Speaker Patterns And Terminals To Be Connected - Sony STR-ZA5000ES Operating Instructions Manual

Speaker patterns and terminals to be connected

When you connect speakers to the receiver, refer to the following table.
You can use the following table to confirm the speaker patterns supported by the receiver as
well as the speaker terminals to which the speakers of each speaker pattern are to be
connected.
When playing back DTS content, select a speaker pattern which supports DTS playback*
(indicated with white background in the following table). If you select other speaker patterns
(indicated with gray background in the table), the sound may not be output from some
speakers.
To set the speaker pattern, select [Setup] - [Speaker Setup] - [Speaker Pattern] from the home
menu.
* According to the latest specification information released by DTS, Inc. (as of February 2016)
The abbreviations and symbol used in the list are as follows.
FH: Front high speakers
TF: Top front speakers
TM: Top middle speakers
TR: Top rear speakers
RH: Rear high speakers
What the numbers in the speaker pattern indicate:
7 . 1 . 4
Number of speakers
located at listener's
level
Number of
subwoofers
Speaker pattern
FRONT A CENTER SURROUND
2.0 
2.0.2 (TM) 
2.0.2 (FD) 
2.1 
2.1.2 (TM) 
2.1.2 (FD) 
3.0  
3.0.2 (TM)  
3.0.2 (FD)  
3.1  
3.1.2 (TM)  
3.1.2 (FD)  
4.0 
4.0.2 (FH) 
4.0.2 (TM) 
4.0.2 (FD) 
4.0.2 (SRD) 
4.0.4 (FH+TM) 
4.0.4 (FH+TR) 
4.0.4 (FH+RH) 
4.0.4 (TF+TM) 
4.0.4 (TF+TR) 
FD: Front Dolby Atmos enabled speakers
SRD: Surround Dolby Atmos enabled speakers
SBD: Surround back Dolby Atmos enabled speakers
: There are no speaker terminals that can be
assigned and output is enabled from the PRE
OUT jacks only.
Number of height or
overhead (top) speakers
SPEAKERS terminals / PRE OUT jacks
SURROUND SURROUND
BACK BACK
(FRONT B/ (FRONT B/
BI-AMP/ BI-AMP/
ZONE 2) ZONE 2)
(single) (L/R)
- - -
- - -
- - -
- - -
- - -
- - -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
-  -
-  -
-  -
-  -
-  -
-  -
-  -
-  -
-  -
-  -
SB: SPEAKERS SURROUND BACK (FRONT B/BI-AMP/
ZONE 2) terminals
H1: SPEAKERS HEIGHT 1 (ZONE 2) terminals
HEIGHT 1
HEIGHT 2 SUBWOOFER
(ZONE 2)
- - -
- (TM) -
- (FD) -
- - -
- (TM) -
- (FD) -
- - -
- (TM) -
- (FD) -
- - -
- (TM) -
- (FD) -
- - -
- (FH) -
- (TM) -
- (FD) -
- (SRD) -
- (FH) (TM)*
2
- (FH) (TR)*
2
- (FH) (RH)*
2
- (TF) (TM)*
2
- (TF) (TR)*
2
Front B
Zone 2
speaker
connection* 1
connection*
- SB or H1 SB
- SB SB
- SB SB
 SB or H1 SB
 SB SB
 SB SB
- SB or H1 SB
- SB SB
- SB SB
 SB or H1 SB
 SB SB
 SB SB
- SB or H1 SB
- SB SB
- SB SB
- SB SB
- SB SB
- SB SB
- SB SB
- SB SB
- SB SB
- SB SB
Bi-amplifier
connection* 1
1
SB
SB
SB
SB
SB
SB
SB
SB
SB
SB
SB
SB
SB
SB
SB
SB
SB
SB
SB
SB
SB
SB
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