Connecting External Amplifiers - Yamaha DSP-Z11 Owner's Manual

■ Connecting external amplifiers

This unit has more than enough power for any home use. However,
if you want to use external amplifiers, connect the external
amplifiers to the PRE OUT jacks. Each PRE OUT jack outputs the
same channel signals as the corresponding SPEAKERS terminals.
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Use the external amplifiers in the following cases:
– when you want to add more power to the speaker output
– when you want to use another amplifier for your presence of sounds
– when you want to enjoy the 11.2-channel surround sound in the main
zone with activating the other zones (see page 111)
Pre-amplifier mode
If you want use the external amplifiers for the all channels in the
main zone, set "PREAMP MODE" to "ON" in the advanced
setup (see page 120). When "PREAMP MODE" is set to "ON",
the power consumption is reduced.
1 2 3
(FRONT)
(REAR)
FRONT SURROUND CENTER
SUBWOOFER
PRE OUT
7
PRE OUT jack
1 FRONT
2 SURROUND
3 SUBWOOFER
4 SUR.BACK
5 FRONT PRESENCE
6 REAR PRESENCE
7 CENTER
Note
* When you only connect one external amplifier for the surround back
channel, connect it to the SINGLE jack.
■ Connecting a multi-format player or an external
decoder
This unit is equipped with 6 additional input jacks (left and right
FRONT, CENTER, left and right SURROUND and
SUBWOOFER) for discrete multi-channel input from a multi-
format player, external decoder, sound processor or pre-amplifier.
If you set "Input Channels" to "8ch" in "Multi CH Assign" (see
page 83), you can use the input jacks assigned as "Front Input" in
"Multi CH Assign" (see page 83) together with the MULTI CH
INPUT jacks to input 8-channel signals.
Connect the output jacks on your multi-format player or external
decoder to the MULTI CH INPUT jacks. Be sure to match the left
and right outputs to the left and right input jacks for the front and
surround channels.
4 5 6
(SINGLE)
L
R
FRONT REAR
SUR. BACK
PRESENCE PRESENCE
Output audio channel
Front left/right
Surround left/right
Subwoofer left/right (see page 25)
Surround back left/right *
Front presence left/right
Rear presence left/right
Center
Notes
• When you select the component connected to the MULTI CH INPUT
jacks as the input source (see page 50), this unit automatically turns off the
digital sound field processor, and you cannot select sound field programs.
• The audio signals input at the CENTER and SUBWOOFER MULTI CH
INPUT jacks are mixed down to the left and right headphone channels.
• This unit redirects the audio signals input at the CENTER and/or
SUBWOOFER MULTI CH INPUT jacks to the front left and right speaker
channels when you set "Center" and/or "Configuration" in "Speaker Set"
to "None" (see page 84). We recommend that you connect at least a 5.1-
channel speaker system before using this feature.
For 6-channel input
FRONT (6CH)
L
R
SB (8CH) SURROUND
MULTI CH INPUT
L R L R
For 8-channel input
L
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R
FRONT (6CH)
L
R
SB (8CH) SURROUND
MULTI CH INPUT
L R L R
Note
* The analog audio input jacks assigned as "Front Input" in "Multi CH
Assign" (see page 83).
Connections
CENTER
SUBWOOFER
Multi-format player/
External decoder
CENTER
SUBWOOFER
L R
Multi-format player/
External decoder
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