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Select the speaker layout for the number of speakers that you are using and place the speakers and subwoofer in your room. This section describes the representative speaker layout
examples.
*1 RX-V579 only
*2 Place the surround speakers in front and set “Virtual CINEMA FRONT” (p.82) in the “Setup” menu to “On”.
• RX-V579 supports 2- to 7.1-channel system, and RX-V479 supports 2- to 5.1-channel speaker system.
• (RX-V579 only)
You can connect two subwoofers (with built-in amplifier) to the unit. Two subwoofers connected to the unit output the same sounds.
1 Placing speakers
Caution
• (U.S.A. and Canada models only)
Under its default settings, the unit is configured for 8-ohm speakers. When connecting 6-ohm speakers, set the unit’s speaker impedance to “6 Ω MIN”. For details, see “Setting the speaker impedance” (p.15).
• (Except for U.S.A. and Canada models)
Use speakers with an impedance of at least 6 Ω.
• Use a subwoofer with built-in amplifier.
• Be sure to connect the front left and right speakers.
Speaker type Abbr. Function
Speaker system (the number of channels)
7.1*
1
6.1*
1
5.1
5.1
(Virtual
CINEMA
FRONT)
4.1 3.1 2.1
Front (L) 1
Produce front left/right channel sounds (stereo sounds).
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Front (R) 2 ●●●●●●●
Center 3 Produces center channel sounds (such as movie dialogue and vocals). ●●●● ●
Surround (L) 4
Produce surround left/right channel sounds.
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2
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Surround (R) 5 ●●●
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2
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Surround back (L)*
1
6
Produce surround back left/right channel sounds.
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Surround back (R)*
1
7 ●
Surround back*
1
8 Produces sounds mixed from surround back left/right channel sounds. ●
Subwoofer 9
Produces LFE (low-frequency effect) channel sounds and reinforces the bass parts of other channels.
This channel is counted as “0.1”.
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