About The Audio Connection - Pioneer VSX-930-k Operating Instructions Manual

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Bi-amping your speakers
Speaker System setting: Front Bi-Amp
Bi-amping is when you connect the high frequency driver and low frequency driver of your speakers to different
amplifiers for better crossover performance. Your speakers must be bi-ampable to do this (having separate termi-
nals for high and low) and the sound improvement will depend on the kind of speakers you're using.
Front right
Bi-amp compatible
speaker
High
Low
Subwoofer 1
LINE LEVEL
INPUT
SPEAKER A
FRONT
AUDIO OUT
R
SUBWOOFER
PRE OUT
1
2
SPEAKER A
FRONT CENTER SURROUND / BI-AMP
AUDIO OUT R L R L
SUBWOOFER
PRE OUT
1
2
CAUTION
! Most speakers with both High and Low terminals have two metal plates that connect the High to the Low
terminals. These must be removed when you are bi-amping the speakers or you could severely damage the
amplifier. See your speaker manual for more information.
! If your speakers have a removable crossover network, make sure you do not remove it for bi-amping. Doing so
may damage your speakers.
Front left
Bi-amp compatible
speaker
High
Low
Center Subwoofer 2
LINE LEVEL
INPUT
CENTER SURROUND / BI-AMP
R L
L
Connecting your equipment (In case of VSX-830)
Bi-wiring your speakers
Your speakers can also be bi-wired if they support bi-amping.
! With these connections, the Speaker System setting makes no difference.
CAUTION
! Don't connect different speakers from the same terminal in this way.
! When bi-wiring as well, heed the cautions for bi-amping shown above.
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To bi-wire a speaker, connect two speaker cords to the speaker terminal on the receiver.

About the audio connection

Types of cables and terminals
HDMI
Digital (Coaxial)
Digital (Optical)
RCA (Analog)
(White/Red)
! With an HDMI cable, video and audio signals can be transferred in high quality over a single cable.
! For HD audio, see
About HDMI on page 42
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Transferable audio signals
HD audio
Conventional digital audio
Conventional analog audio
.