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Other connections

1 Connect your speakers as shown below.

This illustration below shows the connections for bi-

amping your front left speaker. Hook up your front right

speaker in the same way.

Since both front and surround back speaker terminals

output the same audio, it doesn’t matter which set (front

or surround back) is powering which part (High or Low)

of the speaker.

• Make sure that the + / – connections are properly

inserted.

2 Select the ‘Front Bi-Amp’ setting from the ‘Surr Back

System’ menu.

See Surround back speaker setting on page 38 to specify

how you’re using the surround back speaker terminals.

Caution

• Most speakers with both High and Low terminals

have two metal plates that connect the High 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.

• If your speakers have a removable crossover network,

make sure you do not remove it for bi-amping. Doing

so may damage your speakers.

Bi-wiring your speakers

The reasons for bi-wiring are basically the same as bi-

amping, but additionally, interference effects within the

wire could be reduced, producing better sound. Again, to

do this your speakers must be bi-wireable (that is they

must have separate terminals for the high and low

frequencies). When bi-wiring, make sure you’ve selected

Normal (SB) or Speaker B in Surround back speaker

setting on page 38.

• To bi-wire a speaker, connect two speaker cords to

the speaker terminal on the receiver.

Caution

• Make sure you use a parallel (not series, which are

fairly uncommon) connection when bi-wiring your

speakers.

• Don’t connect different speakers from the same

terminal in this way.

Connecting additional amplifiers

This receiver has more than enough power for any home

use, but it’s possible to add additional amplifiers to every

channel of your system using the pre-outs. Make the

connections shown below to add amplifiers to power

your speakers.

• Before making or changing the connections, switch

off the power and disconnect the power cord from the

AC outlet.

• You can use the additional amplifier on the surround

back channel pre-outs for a single speaker as well. In

this case plug the amplifier into the left (L (Single))

terminal only.

• The sound from the surround back terminals will

depend on how you have configured the Surround

back speaker setting on page 38.

• To hear sound only from the pre-outs, switch the

speaker system to OFF, or simply disconnect any

speakers that are connected directly to the receiver.

• If you’re not using a subwoofer, change the front

speaker setting (see Speaker Setting on page 43) to

LARGE.

SPEAKERS

(

Single

)

FRONT CENTER

SURROUND

SURROUND BACK /

SELECTABLE

SEE INSTRUCTION MANUAL

High

Low

Front left

speaker

VSX-1017AV

(

Single

)

INOUT

IN MONITOR

OUT

DVR/VCR2

AM LOOP

PRE OUT

OUT

R R

L L

L LL

CENTER

MULTI CH IN

FRONT

SUR-

ROUND

SUR-

ROUND

SURROUND

BACK

SURROUND

BACK

SUB

WOOFER

SUB

WOOFER

INPUT

L R

ANALOG

Front channel

amplifier

INPUT

L R

ANALOG

Surround channel

amplifier

INPUT

L R

ANALOG

Surround back

channel amplifier

INPUT

ANALOG

Powered

subwoofer

INPUT

ANALOG

Center channel

amplifier (mono)

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