Zone 2 connections: am I missing something very, very basic?? (1 Viewer)

[Laminarman]

Well, I'm new here, but not completely a newbie to HT. Sorry for the dumb post here!

I built a house recently and have distributed wiring for audio in several rooms, and each room has it's own in wall volume control. I am in between components now and have Tannoy speakers in 5.1 in my main room and am using a stop gap Yamaha HT receiver for movies for my kids until my new Rotel preamp/processor gets here in about a week (for use with my Cinema Grand amp). But in addition to movies, at times I'd like to simply output Christmas music to the rooms with "zone 2" of the receiver. Problem is, there's a white and red RCA jack output, but I have a + and - L and R jack in the wall. How do I output stereo zone 2 music with this? Prior to this I just patched main speaker cables to the rooms, but now with my New 50" Samsung plasma I want to watch movies, and when that's over play music while cooking..etc. Sorry for the bother but I can't seem to find out what the heck is going on, it looks like it only outputs in mono?

 

[gene c]

What's the model number of the Yamaha. If it's an older model, it may need a seperate amplifier to power a second zone which would be hooked up to the red and white rca jacks.

 

[Robert_J]

Originally Posted by Laminarman

there's a white and red RCA jack output, but I have a + and - L and R jack in the wall.

As Gene says, you need an amp to turn the pre-amp level, RCA outputs into speaker level outputs. An inexpensive option would be http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partnumber=300-380

 

[Laminarman]

Aaaaaaah....sound of light bulb going on. I see. The manual says nothing about another amplifier. I think it get it. Thank you!