Is it possible to operate Yamaha receivers zone 1 and 2 at the same time without the surround sound speakers turning off?
879303
Yes, this is the way I use it. I use the surround sound inside and zone 2 is set up outside.
1967003
Basic answer - No. I believe this unit is designed to function just with its own 2 speakers in "stereo" mode. There is no mention of surround sound such as 5.1 or 7.1 that I could find. You might try a "parallel" hook-up with the amp outputs going to both the Yamaha speakers and the appropriate left or right channels of your wall mount speakers - BUT - be careful to verify that the combined loads / impedances, etc are ok (see specs section of Yamaha owners manual & specs for your wall speakers) or you might damage the amps and all the speakers involved. Also this would only give you more stereo output with all the speakers, not 5.1 or 7.1 surround sound. Try your Yamaha with just its own speakers and turn up the volume a little - this might work ok for you without the wall speakers. Regards, John
2184745
I'm not familiar with the Sony BD and Yamaha receiver but I can't see why there would be any problems because if each of these two units operate on the internet separately, then the switcher box is connecting each unit separately to the internet and thus should be isolated as such. So, I hope this helps answer your question.
1795609
I have never tried because I'm only using one output to my receiver but it should work using both outputs to the same input.
2080706
It depends on the amp. I have experience only with Onkyo and Yamaha, both of which have a "zone 2", which is what is hooked up to the speakers in another room. In this case you would hook up the 'zone 2 out".
31133
You can run zone 1 and 2 at the same time. It's a 9,2 receiver so I guess nine speakers. Two subwoofers and two zone 2 speakers at the maximum. But many other options would be possible.
1159725
You can only turn the speakers on or off. There are 4 separate channels. I bought impedance-matching volume controls for each channel. If you want, you can use impedance-matching volume controls without the speaker selector. I use the speaker selector for additional protection for the receiver.
33626
Yes, you can even configure this for just 2 speakers, with or without a subwoofer. However, the Onkyos are plagued with problems. Check out the Yamaha, more expensive but more versatile and reliable.
33627
Yes. I currently use it as a 5.1 receiver. The other two speaker outputs can be toggled for 7.1 or as a separate powered 2.0 zone.
176939
Ron, What I am trying to do is have these play at the same time as my zone 2 from my receiver. It alreasy has speakers wired to it and I was looking to hook it to them for the kitchen. Running wires to the kitchen isn't a help. Any thoughts?Thanks for the answer.
1564118
there are no additional zone inputs, you can select the 6 and 7th channel as a 2nd zone amp 2 channel but this is not a multi room receiver,you don't "input" you output additional zones, you need a receiver or multi zone amplifier that will power a pair of speakers in the 3 rooms in your homeother marantz models can do this. and there are many multi zone systems out there as well
54610
Yes. We have a sound bar plus sub woofer connected via optical cable and we leave on the internal speakers as well. Downside: we have to use two separate remotes to control the 2 audio sources. I'm sure there's a way to program everything into one remote, but it isn't a huge issue for us.
1128564
yes & no, Just 2 channel active equalizer. you could use the tape out line level outputs to feed another system however or feed a set of powered speakers. my set up is as follows, main outs to main AV receiver, 2 tape outs to both a sound bar and a rf transmitter linked to a wireless speaker I can place anywhere. so zoning is possible at line level. (NO SPEAKER outputs at all.) Hope that answers your question.
975562
Not using a soundbar. Using a Yamaha RX-V375 AV receiver with Bose 701 speakers.
1133653
I have a similar issue with multiple sets of speakers I wanted to run off Zone 2. I connected two 4 foot lengths of speaker wire (R&L;) to the Zone 2 posts on the receiver, and used them as "pig-tails." Then I routed all my various zone 2 speaker wires to the pig tails, connected pos to pos and neg to neg. Works fine.
1038471
Yes surround speakers through the receiver and the rest through the selecter but your receiver must be a dual zone receiver
1104007
No speaker b zone. Receiver will detect your speakers automatically, whether 4 or 5. Manual speaker setup is also available. 4 speakers 2 for front and 2 for surround, 5th speaker adds center speaker if desired.