Can this be easily set up to run two separate speaker systems: a 5.1 and a standard 2-speaker stereo with powered subwoofer?
633554
Surround Back (Left and Right) can be assigned to a separate zone. So if you want a 5.1 and a 2.0 system, the answer is "Yes". If you want a 5.1 and a 2.1 playing different things, I'm not so sure.
633555
Yes 5.1 in main room with RCA out for Sub. Use zone 2 for 2.1 stereo. Speaker out wires from receiver willconnect to powered sub with speaker level input.From sub connect left and right speakers.
920975
an all-in-one system will not be the answer for you. At minimum you will need 2 powerful sub-woofers and 15" inch powered speakers and at least a 2100 power amp. Maybe you should rent a system or ask a friend.
2264057
I've only used it to run one set of speakers (Polk Audio) but it puts a lot of power into that set, so I'm guessing it could power a 2nd pair okay, but I don't know for sure.
1958894
Yes. The receiver has two subwoofer outputs. They cannot be separately controlled from the receiver.
897816
Nope. The subwoofer is powered but the other speakers need to be driven by an amplifier or receiver. I suppose you could buy a cheap receiver and have the computer audio out as a receiver input and then drive the speakers with the receiver.
1254134
This is a stereo receiver designed to play analog audio - so you can set up two sets of stereo speakers and a sub woofer. You can run the sets either together or independently. But you will only have stereo (i.e. two speakers) differential. If you want surround sound (utilizing more than two speakers) then this is not the receiver for you.
520286
I am using mine to connect two subwoofers to one sub-out on my receiver and it works perfectly. It should work for you to do that too.
33628
Yes it can be setup as a 5.1, in fact when using the powered zone 2 feature the unit will not allow use on 2 of the "7.1" speakers thus making it run like a 5.1 system on the main speakers. That is how I have my current setup. I use the 5.1 speaker outputs in my living room for the home theater and use powered zone 2 to stream music to my 2 outdoor speakers on my patio. For more info see the manual on Onkyo's website us.onkyo.com.
297736
Are you planning on having them both hooked up, to the speakers, at the same time? I've never tried that before, but it would be fairly easy to wire in a source selection switch to help prevent them from affecting each other.
2006815
This doesn't have a power amp for a subwoofer, it depends on a sub with it's own amp. But if you are clever, like me, you can actually route the un amplified subwoofer signal back into an un-used audio input, and then select that input as the "Zone 2" input, and use those amps for your sub. Of course, this depends on your main room being in 5.1 as opposed to 7.1. In the 5.1 (or 5.2) mode, you'll have 2 power amps that can be used for your sub....
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There is only two outputs for speakers. If you used a sub-woofer, then that would have to be one of the output speakers and would have to be self-powered. You could split the speakers but then you would lose your impedance and sound quality would probably suffer. This is a very basic, portable system that is designed to be totally self-contained. Hope this helps!
810862
I've been happy with wiring the second inputs separately on the big L and R speakers and using that for the low end, but I'm also not a major bass-head. I'd suggest trying that first and then if you feel you need to add a sub, do it.
868112
Jeanine, I have a 5.1 system (4 polk RC85i speakers (two on each side), once center speaker and the subwofer). My place is similar to yours. In my opinion your distribution could work very well...
1351593
I have a powered sub that accepts speaker-level input, and it works great attached it to the "B" output (I am only using the "A" output for my main speakers).
2164849
The sub being used would need to have RCA inputs(how mine us currently setup). I guess you could rig up a splitter off of one of the speaker inputs. Or if your sub has input/output for speaker wire you could do that too.
2062136
The answer is yes.You can connect both: powered and non powered subwoofers.
1054931
Hiya, this doesn't make sense entirely - the speaker is a passive speaker and will only produce the sound of what you send it. It has three speakers in it (Left-Center-Right) all in one cabinet, but it's not powered so it won't create two extra channels. Your 5.1 system will still be a 5.1 system. Well, assuming you have another 2 speakers and a sub....and a receiver.