How To Hook Up Zone 2 Onkyo

I m having a hell of a time getting the audio in my zone 2 to work on my new onkyo tx rz820.

How to hook up zone 2 onkyo. It is possible to use speakers with 4ω to 16ω impedance by selecting the appropriate setting for them when connecting speakers to both zone 2a and zone 2b north american models äp18 both sets of speakers connected in zone 2 should have 8ω to 16ω impedance. Let s say you have a nine channel receiver with 11 speaker outputs. Line out not pre out zone 2 usually cuts off atmos unless you use this workaround. This leaves you with you 7 channels of surround sound in zone 1.

I ll show you exactly what you need to do in this setup video for thi. Connecting zone 3 connecting zone 3 connecting your zone 3 speakers to an amp in zone 3 this setup allows 7 1 channel playback in your main lis tening room and 2 channel stereo playback in zone 3 with a different source in each room. Most of the time when i power on the receiver i get the same audio in both zones. Connecting zone 2 there are two ways you can connect zone 2 speakers.

How to turn on zone 2 on receiver amp. You would have to add an amp and use the zone 2 line outs for it. First is if you are set up for 7 1 in the main zone so the zone 2 amp is already being used. You can hook up a full nine channel surround sound system plus stereo speakers in another room.

When you are listening to music in zone 2 two of the rear channels drop from your surround mix. Note that zone 2 is on my back porch which shares a wall with my livingroom and i can hear the outside speakers while trying to watch tv in the main room.