Zone 2 issues

You can connect a tape deck for playback at sockets Audio 4 or 5. But there is no direct connection for the recording side.
Zone 2 is for connection to an external amp for extension speakers.
Not certain it would work for recording purposes.

http://www.retrevo.com/support/Yamaha-RX-V1065-Receivers-manual/id/23554bh028/t/2/

See the parts on Page 60 about "Zone2 Max Volume" and "Zone2 Initial Volume"...

Yes your amplifier has assignable multi zone capability .You have to go into the initial setup of the amplifier and select if you want to assign any one of the amplifiers ( eg: rear back amp ) as zone 2.

Hi,

U cant get an amplified out put form ur av receiver for zone 2. speaker a A and B is the same out put of frond left and right. it is not ZONE 2 output. U can get only a pre output for zone to from this receiver. U nee a separate stereo amplifier for using zone 2 .put an amplifier in the other room, connect the zone 2 pre out to it. And do the following setup in ur av receiver .

The receiver shows check speaker cable because its amplifier minimum impedance is 8 ohms . when u connect other speaker in speaker the total impedance will come under 4 ohms. Speaker b is not ZONE 2 in this amplifier

1. press the input selector button A or B to select the source component you want to setup.

2. press and hold LEARN (on remote) button about 3 seconds by using a boll pen or similar object ( SETUP and the selected component name appear alternately in the display window.)

3. press up or down arrow to select "zone2"

4. press LEARN to complete the Zone 2 setup.

5. press source select up arrow to display Zone2 in the window.

6. press an input selector button to select input source u want to listen to in the second room

7. u can control the component by using the component control area button

ok

Hello sounds like you want to take the low level zone 2 output and run it to the PRE AMP in?

If that is correct the onboard amplifier will power your speakers but will no longer provide sound for your main channel as you are removing the "loop" which send the front L & R signal to the amp.

Your best bet is to find an inexpensive secondary amplifier.

Sonance makes a sonamp 260 or 260x3. These are available on ebay for under $100 and work great for multiroom applications.
A 260x3 would give you 3 speaker outputs allowing you to run not only to your patio but also to two other locations and includes a switch to turn each zone on/ off.

Hope that helps

correct. in order to enjoy your digital sources in any zone2 configuration, an additional connection has to be made to the analog input from and for each of these devices.
some receivers wont allow internal xm, sirius and ipods to work in zone2 because they are input to the digital board and thats what your stuck with.

go into your amp settings menu then to speaker settings,set zone 2 on and main on, turn up the volume for zone 2 about half way then connect phono cables from zone 2 pre out to a input on the external amp (eg cd input )
never use the phono input this is for turntables,connect this amp to your speaker switch/selector then to speakers.

hope this helps

cable guy.

I had the same problem.  Yamaha's web-site states that the zone 2 and zone 3 can only be driven from analog inputs (RCA stereo input jacks), not digital inputs.  If your media center is hooked up with digital connections (such as HDMI), it will not feed the zone 2 or 3.  Yamaha's web-site suggest hooking up both analog and digital feeds.  It claims that the digital will drive the main zone and the analog will drive the other zones.
Good luck...

make sure that you are selecting the sp2 to be working with zone 2/3. Be careul and check volume to zone 2/3 on front panel before you activate sp2 with zone2/3.

Try pressing "Main A" or "Speakers A"-button on the remote-control (slide the shield at the bottom)