Determining The Speakers' Application; 7.2 Channel Surround System (Front Wide - Pioneer VSX-1121-K Operating Instructions Manual

03 Connecting your equipment
Determining the speakers'
application
This unit permits you to build various surround
systems, in accordance with the number of
speakers you have.
! Be sure to connect speakers to the front left
and right channels (L and R).
! It is also possible to only connect one of the
surround back speakers (SB) or neither.
! If you have two subwoofers, the second
subwoofer can be connected to the
SUBWOOFER 2 terminal. Connecting two
subwoofers increases the bass sound to
achieve more powerful sound reproduction. In
this case, the same sound is output from the
two subwoofers.
Choose one from Plans [A] to [E] below.
Important
! The Speaker System setting must be made if
you use any of the connections shown below
other than [A] (see Speaker system setting on
page 66 ).
! Sound does not come through simultaneously
from the front height, front wide, speaker B
and surround back speakers. Output speakers
are different depending on the input signal or
listening mode.
[A] 7.2 channel surround system (Front
height)
*Default setting
! Speaker System setting: Normal(SB/FH)
12
En
FHR
FHL
R
L
SW 2
SR
C
SW 1
SBR
SL
SBL
A 7.2 ch surround system connects the left and
right front speakers (L/R), the center speaker
(C), the left and right front height speakers
(FHL/FHR), the left and right surround speak-
ers (SL/SR), the left and right surround back
speakers (SBL/SBR), and the subwoofers (SW 1/
SW 2).
It is not possible to produce sound simultane-
ously from the front height or front wide speak-
ers and the surround back speakers.
This surround system produces a more true-to-
life sound from above.
[B] 7.2 channel surround system (Front
wide)
! Speaker System setting: Normal(SB/FW)
R
FWR
L
SW 2
SR
C
SW 1
FWL
SBR
SL
SBL
This plan replaces the left and right front height
speakers shown in [A] with the left and right
front wide speakers (FWL/FWR).
It is not possible to produce sound simultane-
ously from the front height or front wide speak-
ers and the surround back speakers.
This surround system produces a true-to-life
sound over a wider area.
[C] 7.2 channel surround system & Speaker
B connection
! Speaker System setting: Speaker B
R
L
SW 2
L
SR
C
SW 1
SBR
SL
Speaker B
SBL
With these connections you can simultaneously
enjoy 5.2-channel surround sound in the main
zone with stereo playback of the same sound
on the B speakers. The same connections also
allow for 7.2-channel surround sound in the
main zone when not using the B speakers.
[D] 5.2 channel surround system & Front
Bi-amping connection (High quality
surround)
! Speaker System setting: Front Bi-Amp
Bi-amping connection of the front speakers for
high sound quality with 5.2-channel surround
sound.
Front Bi-Amp
R
L
SW 2
C
SW 1
SL
[E] 5.2 channel surround system & ZONE 2
connection (Multi Zone)
! Speaker System setting: ZONE 2
R
With these connections you can simultaneously
enjoy 5.2-channel surround sound in the main
zone with stereo playback on another compo-
nent in ZONE 2. (The selection of input devices
is limited.)
Main zone
R
L
SW 2
C
SW 1
SR
SL
L
ZONE 2
SR
Sub zone
R