Switching The Speaker Terminals; Using The Multi-Zone Controls - Pioneer Elite SC-77 Operating Instructions Manual

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Switching the speaker terminals

If you selected 9.1ch FH/FW, 7.1ch + Speaker B, 7.1ch FH/FW + ZONE 2 or 5.1ch + SP-B Bi-Amp at
system setting on page 101, you can switch between speakers using the SPEAKERS button.
If you selected 7.1ch Front Bi-Amp, 7.1ch + ZONE 2, 5.1ch Bi-Amp + ZONE 2, 5.1ch + ZONE 2+3,
5.1ch F+Surr Bi-Amp, 5.1ch F+C Bi-Amp, 5.1ch C+Surr Bi-Amp or Multi-ZONE Music, the button will simply
switch your main speaker terminals on or off.
1 Press to the receiver operation mode.
2 Use SPEAKERS to select a speaker system setting.
As mentioned above, if you have selected 7.1ch Front Bi-Amp, 7.1ch + ZONE 2, 5.1ch Bi-Amp + ZONE 2,
5.1ch + ZONE 2+3, 5.1ch F+Surr Bi-Amp, 5.1ch F+C Bi-Amp,5.1ch C+Surr Bi-Amp or Multi-ZONE Music, the
button will simply switch your main speaker terminal (A) on or off (Pre-AMP mode).
The pre-amp mode is a mode for reducing power consumption when power amplifiers are connected to the
receiver's PRE OUT terminals by individually turning off the power of the amplifiers for those channels.
Press repeatedly to choose a speaker terminal option:
When you select 9.1ch FH/FW, you can select from:
! SP: FH/FW ON – Front height or front wide channels are added to the front, center, surround and surround
back channels (maximum 7 channels) and a maximum of 9 channels are output. The front height and front
wide channels are switched automatically according to the audio input signal.
! SP: FH ON – Front height channels are added to the front, center, surround and surround back channels
(maximum 7 channels) and a maximum of 9 channels are output.
! SP: FW ON – Front wide channels are added to the front, center, surround and surround back channels
(maximum 7 channels) and a maximum of 9 channels are output.
! SP: OFF – No sound is output from the speakers.
When you select 7.1ch + Speaker B, you can select from:
! SP: A ON – Sound is output from the A-speaker terminals (up to 9 channels (including front height channels),
depending on the source).
! SP: B ON – Sound is output from the two speakers connected to the B-speaker terminals. Multichannel
sources will not be heard.
! SP: A+B ON – Sound is output from the A-speaker terminals (up to 7 channels, depending on the source), the
two speakers connected to the B-speaker terminals, and the subwoofer. The sound from the B-speaker termi-
nals will be the same as the sound from the A-speaker terminals (multichannel sources will be downmixed to
2 channels).
! SP: OFF – No sound is output from the speakers.
When you select 7.1ch FH/FW + ZONE 2, you can select from:
! SP: FH/FW ON – Front height or front wide channels are added to the front, center and surround channels
(maximum 5 channels) and a maximum of 7 channels are output. The front height and front wide channels
are switched automatically according to the audio input signal.
! SP: FH ON – Front height channels are added to the front, center and surround channels (maximum 5 chan-
nels) and a maximum of 7 channels are output.
! SP: FW ON – Front wide channels are added to the front, center and surround channels (maximum 5 chan-
nels) and a maximum of 7 channels are output.
! SP: OFF – No sound is output from the speakers.
When you select 5.1ch + SP-B Bi-Amp, you can select from:
! SP: A ON – Sound is output from the A-speaker terminals (maximum 5 channels).
! SP: B ON – Sound is output from the two speakers connected to the B-speaker terminals. Multichannel
sources will not be heard.
! SP: A+B ON – Sound is output from the A-speaker terminals (up to 5 channels, depending on the source), the
two speakers connected to the B-speaker terminals, and the subwoofer. The sound from the B-speaker termi-
nals will be the same as the sound from the A-speaker terminals (multichannel sources will be downmixed to
2 channels).
! SP: OFF – No sound is output from the speakers.
Note
Speaker
! When 7.1ch + Speaker B or 5.1ch + SP-B Bi-Amp is selected for the Speaker System setting
the Speaker B Link setting (HDMI Setup
switches automatically when HDMI OUT is switched. For details, see
! The subwoofer output depends on the settings you made in
B ON is selected above, no sound is heard from the subwoofer (the LFE channel is not downmixed).
! All speaker systems (except 7.1ch + Speaker B connections) are switched off when headphones are
connected.

Using the MULTI-ZONE controls

The sub zone volume is adjusted and the input switched using the buttons on the front panel. For instructions on
performing these operations with the remote control, see
Important
! The settings must be changed at ZONE Setup in order to use the multi-zone function
1 Press the button on the front panel for the zone you want to operate (ZONE 2 ON/OFF,
ZONE 3 ON/OFF or HDZONE ON/OFF).
The zone switches between on and off each time the button is pressed.
The MULTI-ZONE indicator lights when the MULTI-ZONE control has been switched ON.
2 Press MULTI-ZONE CONTROL on the front panel to select the sub zone(s) you want.
! When the receiver is on, make sure that any operations for the sub zone are done while ZONE and your
selected sub zone(s) show in the display. If this is not showing, the front panel controls affect the main zone
only.
If the receiver is in standby, the display is dimmed, and ZONE and your selected sub zone(s) continue to show
in the display.
3 Use the INPUT SELECTOR dial to select the source for the zone you have selected.
For example, ZONE 2 DVD sends the source connected to the DVD inputs to the primary (ZONE 2) sub room.
! If you select TUNER, you can use the tuner controls to select a preset station (see
on page 57 if you're unsure how to do this). The tuner cannot be tuned to more than one station at a time.
Therefore, changing the station in one zone also changes the station in the other zone. Please be careful not
to change stations when recording a radio broadcast.
4 Use the MASTER VOLUME dial to adjust the volume for the sub zone.
When Speaker System is set to anything other than 7.1ch + ZONE 2, 7.1ch FH/FW + ZONE 2,
5.1ch Bi-Amp + ZONE 2, 5.1ch + ZONE 2+3 or Multi-ZONE Music, the volume output from the receiver's
AUDIO ZONE 2 OUT terminals can be fixed to –40 dB or 0 dB and the volume can be adjusted from the con-
nected amplifier. If you want to adjust the volume from the connected amplifier, see
5 When you're finished, press MULTI-ZONE CONTROL again to return to the main zone
controls.
You can also press ZONE 2 ON/OFF, ZONE 3 ON/OFF or HDZONE ON/OFF on the front panel to switch off all
output to the sub zone.
! You won't be able to switch the main zone off completely unless you've switched off the MULTI-ZONE control
first.
! If you don't plan to use the MULTI-ZONE feature for a while, turn off the power in both the sub and main
rooms so that this receiver is in standby.
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Using other functions
on page 73) is turned on, the setting of the played speaker terminals
Switching the HDMI output
Manual speaker setup on page
page 82.
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Saving station presets
ZONE Setup
(page 101) and
on page 83.
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on page 107.