Another question about 1056 redirect

[cmr15]

I know that this issue has been addressed in the forum, and I have done a search to investigate it myself. However, I'm a bit confused and would really appreciate your answers.

I am probably going to get the 1056 and add and amp like the 1070 to power my main speakers for good 2 channel sound. What I really need to know is if I can then redirect 2 of the 75 W channels of the 1056 that I'm no longer using to power speakers in another room. You see, I only can fit 5.1 speakers in my den and I want sound in the adjacent living room.

What I'd like to be able to do is multizone/multisource with the 1056/1070 combo. That is to say, use the 1070 for the front left/right speakers in the den and then redirect the 1056's front left/right 75w channels to power speakers in the living room.

Is this possible or just a pipe dream?? Can I also do multisource with this set up?? BTW, for the life of me, I cannot get acrobat reader to work with my XP system and therefore cannot look up the answers myself in the online manual. Really.... I'm not that lazy :roll:

Also, is it true that only anolog can be passed through to the second zone?

[aud19]

Yes and yes :T You can redirect the 1056's main L/R to rears for 7.1 or 2'nd zone and only two channel analog output is available for second zone.

Jason

[cmr15]

thanks jason

craig

[aud19]

You're welcome :T

Furthermore, and from the manual:

Redirect Feature
The RSX-1056 has a “redirect” feature that
allows you to use the front left and front right
amplifier channels to power center back or
Zone 2 speakers. For example, you might use
a separate Rotel stereo power amplifier to drive
the front speakers and then use the extra amplifier
channels in the RSX-1056 to power two
center back speakers.
If your system does not have center back speakers,
you can also redirect the built-in center
back channel amplifiers to drive two Zone 2
speakers.
To use the redirect feature to power center back
speakers in a 6.1 or 7.1 channel system:
1. Connect the center back speaker in a 6.1
channel system or the center back left
speaker in a 7.1 channel system to the
binding posts labeled FRONT/CB/ZONE
LEFT/1.
2. Connect the center back right speaker to
binding posts labeled FRONT/CB/ZONE
RIGHT/2.
3. Go to the SPEAKER SETUP screen of the
ON-SCREEN MENU system and change
the REDIRECT setting to the center back
channels instead of the front channels.

Jason