How does the physical speaker wiring work for the multi zone feature? Does my house wiring need to be setup in a specific way for this to work?
1620644
Thanks for your question. You will require speaker wires to be run from your equipment rack to the rooms that you would like speakers in. If you hook up a 7 channel surround system, the remaining zones can be driven using separate amplifiers to run the additional zones. If you hook up a 5 channel surround system, the remaining speaker outputs may be reassigned for one of the other zones. Best thing might be to go to the manufacturer's site and download the full users manual to determine if this unit's features will work for you individual application. This is a fantastic sounding receiver. World Wide Stereo is 35 years old and a very proud Pioneer dealer.
1504650
Each pot has a heavy insulated hard wired speaker and is meant to be wired to a stereo or stereo receiver. In my application I was able to run speaker wires from my stereo (Zone2) to an attenuator (volume control) then to the pots. I put an attenuator next to the patio door so I could easily turn the volume up or down on my way in or out of the house out on to the deck. I used waterproof wire nuts (that you'd get in the irrigation section of your home improvement store) to protect against moisture. These are not wireless, but well worth the time and effort to run a little bit of wiring since it's very reliable and fool proof. I originally started with a pair but got a second pair after one of the speakers blew finally after 3 years sitting permanently on my deck in Denver I thought that was a pretty good ROI, now I have surround sound!
1347663
You will want a receiver with multi-zones, some will allow both to work off the main receiver and others require a separate amplifier for the second zone, all depends on how much you want to spend, found an article that does a pretty good job of walking you thru the pros and cons.Link: http://hometheater.about.com/od/audiocomponents/a/multizoneinfo.htmAmazon has a 2 zone receiver, but it is a bit pricey, read the specs to make sure it is what you want.Link: Yamaha RX-A1030 7.2-Channel Network Aventage Audio Video ReceiverIf you want the cheapest option, go with a speaker switch so you can control which speakers are on or off at any given time.Link: 2X6 Matrix Speaker Selector Switch Switcher Volume Level Control, 2-AMP 6-ZONE 900-Watt You will want a receiver with multi-zones, some will allow both to work off the main receiver and others require a separate amplifier for the second zone, all depends on how much you want to spend, found an article that does a pretty good job of walking you thru the pros and cons.Link: http://hometheater.about.com/od/audiocomponents/a/multizoneinfo.htmAmazon has a 2 zone receiver, but it is a bit pricey, read the specs to make sure it is what you want.Link: Yamaha RX-A1030 7.2-Channel Network Aventage Audio Video... » Read More You will want a receiver with multi-zones, some will allow both to work off the main receiver and others require a separate amplifier for the second zone, all depends on how much you want to spend, found an article that does a pretty good job of walking you thru the pros and cons.Link: http://hometheater.about.com/od/audiocomponents/a/multizoneinfo.htmAmazon has a 2 zone receiver, but it is a bit pricey, read the specs to make sure it is what you want.Link: Yamaha RX-A1030 7.2-Channel Network Aventage Audio Video ReceiverIf you want the cheapest option, go with a speaker switch so you can control which speakers are on or off at any given time.Link: 2X6 Matrix Speaker Selector Switch Switcher Volume Level Control, 2-AMP 6-ZONE 900-Watt « Show Less
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Since these are each a stereo speaker (i.e both the left and right channel are included in the single speaker. Your Zone 2 would need to have outputs for four speakers in order for the impedance to match the speakers. If you are interested in a "pair" of speakers one for the left channel and one for the right channel, you may want to consider a different speaker.With that said, I have a single speaker as Zone 2 in my bath, and I love the sound.
1990676
the advice I found, and only after trying it with Bi-wired with my receiver, was unless you actually have two amps to power the speaker, wire it with the bridge in place via the single channel. You won't notice enough change with it bi-wired, and you only end up losing a pair of channels that you could otherwise use for rear surround or a second zone.
327635
Zone 2 (audio 2-channel stereo) is useless. It can only pass through analog input sources (e.g. NOT HDMI, because why would you want audio with that HDMI picture on zone 2?) Also it has 2 HDMI outputs, but if you select to pass audio out through HDMI (because Zone 2 audio isn't support on HDMI input) then your zone 1 becomes a 2-channel stereo (not 5.1). There are so many limitations and caveats on use of zone 2, you might as well forget it exists.
2190513
My receiver has 2 zones, but I've never used both. I bet you can figure out away to make it do what you want.
1390673
Personally im using dedicated receiver for my speakers outdoors with a Zone 3 line ran to it. I am using a dedicated receiver for the purpose of the "A" & "B" so that i can control two separate zones in my yard. Ex. Zone "A" is around the pool and Zone "B" is the BBQ lounging area and when we are having a party Zone's "A" and "B" at the same time. But these speakers do need a dedicated amp to run them but any amp with a minimum of at least 100 watts per channel will be ok. but it really comes down to how much you want to spend. Check out "Sony STRDH130 2 Channel Stereo Receiver" or even some cheap Pyle stereo amps here on amazon. Personally im using dedicated receiver for my speakers outdoors with a Zone 3 line ran to it. I am using a dedicated receiver for the purpose of the "A" & "B" so that i can control two separate zones in my yard. Ex. Zone "A" is around the pool and Zone "B" is the BBQ lounging area and when we are having a party Zone's "A" and "B" at the same time. But these speakers do need a dedicated amp to run them but any amp with a minimum of at least 100 watts per channel will be ok. but it really comes down to how much you want to spend.... » Read More Personally im using dedicated receiver for my speakers outdoors with a Zone 3 line ran to it. I am using a dedicated receiver for the purpose of the "A" & "B" so that i can control two separate zones in my yard. Ex. Zone "A" is around the pool and Zone "B" is the BBQ lounging area and when we are having a party Zone's "A" and "B" at the same time. But these speakers do need a dedicated amp to run them but any amp with a minimum of at least 100 watts per channel will be ok. but it really comes down to how much you want to spend. Check out "Sony STRDH130 2 Channel Stereo Receiver" or even some cheap Pyle stereo amps here on amazon. « Show Less
2241983
Hmm... I've never come across a question like this before. Well, I suppose you would have too bridge the connections. I'll try to explain as easy as possible... use the positive post from the right channel to the positive post on speaker... and then the negative post from the left channel to the negative post on the speaker. This will "bridge" the two channels to serve as one sound source (in theory) I've done this with car subs but never with home theater components. I would seriously do your research further before you attempt this because I would hate for you to buy a great speaker and something happened to it
448771
If you don't have enough speaker outputs on your receiver, this will solve the problem. It also lets you create different zones, so if you have speakers in your living room, family room, etc, you can select which zones you want on or off.
1216024
One source can be heard on one zone or on all zones. Zone A and B are hooked to rock speakers in my backyard. Zone C is my master bath speakers. I can select whichever zones I want to...or even all.
2191610
The unit has four zones, if you need more than that you can run your wires from the out to speakers from any one of the 4 zones to the input on the Pyle unit. I have used this unit several times and it is a great one for just music.
499032
mine has an input and an output on the far left. I have the speaker b set of my output from my stereo heading into the left and right of the switch box on the input. I don't use the output. the rest of the box is the 1,2,3,4 outputs for each zone the box controls. Hope that helps.
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i have this receiver and love it. I power 3 zones with it. All you need is speakers for zone 2 and 3. No additional amplifiers needed as all 3 zones are powered by the receiver itself. if you run 2 sets of speakers per zone, make sure your speakers have an impedance matching the receivers impedance. Do your research about how to connect them to not generate the wrong impedance. Connect speakers in series: add up impedance and you are on the safe side. If your wiring does not allow to connect them in series, make sure each of the 2 speakers you connect in parallel have double the impedance than the minimum impedance your receiver can support. Example: minimum impedance 8Ohms means you could either run 2 speakers each 4 ohms or higher in series (totals to 8 Ohms or higher) OR 2 speakers 16 ohms or higher in parallel (totals 8 ohms or higher).
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That never seem to present as a problem. The 4 wires represent 2 pair (+,-) for left and right channels, and I just wired it to the same external speakers in parallel I have with my sound system. I have found the same result if I had wired an amplified subwoofer to my outputs either through the dedicated subwoofer channels, or tap into the speakers themselves.
532821
Paul is correct. You need 2 seperate moduls to make this work. Not including the reciever. Distribution module and line input (composite audio).
1235043
All the speakers in my system are hard wired. I have not had good luck with my system and would not buy it again nor recommend it.