Connecting Speakers - Yamaha RX-A1010 Owner's Manual

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Speaker connections
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Connecting speakers

This unit has 7 built-in amplifiers. You can connect 2 to 9 speakers and up to 2 subwoofers (with built-in amplifier) 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.19).
Caution
• This unit is configured for 8-ohm speakers at the factory. When connecting 6-ohm speakers, set the speaker impedance of this unit to "6
details, see "Setting the speaker impedance" (p.16).
Functions of each speaker
Speaker type Abbr.
Front (L)
Produce front right/left channel sounds (stereo sounds).
Front (R)
Center Produces center channel sounds (dialogs, vocals, etc).
Surround (L) Produce surround right/left channel sounds. Surround speakers also
produce surround back channel sounds when no surround back
Surround (R)
speakers are connected.
Surround
Produce surround back right/left channel sounds. When no surround
back (L)
back speakers are connected, Surround back channel sounds are
Surround
produced from the surround speakers.
back (R)
Front
Produce CINEMA DSP effect sounds. In combination with CINEMA DSP
presence (L)
3D (p.53), the front presence speakers create a natural stereoscopic
Front
sound field in your room.
presence (R)
Produces LFE (low-frequency effect) channel sounds and reinforces
bass parts of other channels.
Subwoofer This channel is counted as "0.1". You can connect 2 subwoofers (with
built-in amplifier) to this unit and place them on the right/left (or front/
rear) sides of the room.
• We recommend using front presence speakers to have a full effect of the stereoscopic sound fields.
However, this unit creates Virtual Presence Speaker (VPS) using the front, center and surround speakers
to produce stereoscopic sound fields even when no front presence speakers are connected (p.53).
• 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 this unit will automatically optimize the speaker
settings (distance, etc.) 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
Ω
MIN". In this case, you can also use 4-ohm speakers as the front speakers. For
Ideal speaker layout
0.5 to 1 m
(1.6 to 3.3 ft)
1.8 m
(5.9 ft)
10°~30°
30 cm (1 ft) or more
0.5 to 1 m
(1.6 to 3.3 ft)
1.8 m
(5.9 ft)
10°~30°
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