Operation Manual

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Connecting your equipment
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.
SUBWOOFER
12
SURROUND SURR BACK F HEIGHT
(Single)
FRONT
CENTER
PRE OUT
F WIDE
L
R
SUBWOOFER
12
SURROUND SURR BACK F HEIGHT
(Single)
FRONT
CENTER
PRE OUT
F WIDE
L
R
R
L
ANALOG
INPUT
R
L
ANALOG
INPUT
R
L
ANALOG
INPUT
ANALOG
INPUT
ANALOG
INPUT
R
L
ANALOG
INPUT
Front channel
amplifier
Center channel
amplifier (mono)
Surround
channel amplifier
Front height
channel amplifier
Surround back
channel amplifier
Powered
subwoofer 1
ANALOG
INPUT
Powered
subwoofer 2
R
L
ANALOG
INPUT
Front wide
channel amplifier
! If you’re not using a subwoofer, change the front speaker setting (see Speaker Setting on page 97) to LARGE.
! 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 (SURROUND BACK L (Single)) terminal only.
! The sound from the surround back terminals will depend on how you have configured the Speaker system set-
ting on page 100.
! 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.
! To hear sound only from the pre-outs, switch the speaker terminals to SP: OFF (page 80) or simply disconnect
any speakers that are connected directly to the receiver.
It is also possible to hear sound only from the pre-outs by switching the AMP setting to OFF and setting the
pre-amp mode to turn the power amplifiers for all channels off (see Setting the Audio options on page 76).
Connecting the multichannel analog inputs
SC-LX87 only
For your Blu-ray Disc player and DVD player may have 5.1, 6.1 or 7.1 channel analog outputs (depending on
whether your player supports surround back channels). Make sure that the player is set to output multichannel
analog audio.
BD IN
DVD
IN
IN
1
(
DVD
)
IN
2
(
SAT/CBL
)
IN
3
(
DVR/BDR
)
IN
4
(
VIDEO
)
SUBWOOFER
MULTI CH IN
SURR BACKSURROUND CENTERFRONT
L
R
BD IN
DVD
IN
IN
1
(
DVD
)
IN
2
(
SAT/CBL
)
IN
3
(
DVR/BDR
)
IN
4
(
VIDEO
)
SUBWOOFER
MULTI CH IN
SURR BACKSURROUND CENTERFRONT
L
R
RL
SURROUND
OUTPUT
RL
FRONT
OUTPUT
CENTER
OUTPUT
SUBWOOFER
OUTPUT
RL
SURROUND BACK
OUTPUTVIDEO
VIDEO OUT
DVD player, etc.
HDMI OUT
Select one
! For instructions on playing the multichannel analog inputs, see Selecting the multichannel analog inputs on
page 51.
! If there is a single surround back output, connect it to the SURR BACK L jack on this receiver.
! To use a 5.1-channel speaker set, use the surround speakers for the surround channel, not the surround back
channel.
! The sound from the surround back terminals will depend on how you have configured the Speaker system set-
ting on page 100.
! The audio signal input to MULTI CH IN cannot be downmixed.
! To input video signals using an HDMI cable, MULTI CH IN must be selected at Input under Input Setup and
the connected HDMI terminal must be assigned to HDMI Input. For details, see The Input Setup menu on
page 47.
! To input video signals using a composite video cable, Multi Ch In Setup must be selected at Other Setup
and the connected video input terminal must be assigned to Video Input. For details, see Multi Channel Input
Setup on page 107.