Yamaha RXV 2600 Zone 2 hookup

[Paisaab]

hi all, I am having trouble hooking up zone 2 on he Y 2600. I have a 7.1 HT set up, and I want a stereo zone 2 output without using an external amp (I believe it is possible to do this). So, I tried hooking the speakers to the zone 2 out, but unable to get sound. Tried setting zone 2 out to INT on the menu, no luck. CD player is also hooked up with analog cable to the receiver..... any help/insights will be appreciated.
Thanks

 

[Audioholics]

Did you correctly configure the Surround Back speakers for use as Powered Zone 2 speakers? You must choose either INT:Surr or INTRNS depending upon which jacks you connected the speakers to.

After that, make sure Zone 2 is 'ON' and you shodul be set to route the input source.

 

[AVRat]

Since you're using all the receiver's amps for your 7.1 HT, you need the external amp to run the 2 zones simultaneously. If not simultaneously, then you need to reconfigure your setup each time.

 

[Audioholics]

With the exception that you can flip to 5.1 and use the 2-channels when not engaging the back surrounds. It's actually quite flexible using the GUI.

 

[Paisaab]

Thanks Clint/AVrat
I connected the speaker outs to the surround spks, set it to INT, but no sound on the ext speaker; on the other hand I do get sound on the 2 speakers surround spks......guess I will just have to play with the GUI to figure it out.
On th eother hand, as AV rat says, I am slowly coming to the conclusion that I need powered spks for zone 2/3 if I am using a 7.1 in the main HT.

Thanks again

 

[jcPanny]

Zone 2/3 speakers

You don't need powered speakers, just an outboard amp and regular inceiling or bookshelf speakers.
There are some inexpensive amps from Audiosource and the Bheringer A500 for $1-200 that would work great. If you want to play the same source on 2 or more pairs of speakers than a single amp will be fine. However, if you want to play a different source on Zone 2 and Zone 3, than you will need 2 different stereo amps or a single 4 channel amp.

 

[sivadselim]

Bear in mind that many receivers will only pass to the extra zones something that's connected via an analog connection, such as to the L+R chanels of the "CD" input.

 

[benny13]

Yes this is true for the 2600..i had hdmi wires from my cable box to the reciever but i wouldnt get any sound in zone 2 until i hooked up rca wires from the box to the reciever as well..bummer...why is this?

 

[Wakefield103]

Similar Zone 2 problem using EXT

I've also been struggling with RX-V2600 zone 2 problem. However, I think I understand the basics enough to be worried if there is a problem with the AVR. I have 7.1 in my main zone - works fine. I recently installed two speakers outside which I am using for my second zone.

I have these outdoors connected to an old bookshelf stereo system. I have verified that the speakers are connected correctly by playing music sourced directly from the old stereo.

Next I connected the zone 2 pre-outs to the auxiliary input of the old stereo. Using the zone2\3 remote, I turned on zone 2 and set it to Tuner (I figured that should be the easiest test and eliminate any analog vs. digital audio issues). I made sure the old stereo was set to the auxiliary input mode.

Problem is... at this point there is nothing outputting from the zone 2 pre-out to the old stereo.

To troubleshoot, I verified that zone 2 amplifier was set to EXT. It was (I had never changed it from the defaults). I also disconnected the cable I was using from the zone 2 pre-out and connected it to the back of my cable box - to verify the cable and that the auxiliary input was working properly on the old stereo. This worked fine. I also verified the V2600 Tuner works as expected through the main zone - it does.

I am hoping someone can tell me I am doing something wrong and not that I have a bad AVR.

 

[sivadselim]

I've also been struggling with RX-V2600 zone 2 problem. However, I think I understand the basics enough to be worried if there is a problem with the AVR. I have 7.1 in my main zone - works fine. I recently installed two speakers outside which I am using for my second zone.

Can the receiver actually do a 7.1 setup AND a Zone2 at the same time?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but most processors allow you to set them up for 7.1 OR 5.1+Zone2, but not both, even when using an external amplifier for Zone2. During setup, most processors will have a setting which assignes the 6th and 7th channels to either the extra surround speakers OR Zone2.

 

[jcPanny]

Yamaha Zone 2

Yes, the receiver can run 7.1 channels and Zone 2, however, it only has 7 amp channels. 2 of the channels can be assigned to Surround Back seakers OR powered zone 2.

Wakefield,
There might be a zone 2 volume control that you need to turn up. Here is another test you could. Loop the Yamaha's Zone 2 line out back to an analog input like CD, tape, etc. to see if the zone 2 output is working.

 

[Wakefield103]

Can the receiver actually do a 7.1 setup AND a Zone2 at the same time?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but most processors allow you to set them up for 7.1 OR 5.1+Zone2, but not both, even when using an external amplifier for Zone2. During setup, most processors will have a setting which assignes the 6th and 7th channels to either the extra surround speakers OR Zone2.

That wouldnt be any good. Although it was my understanding that if an external amp was used you could use the other zones at the same time.

 

[jcPanny]

Yamaha Zone 2

Yes, the receiver can run 7.1 channels and Zone 2

via the Zone 2 line level output connections to an external amp.

 

[Flea]

Rxv-2600

I had this same proplem. I hooked it up to an external B&K amp and could not get the Zones to work. Did all the GUI and everything. If I turned everything all the way up I faintly heard a signal. I then hooked up my old HTR-5280 which has one zone out to test my external Amp and it worked fine. I ended up sending it back defective. I was thinking about trying it again but now I am going to wait for the new Yamaha recievers is September. I quess it was a blessing in disguise.