Second Zone (Speaker System B)/Front Bi-Amp Setup; Stereo Playback In Another Room (Second Zone); Bi-Amping The Front Speakers (Front Bi-Amp) - Pioneer Elite VSX-43TX Operating Instructions Manual

SECOND ZONE (Speaker System B)/FRONT BI-AMP Setup

Stereo playback in another room (SECOND ZONE)

This setup enables you to listen to a pair of stereo speakers independently of the main speaker system
hooked up to the receiver. The VSX-43TX has two possibilities for playback in another room. You can
choose SECOND ZONE, and use the speakers hooked up to the surround back terminals as a B speaker
system, that is, playing the same source as the main speaker system but from independent stereo
speakers.
1 Connect a pair of speakers to the surround back speaker terminals.
2 Select SECOND ZONE in the SURRBACK SYSTEMS setup (see page 35)
setup.
memo
Please use speakers with a nominal impedance rated 8 -16 .

Bi-amping the front speakers (FRONT BI-AMP)

For bi-amp playback you can connect both the A and B speaker terminals to your front speakers. To do this
your speakers must be bi-wireable (that is they must have separate terminals for the high and low
frequencies).
Bi-amping delivers more power to the front speakers, but disables the surround back speakers, so you will
be limited to 5.1 channel playback.
SPEAKERS
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FRONT CENTER
R L
ª
·
Caution!
Do not allow any speaker wire from any
terminal to touch a wire from a different
terminal.
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SURROUND BACK /
SURROUND
R L R L
ª
·
Using Other Functions
FRONT Speaker
rear side
ª
·
Hi
· ª
Lo
1 Connect your speakers as shown.
Since both Front A and B speaker terminals output
the same audio, it doesn't matter which set (A or
B) is powering which part (HI or LOW) of the
speaker.
2 Select FRONT BI-AMP in the
SURRBACK SYSTEMS setup (see
page 35).
The surround back channel amplifier is now used
to power the B set of speaker terminals and the
A+B (SP3AB) speaker setting is automatically
selected. The speaker setting in this case can only
be A+B or OFF.
Caution!
Most speakers with both
Hi and Low terminals
have two metal plates
that connect the Hi 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.
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