Pioneer VSX-420-K: Chapter 6: Using the MULTI-ZONE feature MULTI-ZONE listening
Chapter 6: Using the MULTI-ZONE feature MULTI-ZONE listening: Pioneer VSX-420-K
Table of contents
- IMPORTANT
- Operating Environment
- Contents
- Flow of settings on the receiver
- Chapter 1: Before you start Checking what’s in the box Installing the receiver Loading the batteries
- Chapter 2: Controls and displays Front panel
- Operating range of remote control unit Display
- Controls and displays 02
- Remote control
- Controls and displays 02
- Controls and displays02
- Chapter 3: Connecting your equipment Placing the speakers
- Connecting the speakers
- Making cable connections
- About video outputs connection
- Connecting a TV and Blu-ray Disc player
- Connecting a TV and DVD player
- Connecting your component with no HDMI terminal
- Connecting an HDD/DVD recorder, VCR and other video components
- Connecting a satellite receiver Connecting the multichannel or other digital set-top box analog outputs
- Connecting other audio components Connecting to the front panel audio mini jack
- Connecting antennas
- Connecting an IR receiver Plugging in the receiver
- Chapter 4: Listening to your system Basic playback
- Choosing the input signal Auto playback Listening in surround sound
- Listening in stereo
- Using Front Stage Surround Using Stream Direct Advance Using the Sound Retriever
- Using Phase Control
- Setting the Audio options Setting What it does Option(s)
- Setting What it does Option(s)
- analog inputs Using the headphone
- Chapter 5: The System Setup menu Using the System Setup menu Manual speaker setup
- Channel level Crossover network
- Speaker Distance The Input Assign menu
- Chapter 6: Using the MULTI-ZONE feature MULTI-ZONE listening
- Using the MULTI-ZONE controls Button What it does
- Chapter Using the tuner Listening to the radio Saving station presets
- An introduction to RDS
- Displaying RDS information
- Chapter 8: Making recordings Making an audio or a video recording
- Chapter 9: Additional information Troubleshooting Problem Remedy
- Problem Remedy
- HDMI Symptom Remedy Resetting the main unit
- Specifications Cleaning the unit
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Chapter 6:
Using the MULTI-ZONE feature
Basic MULTI-ZONE setup (
ZONE 2
)
MULTI-ZONE listening
• Connect a separate amplifier to the
ZONE
This receiver can power up to two independent
2 AUDIO OUT
jacks on the rear of this
systems in separate rooms after you have
receiver.
made the proper MULTI-ZONE connections.
You should have a pair of speakers attached to
Different sources can be playing in two zones
the sub zone amplifier as shown in the
at the same time or, depending on your needs,
following illustration.
the same source can also be used. The main
and sub zones have independent power (the
main zone power can be off while the sub zone
is on) and the sub zone can be controlled by
the remote or front panel controls.
Making MULTI-ZONE connections
It is possible to make these connections if you
have a separate speakers for your sub zone
1
(ZONE 2).
You will also need a separate
amplifier for your sub zone.
MULTI-ZONE listening options
The following table shows what you can listen
to in the sub zone:
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Note
Sub Zone Input sources available
ZONE 2 The built-in tuner and other analog
audio sources.
1 You can’t use sound controls (such as the bass/treble controls or Midnight listening) or any surround modes with a separate
amplifier in the sub zone. You can, however, use the features available with your sub zone amplifier.
AUDIO
ZONE2 OUT
SUBWOOFER
R
L R
PRE OUT
OUT
DVR/VCR VIDEO
IN
MONITOR OUT BD/TV IN DVD/SAT IN
A
P
R
B
YP
MONITOR
OUT
IN 2
(DVD/SAT)
IN 1
(BD/TV)
ASSIGNABLE
COMPONENT VIDEO
1
-
2
ZONE2 OUT
L R
AUDIO IN
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