Connecting Speakers - Yamaha RX-A3020 Owner's Manual

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Speaker connections
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Connecting speakers

The unit has 9 built-in amplifiers. You can connect 2 to 11 speakers and up to 2 subwoofers to create the favorite acoustic space in your room.
You can also apply bi-amp connections, channel expansion (using an external power amplifier) or multi-zone configurations to enhance your system (p.24).
Caution
• Under its default settings, the unit is configured for 8-ohm speakers. When connecting 6-ohm speakers, set the unit's speaker impedance to "6 Ω MIN". In this case, you can also use 4-ohm speakers as the front speakers.
For details, see "Setting the speaker impedance" (p.21).
Functions of each speaker
Speaker type Abbr.
1
Front (L)
Produce front right/left channel sounds (stereo sounds).
2
Front (R)
Produces center channel sounds (such as movie dialogues and
3
Center
vocals).
4
Surround (L) Produce surround right/left channel sounds. Surround speakers
also produce surround back channel sounds when no surround
5
Surround (R)
back speakers are connected.
6
Surround back (L)
Produce surround back right/left channel sounds.
7
Surround back (R)
E
Front presence (L)
Produce CINEMA DSP effect sounds. In combination with CINEMA
R
Front presence (R)
DSP HD³ (RX-A3020) or CINEMA DSP 3D (RX-A2020) (p.64), the
presence speakers create a natural 3-dimensional sound field in
T
Rear presence (L)
your room.
Y
Rear presence (R)
Produces LFE (low-frequency effect) channel sounds and
reinforces bass parts of other channels.
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Subwoofer This channel is counted as "0.1". You can connect 2 subwoofers to
the unit and place them on the right/left (or front/rear) sides of the
room.
• We recommend using presence speakers to have a full effect of the 3-dimensional sound fields. However,
the unit creates Virtual Presence Speaker (VPS) using the front, center and surround speakers to produce
3-dimensional sound fields even when no presence speakers are connected (p.64).
• Use "Ideal speaker layout" (diagram on the right) as reference. You do not need to exactly adjust the
speaker layout to this diagram since the YPAO function of the unit will automatically optimize the speaker
settings (such as distances) to suit the speaker layout.
• When using only one surround back speaker, place it straight behind the listening position (middle of "SBL"
and "SBR" in the diagram).
Function
Ideal speaker layout
E
0.5 to 1 m
(1.6 to 3.3 ft)
1
1.8 m
(5.9 ft)
9
4
10°~30°
T
6
1.8 m
(5.9 ft)
PREPARATIONS ➤ Connecting speakers
R
0.5 to 1 m
(1.6 to 3.3 ft)
2
1.8 m
(5.9 ft)
3 9
5
10°~30°
Y
7
0.3 m (1 ft) or more
1.8 m
(5.9 ft)
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En