Amp Assign / Multi-Zone Connections And Operations; Multi-Zone Settings With The Amp Assign Function - Denon AV SURROUND RECEIVER AVR-5308CI Owner's Manual

Amp Assign / Multi Zone Connections and
Operations
The AVR-5308CI is compatible with the following types of playback:
• Multi-zone playback (ZONE2 & ZONE3)
• Bi-amp playback (front speaker)
• Bi-wiring playback (front speaker)
NOTE
• For bi-amp and bi-wiring playback, use speakers compatible with that type of connection.
• When conducting bi-amp or bi-wiring playback, remove the short-circuiting boards (or wires) from the
speaker terminals.

Multi-Zone Settings with the Amp Assign Function

The amp assign function lets you assign the amplifiers for the different channels built into the AVR-5308CI
to the speaker outputs for the different zones.
Select the desired playback environment from among "Setting 1" to "Setting 8" , then set the corresponding
"Amp Assign" mode at GUI menu "Manual Setup" – "Option Setup" – "Amp Assign" (vpage 40).
Connect the speakers as described at "Speaker connections" .
With "Setting 1", "Setting 2", "Setting 5", it is possible to switch the Amp Assign mode between the 9.1 /
7 .1-channel mode and the multi-zone mode without changing the speaker connections.

Setting 1:
With this setting it is possible to switch between the following two playback modes.
9.1-channel playback
F
Multi-zone playback
F
• 7 .1-channel playback + ZONE2 or ZONE3 stereo playback
• 7 .1-channel playback + ZONE2 monaural playback + ZONE3 monaural playback
ZONE2 ON/OFF
Switching ················ button,
MAIN ZONE MAIN ZONE
FL SW C FR FL SW
ZONE2 & 3
POWER
9.1ch
SL SR SL
"ON"
A A A
"OFF"
B B B
SBL SBR
Both A and B can be installed for SR and SL.
n Speaker connections
FRONT
Speaker terminal CENTER
R L
Speaker to connect FR FL C
n Channels outputting to the various speaker terminals
Speaker
Status FRONT
terminal
CENTER
ZONE2 &
Amp
R L
Assign mode ZONE3
ZONE2
ZONE3 ON FR FL
ZONE (MONO)
ZONE2
ZONE3 OFF FR FL
ZONE (MONO)
ZONE3 ON/OFF
button
Amp Assign
ZONE2 ZONE3
C FR
mode:
Z2L Z2R Z3L Z3R
+ ZONE2 (Default)
Stereo
Z2L Z2R Z3L Z3R
7 .1ch
SR
+ ZONE3
A
Stereo
B
Z2 Z3
+ ZONE (MONO)
Mono Mono
SURR. SURR-B / AMP
SURR-A
BACK ASSIGN
R L R L R L
Z2R
Z3R
SR-A SL-A SBR SBL SR-B SL-B
Z3
(MONO)
SURR. SURR-B /
SURR-A
BACK AMP ASSIGN
R L R L R L
Z2R
C SR-A SL-A – – SR-B SL-B Z3R
(MONO)
C SR-A SL-A SBR SBL SR-B SL-B
AMP
ASSIGN-2
R L
Z2L
Z3L
Z2
(MONO)
AMP
ASSIGN-2
R L
Z2L
Z3L
Z3 Z2
(MONO)
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