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Advanced Speaker Connection
Advanced Speaker Connection
Bi-Amping
It is possible to connect speakers supporting bi-amping to
improve quality of the bass and treble. Up to 5.1 ch will be
played in bi-amping.
Connections
1.
Connect as below using the FRONT terminals and
HEIGHT/Bi-AMP terminals.
Front R Front L
Tweeter (treble)
Subwoofer (bass)
2.
Turn the unit on and set "Speaker Setup" to "Bi-Amp".
1
After pressing RCV, press HOME on the remote
controller.
2
Select "Setup" with the cursors and press ENTER.
3
With the cursors, select "2.Speaker Setup" -
"Speaker Settings" - "Front Speakers Type".
4
Select "Bi-Amp" with the cursors.
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Before bi-amping, be sure to remove the short-
circuit connector that connects the tweeter (treble)
terminal and the subwoofer (bass) terminal.
•
Use speakers supporting bi-amping only. For
details, refer to the speakers' instruction manual.
Connecting Dipole Speakers
It is possible to use dipole speakers instead of surround
speakers and surround back speakers. A dipole speaker
is bidirectional speaker outputting the same sound in two
directions, for example forward and backward.
TV
Connections
An arrow for matching the phases (
) is marked on a
dipole speaker. Place the surround speakers (a) so that
their arrows ( ) point to the TV and the surround back
speakers (b) so that their arrows ( ) point to each other.
½
Phase: A waveform position in one cycle (0 to 360 degree) of sine
wave. If the phases do not match due to mistake in speaker distance,
installation angle or positive/negative of wiring, sound image and sound
field may be unclear or hard of listening.
Connecting a Power Amplifier
You can connect a power amplifier to the unit and use the
unit as a pre-amplifier in order to produce a large volume
that cannot be output with the unit only. Connect the
speakers to the power amplifier. For details, refer to the
power amplifier's instruction manual.
Power amplifier
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Set the unconnected channels to "None" in "Speaker
Configuration".
– After pressing RCV, press HOME on the remote
controller. Select "Setup" with the cursors and press
ENTER. Then select "2.Speaker Setup" - "Speaker
Configuration" and set the unconnected channels to
"None".
