How is an external amplifier connected to this receiver? to power the additional two channels....
839161
There are pre-outs on the back for all 11 channels. You connect the external amplifier using RCA cables (I recommend Blue Jeans Cables interconnects for cost/performance and you can have them made to the lengths you need), then go into Setup and under Speaker Setup, enable 11.1 playback. That should give you the discrete width channel output to the amplifier. You can run the other 9 channels directly off of the AVR. That said, given the power capabilities of most AVRs, I strongly recommend a good 3-channel amp to power the left, right and center channels, since they get the most sound. I know that Onkyo claims 135w+ per channel, but I promise you an external amp for those three channels will sound SO much better than just running them off the AVR alone. I'm using an Emotiva XPA-3 (which is fair quality gear on the relative cheap) to drive my towers and center and couldn't be happier with the results.
383106
You can use this receiver as a preamp for 11 channels. You can only power 9. If you want to power 11, you must purchase an additional 2 channel power amp. You can assign the 9 channels to whatever you want. I use heights, wides, surrounds but no rears. Hope this helps.
13753
There's three connections on the amp:- 1 USB power input (with USB power brick)- coxial input from antenna- coxial output to TV
1518040
I didn't have any problem getting audio from the two RCA outputs...how do you have it hooked up?
484805
Where I live I was able to just connect to the cable and that was it. No additional power. Some reviews said they needed an amplifier others said an amp made reception worse. I guess it all depends on your location.
1889083
If your receiver has enough power (say at least 120 Watts per channel) it should be okay to hook it up to the receiver.
128935
The receiver has one analog L/R output (pre-out) if you want to send the signal to another amplifier or recording deck.
710230
I have that setup with 2 audio inputs and output to an ampamplifier. It works fine
1515306
Just use speaker cable to hook up to receiver/amplifier. Speakers draw power from amplifier so no power cable needed.
2067942
You're right, this isn't an audio amplifier. It's a decoder so you can mix and match different outputs/inputs like coaxial, optical and switch between two channel, (2.1) and five channel, (5.1). Solv es many connection problems between different equipment.
1784170
Sorry this took so bloody long (if you'll pardon my French). On the back of the unit you will find a bank of 5.1 outputs (there are none for 6.1); using a 5.1 cable (not supplied, naturally), connect these to the corresponding inputs on your amplifier / receiver. Or, if your amplifier / receiver is so equipped, you can use the coaxial connection (coaxial cable also not supplied). Hope this helps. My first thought was to refer you to the User Manual, but that woulda been snarky, and anyway the darn thing is so confusing it should be called a Useless Manual. But anyway, ciao for now!
891290
As far as I can tell your Denon does not have multi-channel pre-amp outputs. So there is no way to connect an outboard amplifier to your receiver.
2039105
It's not a receiver... its an LNB which needs to be powered by a receiver. The receiver sends the correct power to the LNB 13v or 18v depending on the polarity.
2206075
Yes, you can, for example, use a very high quality mono amp for the most important channel, the center, leaving more power for the other channels. All channels have pre out availability. The perfect system would use a 3 channel (example Bryston) amp for L-C-R and have all the entire receiver's power for the remaining channels. I have done this and it is fabulous. Barry
1637787
You're all set with this receiver. No extra amps needed. I use this receiver to power my 9.2 surround system and zone 3 speakers and it works great.
2096889
There is an analog out and an optical out... either running RCAs or optical cable. The unit doesn't have enough power to run speakers on it's own... that is why a separate receiver is needed. If you have a set of powered computer speakers with a volume that is also another option as long as it has RCAs or optical in!!
2005432
I have mine connected to a signal amp that I got at Home Depot for 20$. It amps 4 signals and I only have mine connected to 2TV's. both can have different channels at same time