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What is Zone 2 on Pioneer receiver?

By James Holden

What is Zone 2 on Pioneer receiver?

The Zone 2 feature on a home theater receiver sends a second source signal to the speakers or a separate audio system in another room. This feature is more flexible than connecting additional speakers and placing the speakers in another room, as with an A/B speaker switch.

How do I turn off Zone 2 on my Sony receiver?

You can turn on or off the power for zone 2 by the following procedure.

  1. Select [Settings] – [Zone Settings] from the home menu.
  2. Select [Power].
  3. Select [On] or [Off].

How to adjust the volume in Zone 2?

Adjust to a suitable volume in [ Zone2 Volume ]. You can also activate the zone you want using ZONE SELECT and ZONE POWER on the receiver. You can also select source signals you want to output using INPUT SELECTOR on the receiver while [ 2. xxxx (input name)] is shown on the display panel.

How to listen to the same sound in Zone 2?

Zone 2 is activated. Select the source signals you want to output in [Zone2 Input]. Select [SOURCE] if you want to listen to the same sound as main zone in Zone 2. Start playback on the input that you selected in step 2. Adjust to a suitable volume in [Zone2 Volume]. Hint

How does the compressed music enhancer work on Zone2?

To enable the Compressed Music Enhancer function, press ENHANCER. The Zone2 input automatically switches in conjunction with the input source selected in the main zone when “ Main Zone Sync ” is selected as the Zone2 input. To play back DSD audio in Zone2, select “ Main Zone Sync ” as the Zone2 input or use the party mode.

Can you select only one input source for Zone2?

You cannot select Bluetooth, USB and network sources exclusively for each zone. For example, if you select “ SERVER ” for Zone2 when “ USB ” is selected for the main zone, the input source for the main zone also switches to “ SERVER ”. Start playback on the external device or select a radio station.

Adjust to a suitable volume in [ Zone2 Volume ]. You can also activate the zone you want using ZONE SELECT and ZONE POWER on the receiver. You can also select source signals you want to output using INPUT SELECTOR on the receiver while [ 2. xxxx (input name)] is shown on the display panel.

Zone 2 is activated. Select the source signals you want to output in [Zone2 Input]. Select [SOURCE] if you want to listen to the same sound as main zone in Zone 2. Start playback on the input that you selected in step 2. Adjust to a suitable volume in [Zone2 Volume]. Hint

To enable the Compressed Music Enhancer function, press ENHANCER. The Zone2 input automatically switches in conjunction with the input source selected in the main zone when “ Main Zone Sync ” is selected as the Zone2 input. To play back DSD audio in Zone2, select “ Main Zone Sync ” as the Zone2 input or use the party mode.

You cannot select Bluetooth, USB and network sources exclusively for each zone. For example, if you select “ SERVER ” for Zone2 when “ USB ” is selected for the main zone, the input source for the main zone also switches to “ SERVER ”. Start playback on the external device or select a radio station.