I need help with my Pioneer Elite VSX-43

[GSIII]

I'm trying to install outdoor speakers that I can run with my second zone but I can't get power to the speakers. I've hooked up everything w/ and w/o the wall volume control, confirmed the speakers work and ohmed the speaker wire. What em I doing wrong?

 

[lovinthehd]

What speakers? How are you connecting the speakers at the avr? What does "ohmed the speaker wire" mean? What wall volume control and how is that connected?

 

[GSIII]

Bose 151 outdoor speakers. They are connected just like the rest of the the speakers in the position that the avr manual says. And when I say Ohmed the speaker wire I tied the + and the - together on one end and with a Ohm meter I check for continuity on the other end to test the conductor. And the wall volume control is 300W OSD audio impedance matching volume control.

 

[lovinthehd]

Bose 151 outdoor speakers. They are connected just like the rest of the the speakers in the position that the avr manual says. And when I say Ohmed the speaker wire I tied the + and the - together on one end and with a Ohm meter I check for continuity on the other end to test the conductor. And the wall volume control is 300W OSD audio impedance matching volume control.

Can't see what you can. Describe the connections and settings in the avr that you're using....these aren't the weird Bose speakers that take special connectors/modules to run through, are they?

 

[TLS Guy]

There does not seem to be anything strange about them, but with Bose you never know!

OP connect a speaker you know works to zone 2 and see if it works. Of not you have a setting wrong. If it works, then connect 1.5 volt battery to the Bose speakers and when you take one wire on and off the battery it should make a clicking sound.

My hunch is you don't have zone 2 activated in the set up.

I have not checked your receiver manual, but you need to check that your receiver sends signals from digital sources to zone 2. A lot of receivers only make analog sources available on zone 2.

 

[everettT]

Zone two setup has to be applied in the menu for surround back. Also no digital source is passed to zone 2 , you need to run analog along with your digital inputs

 

[GSIII]

Okay in the manual it does say too use run analog, how do I do that. And does that mean I need to hook up the attena and can only use the radio in zone 2?

 

[GSIII]

As far as I know I went into the speaker set up and changed it to zone 2.

 

[lovinthehd]

Okay in the manual it does say too use run analog, how do I do that. And does that mean I need to hook up the attena and can only use the radio in zone 2?

Any of the two-channel analog inputs for sources will work (the composite rca type red/white inputs for dvd, sat/cbl, cd)

 

[GSIII]

Thanks that helps a lot. So I'm not going to be able to listen to my IPOD on the speakers outside? Via the usb port in the front?

 

[everettT]

Thanks that helps a lot. So I'm not going to be able to listen to my IPOD on the speakers outside? Via the usb port in the front?

Some allow pass thru with one source. If you want iPad find a dock with analog out.

 

[GSIII]

good idea thanks

 

[lovinthehd]

Thanks that helps a lot. So I'm not going to be able to listen to my IPOD on the speakers outside? Via the usb port in the front?

You could use the analog out on your ipod and use a cable to connect to the avr. Do you stream from your ipod to your avr via wifi or? USB port may be another way to go, my avrs are setup for Apple stuff via usb which is all I've tried, other than using my pc via wifi for streaming via Airplay on my avr. I don't know where the DRM begins and ends, my general understanding is digital content is not friendly with zone usage....but I don't use my zones on my receivers either.

 

[GSIII]

You could use the analog out on your ipod and use a cable to connect to the avr. Do you stream from your ipod to your avr via wifi or? USB port may be another way to go, my avrs are setup for Apple stuff via usb which is all I've tried, other than using my pc via wifi for streaming via Airplay on my avr. I don't know where the DRM begins and ends, my general understanding is digital content is not friendly with zone usage....but I don't use my zones on my receivers either.

My avr supposably is set up for airplay but i haven't been able to figure that out either. Do I need to buy something else to use air play

 

[everettT]

My avr supposably is set up for airplay but i haven't been able to figure that out either. Do I need to buy something else to use air play

Check your manual to see what versions it will play. Pioneer was one of the first to have an ipod input, unfortunately with subsequent ios updates it needed a factory firmware update

 

[lovinthehd]

Looking thru the manual I see nothing about your avr having airplay capabilities. Not an apple person so not sure what your options are for add-ons but imagine there's perhaps a dongle available? Maybe just use a google chromecast...

 

[GSIII]

Check your manual to see what versions it will play. Pioneer was one of the first to have an ipod input, unfortunately with subsequent ios updates it needed a factory firmware update

thanks Okay

 

[GSIII]

Looking thru the manual I see nothing about your avr having airplay capabilities. Not an apple person so not sure what your options are for add-ons but imagine there's perhaps a dongle available? Maybe just use a google chromecast...

I was actually thinking about chrome a while backbit .. never did.

Im actually looking to maybe update my avr, do you have any recommendations for me? Affordable and good. Most bang for my buck kind a thing.

 

[lovinthehd]

I haven't tried one of the google chromecasts but they get pretty good reports for ease of use from what I've seen. I stream music from my phone or pc/hdd to my avrs via dlna/wifi (using an android phone with bubbleupnp particularly). As to newer avrs list the stuff you want as features to start...

 

[everettT]

Any good media server will solve all your issues. I use wdtv. With dtv, wdtv, and ps3, I've got 3 analog out sources to play in multiple zones. A few of the denon units have digital output for zone 2, and the flagship has zone3 IIRC.