONE 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 ZONE4

No indicator flashes when the main zone is

selected.

ZONE2

Controls the Zone 2 functions.

ZONE3

Controls the Zone 3 functions.

ZONE4

Controls the Zone 4 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

OZONE CONTROLS again.

•The initial setting is ZONE2 when Zone 2, Zone 3, and Zone 4 are turned on.

Operation Advanced

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