Thanks. Unless I am missing something, the manual does not say how to accomplish my plan:
Zone 1: 5.1.4
- 1 active subwoofer on pre out ports
- 2 active wireless speakers (due to cabling constraints) on pre out ports for Surround
- all others passive speakers
Zone 2: 2.0.0 outdoors
- 2...
Thanks for your lightning fast reply.
I want to feed outdoors speakers and configure them as zone 2. The previous residents left them installed when they moved out. These outdoors speakers are passive. I prefer to not get a separate amp for them.
I am shooting for a 5.1.4 configuration for...
I looked at photos of the backs of Onkyo TX-RZ50, Denon X6700H and X4800. All three have pre-out ports labelled "zone 2" and "zone 3". For a while, I mistakenly assumed that I can only use these pre-out ports for zone 2 and 3. But I can assign any pre-out and non-pre-out port to any zone...