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New member Username: Meo034
Carleton Place,
Ontario
Canada
Post Number: 1
Registered: Mar-08
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| Posted on Wednesday, March 05, 2008 - 09:46 am: |
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I have a Sony STR-DE985 receiver and would like to connect 2 front speakers, 2 rear speakers, 2 surround speakers and a center channel. I of course have a subwoofer. The problem I have is that the A/B sw is either A or B and not A & B. Is there a way to configure these speakers without using the A/B sw?
Please let me know. |
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Bronze Member Username: Jrbay
Livonia Detroit area,
Michigan
USA
Post Number: 64
Registered: Feb-08
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| Posted on Wednesday, March 05, 2008 - 09:56 am: |
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Good old Sony!! You are correct in that the AB switch is "or" not "and". The solution is a speaker switch available at most electronics stores or:
http://www.wiredshopdirect.authsafe.com/product_info.php?products_id=14499&langu age=en&cPath=54&source=googlebase
This one is a 4 speaker selector so you could potentially add two more sets of speakers. There are 2 speaker pair switches if you look hard enough.
Either way you would hook this box up to the main or "A" speaker outputs then have selection of any of your remote speakers. |
Silver Member Username: Mccambley
BREEZY POINT,
NY
USA
Post Number: 478
Registered: Jun-05
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| Posted on Wednesday, March 05, 2008 - 02:53 pm: |
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This is a 6.1 channel receiver. What do you need the A-B switch for? Hook up the front speakers to the A speaker input center to center and the rears to the rear speakers. Your only problem is that the receiver only accepts one surround back speaker which is fine because the surround channel is mono. |
Silver Member Username: Floyd_1977
Montgomery,
IL
USA
Post Number: 119
Registered: May-06
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| Posted on Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 02:14 pm: |
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Typically, A & B speakers are used for cases where you have separate stereo speakers (B) for music and surround speakers (A) for movies.
Also, you can use A & B speakers if you have two different rooms where you might want to turn speakers on/off. Here it is useful to be able to activate A, B or A & B, but in your situation, Casey is right, you don't need to have A and B: just A. |
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