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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2013
Onkyo Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Tadaharu Sunaga, Osaka, JP;
Onkyo Corporation, Neyagawa-shi, JP;
Abstract
A ZONE4 left audio signal ZL is output without releasing a connection of a surround left speaker SSL. When determining that a playback of the ZONE4 left audio signal ZL is set by a user manipulation, a controllercontrols switches Sand Sin an on state, and controls switches S, S, and Sin an off state. Accordingly, the ZONE4 left audio signal ZL is supplied from a DSP to an amplifierthrough the switch S, amplified by the amplifier, and supplied to a surround back left/ZONE4 left SP terminalthrough the switch S. A surround left SP terminalis an output terminal dedicated to a surround left audio signal, so that the ZONE4 left audio signal ZL can be output without releasing the connection of the surround left speaker SSL.