Other Connections; Second Zone Speaker B Setup; Switching The Speaker System - Pioneer PDK-1014 Operating Instructions Manual

Other connections

Chapter 10:
Other connections
Caution
• Before making or changing the connections, switch off
the power and disconnect the power cord from the
power outlet. Plugging in components should be the
last connection you make with your system.
• Be careful not to allow any contact between speaker
wires from different terminals.
• You can use speakers with a nominal impedance
between 6–16Ω (please see Switching the speaker
impedance on page 80 if you plan to use speakers
with an impedance of less than 8Ω).

Second Zone speaker B setup

After selecting Second Zone in Surround back speaker
setting on page 38, you can use the speakers connected
to the (surround back) B speaker terminals on the rear
panel to listen to stereo playback in another room. See
Switching the speaker system below for the listening
options with this setup.
1 Connect a pair of speakers to the surround back
speaker terminals on the rear panel.
Connect them the same way you connected your
speakers in Connecting the speakers on page 20. Make
sure to review Hints on speaker placement on page 21
when placing the speakers in another room.
2 Select 'Second Zone' from the 'Surr Back System'
menu.
See Surround back speaker setting on page 38 to do this.
Note
• VSX-2014i model only – You can also use the multi-
room feature to listen to stereo playback in another
room. See Multi-room listening on page 61 for more
on this.

Switching the speaker system

If you selected Second Zone in Surround back speaker
setting on page 38, three speaker system settings are
possible using the SPEAKERS button. If you selected
Normal (SB) or Front Bi-Amp, the button will simply
switch your main speaker system on or off. The options
below are for the Second Zone setting only.
• Use the SPEAKERS button on the front panel to
select a speaker system setting.
As mentioned above, if you have selected Normal (SB),
the button will simply switch your main speaker system
(A) on or off.
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EDIT STATION BAND SEARCH EON
TUNER
CONTROL MULTI MULTI
JOG JOG
MULTI ROOM
SYSTEM
SETUP RETURN CONTROL ON/OFF
MULTI JOG MULTI JOG
PHONES
The illustration above shows the VSX-2014i model.
Press repeatedly to choose a speaker system option:
• SP A – Sound is output from speaker system A and
the same signal is output from the pre-out terminals.
• SP B – Sound is output from the two speakers
connected to speaker system B. Multichannel
sources will not be heard. The same signal is output
from the surround back channel pre-out terminals.
• SP AB – Sound is output from speaker system A (up
to 5 channels, depending on the source), the two
speakers in speaker system B, and the subwoofer.
The sound from speaker system B will be the same as
the sound from speaker system A (multichannel
sources will be downmixed to 2 channels).
• SP (off) – No sound is output from the speakers. The
same sound is output from the pre-out terminals
(including from your subwoofer, if connected) as
when selecting speaker system A (above).
Note
• The subwoofer output depends on the settings you
made in Manual speaker setup on page 43. However,
if SP B is selected above, no sound is heard from the
subwoofer (the LFE channel is not downmixed).
• Depending on the settings in Surround back speaker
setting on page 38 output from the surround back
pre-out terminals may change.
• All speaker systems (except Second Zone
connections) are switched off when headphones are
connected.
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TONE EQ SELECT IN SELECT MODE SPEAKERS
MULTI MULTI
JOG JOG
VIDEO2 INPUT
MCACC
SETUP MIC
DIGITAL IN S-VIDEO VIDEO L AUDIO R
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