Connecting Your Equipment; Determining The Speakers' Application - Pioneer VSX 920 Operating Instructions Manual

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Connecting your equipment

Chapter 3:
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).
Choose one from Plans [A] or [B] below.
[A] 7.1 channel surround (Surround back)
system & Speaker B connection
*Default setting
• Speaker System setting: Surr.Back
L
SW
SL
A 7.1 ch surround (Surround back) system
connects the left and right front speakers (L/R),
the center speaker (C), the left and right
surround speakers (SL/SR), the left and right
surround back speakers (SBL/SBR), and the
subwoofer (SW).
With these connections you can
simultaneously enjoy 5.1-channel surround
sound in the main zone with stereo playback of
the same sound on the B speakers. (
is output from the surround back speaker.
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En
R
C
L
SR
SBR
Speaker B
SBL
No sound
• It is also possible to only connect one of the
surround back speaker (SB) or neither.
[B] 7.1 channel surround system (Front
height or Surround back)
• Speaker System setting: Height or
Surr.Back
Front height
L
A 7.1 ch surround (Front height) system
R
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 speakers (SL/SR), and the subwoofer
(SW). This surround system produces a more
true-to-life sound from above.
A 7.1 ch surround (Surround back) system
connects the left and right front speakers (L/R),
the center speaker (C), the left and right
surround speakers (SL/SR), the left and right
surround back speakers (SBL/SBR), and the
subwoofer (SW).
• Sound will be output from either the front
height speaker or the surround back
speaker depending on which one was
selected in the Speaker System setting.
(see The Speaker System setting on
page 49).
)
FHR
FHL
R
C
SW
SL
SBL
Surround back
SR
SBR