Sony STR-ZA2100ES Owner's Manual
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Speaker patterns and terminals to be connected
When you connect speakers to the receiver, refer to the following table.
You can use the following table to confirm the speaker patterns supported by the receiver as
well as the speaker terminals to which the speakers of each speaker pattern are to be
connected.
When playing back DTS content, select a speaker pattern which supports DTS playback*
(indicated with white background in the following table). If you select other speaker patterns
(indicated with gray background in the table), the sound may not be output from some
speakers.
To set the speaker pattern, select [Setup] - [Speaker Setup] - [Speaker Pattern] from the home
menu.
* Due to the receiver’s system limitations
The abbreviations and symbol used in the list are as follows.
FH: Front high speakers
TF: Top front speakers
TM: Top middle speakers
TR: Top rear speakers
RH: Rear high speakers
FD: Front Dolby Atmos enabled speakers
SRD: Surround Dolby Atmos enabled speakers
SBD: Surround back Dolby Atmos enabled speakers
SB: SPEAKERS SURROUND BACK/HEIGHT
(FRONT B/BI-AMP/ZONE 2) terminals
What the numbers in the speaker pattern indicate:
5 . 1 . 2
Number of speakers
located at listener’s
level
Number of
subwoofers
Number of height or
overhead (top) speakers
STR-ZA3100ES/STR-ZA2100ES
Speaker pattern
SPEAKERS terminals
PRE OUT jacks
Zone 2 connection/
Front B speaker connection/
Bi-amplifier connection
FRONT A
CENTER
SURROUND
SURROUND BACK/HEIGHT
(FRONT B/BI-AMP/ZONE 2)
(L/R)
HEIGHT
SUBWOOFER
2.0
-
-
-
-
-
SB
2.0.2 (TM)
-
-
(TM)*
-
-
SB
2.0.2 (FD)
-
-
(FD)*
-
-
SB
2.1
-
-
-
-
SB
2.1.2 (TM)
-
-
(TM)*
-
SB
2.1.2 (FD)
-
-
(FD)*
-
SB
3.0
-
-
-
-
SB
3.0.2 (TM)
-
(TM)*
-
-
SB
3.0.2 (FD)
-
(FD)*
-
-
SB
3.1
-
-
-
SB
3.1.2 (TM)
-
(TM)*
-
SB
3.1.2 (FD)
-
(FD)*
-
SB
4.0
-
-
-
-
SB
4.0.2 (FH)
-
(FH)*
-
-
SB
4.0.2 (TM)
-
(TM)*
-
-
SB
4.0.2 (FD)
-
(FD)*
-
-
SB
4.0.2 (SRD)
-
(SRD)*
-
-
SB
4.0.4 (FH+TM)
-
(FH)
(TM)
-
Not available
4.0.4 (FH+TR)
-
(FH)
(TR)
-
Not available
4.0.4 (FH+RH)
-
(FH)
(RH)
-
Not available
4.0.4 (TF+TM)
-
(TF)
(TM)
-
Not available
4.0.4 (TF+TR)
-
(TF)
(TR)
-
Not available
4.0.4 (TF+RH)
-
(TF)
(RH)
-
Not available