Other Connections; Second Zone Speaker B Setup; Switching The Speaker System - Pioneer VSX-517-S/-K Operating Instructions Manual

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Other connections

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 Ω to 16 Ω (please
see Switching the speaker impedance on
page 60 if you plan to use speakers with an
impedance of less than 8 Ω).

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.
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.
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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.
• Use the SPEAKERS button on the front
panel to select a speaker system setting.
SOUND MIDNIGHT/ SB ch
RETRIEVER LOUDNESS PROCESSING
SIGNAL TUNING/
SELECT STATION
SPEAKERS
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.
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TONE
TUNER
EDIT
SETUP RETURN
MULTI JOG