Connecting Additional Amplifiers; Connecting The Multichannel Analog Inputs - Pioneer sc-lx87 Operating Manual

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Connecting additional amplifiers

This receiver has more than enough power for any home use, but it's possible to add additional amplifiers to every
channel of your system using the pre-outs. Make the connections shown below to add amplifiers to power your
speakers.
FRONT 1 SUBWOOFER 2 SURROUND SURR BACK F HEIGHT (Single) F WIDE
L
R
CENTER PRE OUT
FRONT SUBWOOFER SURROUND SURR BACK F HEIGHT F WIDE
1 2
(Single)
PRE OUT
CENTER
! If you're not using a subwoofer, change the front speaker setting (see
! You can use the additional amplifier on the surround back channel pre-outs for a single speaker as well. In this
case plug the amplifier into the left (SURROUND BACK L (Single)) terminal only.
! The sound from the surround back terminals will depend on how you have configured the
ting on page 99.
! If you have two subwoofers, the second subwoofer can be connected to the SUBWOOFER 2 terminal.
Connecting two subwoofers increases the bass sound to achieve more powerful sound reproduction. In this
case, the same sound is output from the two subwoofers.
! To hear sound only from the pre-outs, switch the speaker terminals to SP: OFF
any speakers that are connected directly to the receiver.
It is also possible to hear sound only from the pre-outs by switching the AMP setting to OFF and setting the
pre-amp mode to turn the power amplifiers for all channels off (see
ANALOG
INPUT
L
Front channel
R
amplifier
ANALOG
INPUT
Center channel
amplifier (mono)
ANALOG
INPUT
L
Surround
R
channel amplifier
ANALOG
INPUT
L
Front height
R
channel amplifier
L
ANALOG
INPUT
R
L
Front wide
R
channel amplifier
ANALOG
INPUT
L
Surround back
R
channel amplifier
ANALOG
INPUT Powered
subwoofer 2
ANALOG
INPUT
Powered
subwoofer 1
Speaker Setting on page 96) to LARGE.
Speaker system set-
(page 79) or simply disconnect
Setting the Audio options on page

Connecting the multichannel analog inputs

SC-LX87 only
For your Blu-ray Disc player and DVD player may have 5.1, 6.1 or 7.1 channel analog outputs (depending on
whether your player supports surround back channels). Make sure that the player is set to output multichannel
analog audio.
DVD player, etc.
Select one
VIDEO OUT
HDMI OUT
VIDEO
IN 1 BD IN IN 2 IN 3
( DVD ) ( SAT/CBL ) ( DVR/BDR )
DVD
IN
! For instructions on playing the multichannel analog inputs, see
page 50.
! If there is a single surround back output, connect it to the SURR BACK L jack on this receiver.
! To use a 5.1-channel speaker set, use the surround speakers for the surround channel, not the surround back
channel.
! The sound from the surround back terminals will depend on how you have configured the
ting on page 99.
! The audio signal input to MULTI CH IN cannot be downmixed.
! To input video signals using an HDMI cable, MULTI CH IN must be selected at Input under Input Setup and
the connected HDMI terminal must be assigned to HDMI Input. For details, see
page 46.
75).
! To input video signals using a composite video cable, Multi Ch In Setup must be selected at Other Setup
and the connected video input terminal must be assigned to Video Input. For details, see
Setup on page 106.
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Connecting your equipment
SUBWOOFER FRONT CENTER SURROUND
OUTPUT OUTPUT OUTPUT OUTPUT
R L R
IN 4
( VIDEO )
FRONT CENTER
SUBWOOFER
IN 1 BD IN IN 2 IN 3 IN 4
(DVD) (SAT/CBL) (DVR/BDR) (VIDEO)
DVD
FRONT CENTER SURROUND SURR BACK
IN
SUBWOOFER MULTI CH IN
Selecting the multichannel analog inputs
The Input Setup menu
SURROUND BACK
OUTPUT
L R L
SURROUND SURR BACK
L
R
MULTI CH IN
L
R
on
Speaker system set-
on
Multi Channel Input