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10 other connections, Second zone speaker b setup, Switching the speaker system – Pioneer VSX-817-S/-K User Manual

Page 56: Other connections, Other connections 10, Chapter 10

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Other connections

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Chapter 10:

Other connections

VSX-817 model only

Caution

Before making or changing the connections

,

switch off the power and disconnect the
power cord from the power outlet.
Plugging in components should be the last
connection you make with your system.

• Do not allow any contact between speaker

wires from different terminals.

• You can use speakers with a nominal

impedance between 6

to 16

(please

see

Switching the speaker impedance

on

page 60 if you plan to use speakers with an
impedance of less than 8

).

Second Zone speaker B setup

After selecting

SB 2ND Z

in

Surround back

speaker setting

on page 39, you can use the

speakers connected to the (surround back) B
speaker terminals on the rear panel to listen to
stereo playback in another room. See

Switching the speaker system

below for the

listening options with this setup.

1

Connect a pair of speakers to the

surround back speaker terminals on the rear
panel.

Connect them the same way you connected
your speakers in

Connecting the speakers

on

page 19. Make sure to review

Hints on speaker

placement

on page 20 when placing the

speakers in another room.

2

Select ‘

SB 2ND Z’

from the ‘

SB.SYSTEM’

menu.

See

Surround back speaker setting

on page 39

to do this.

Switching the speaker system

If you selected

SB 2ND Z

in

Surround back

speaker setting

on page 39, three speaker

system settings are possible using the

SPEAKERS

button. If you selected

SB NORM.

or

SB BIAMP

, the speaker system is fixed as

SP

A

or

SP

AB

(respectively). The options

below are for the

SB 2ND Z

setting only.

1

Use the SPEAKERS button on the front

panel to select a speaker system setting.

Press repeatedly to choose a speaker system
option:

SP

A

– Sound is output from the speakers

connected to the A speaker terminals
(multichannel playback is possible).

SP

B

– Sound is output from the two

speakers connected to speaker system B
(only stereo playback is possible).

SP

AB

– Sound is output from speaker

system A (up to 5 channels, depending on
the source), the two speakers in speaker
system B, and the subwoofer.
Multichannel sources (heard through
speaker system A) are downmixed for
stereo output from speaker system B.

Note

1 • The subwoofer output depends on the settings you made in

Speaker setting

on page 43. However, if

SP

B

is selected above,

no sound is heard from the subwoofer (the LFE channel is not downmixed).

• Depending on the

Surround back speaker setting

on page 39 output from the surround back pre-out terminals may change.

• All speaker systems (except

SB 2ND Z

connections) are switched off when headphones are connected.

MIDNIGHT/

LOUDNESS

SB ch

PROCESSING

SOUND

RETRIEVER

TUNING/
STATION

SETUP

RETURN

TONE

TUNER

EDIT

SIGNAL
SELECT

SPEAKERS

MULTI JOG

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