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John Brill · 09-28-2006, 04:09 PM

That is correct, to have A/B speaker switching on you 1014, your "B" speakers are your two rear channels and you now have a 5.1 HT with 2 speakers in another room. You will need to go into the menu and specify "Second Zone" for your surround back speaker setting.

Then you simply use the button on the front pannel to specify SP>A, SP>B, SP>AB, SP>off. What's unclear is weather in SP>AB mode if A speakers are downmixed to stereo. I don't believe it is as Seth=L has stated but for sure B speakers are downmixed.

However, the 1014 is not a 2 zone system as it can only process data from 1 source at a time out of all speakers. Ie, you can't watch movies in 5.1 and listen to jazz in the other room at the same time.

09-28-2006, 04:09 PM	#3 of 7
John Brill *John* Member Location: Ontario Join Date: Nov 2003 Local Time: 03:06 AM Local Date: 12-02-2008 Posts: 310	Re: Help using 2 Zones on my 1014tx That is correct, to have A/B speaker switching on you 1014, your "B" speakers are your two rear channels and you now have a 5.1 HT with 2 speakers in another room. You will need to go into the menu and specify "Second Zone" for your surround back speaker setting. Then you simply use the button on the front pannel to specify SP>A, SP>B, SP>AB, SP>off. What's unclear is weather in SP>AB mode if A speakers are downmixed to stereo. I don't believe it is as Seth=L has stated but for sure B speakers are downmixed. However, the 1014 is not a 2 zone system as it can only process data from 1 source at a time out of all speakers. Ie, you can't watch movies in 5.1 and listen to jazz in the other room at the same time. Last edited by John Brill : 09-28-2006 at 04:11 PM.