Yamaha RX-V373BL User Manual

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PREPARATIONS
➤ Placing speakers
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Select the speaker layout for the number of speakers that you are using and place the speakers and subwoofer (with built-in amplifier) in your room. This section describes the 
representative speaker layout examples.
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Placing speakers
Caution
• (U.S.A. and Canada models only)
Under its default settings, the unit is configured for 8-ohm speakers. When connecting 6-ohm speakers, set the unit’s speaker impedance to “6 
MIN”. In this case, you can also use 4-ohm speakers as the front speakers. 
• (Except for U.S.A. and Canada models)
Use speakers with an impedance of at least 6 
.
Speaker type
Abbr.
Function
Speaker system (the 
number of channels)
5.1
4.1
3.1
2.1
Front (L)
1
Produce front right/left channel sounds (stereo sounds).
Front (R)
2
Center 
3
Produces center channel sounds (such as movie dialogue and vocals).
Surround (L)
4
Produce surround right/left channel sounds.
Surround (R)
5
Subwoofer
9
Produces LFE (low-frequency effect) channel sounds and reinforces the bass parts of other channels.
This channel is counted as “0.1”.
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