Onkyo TX-SR8370 Connecting Your Components, Connecting Audio and Video Signals to the AV Receiver

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Connecting Your Components—Continued

Connecting Audio and Video Signals to the AV Receiver

By connecting both the audio and video outputs of your DVD player and other AV components to the AV receiver, you can switch the audio and video signals simultaneously simply by changing the input source on the AV receiver.

: Signal Flow

Video

Audio

Video

Audio

TV, projector,

etc.

DVD player, etc. Speakers (see page 21 for hookup details)

Which Connections Should I Use?

The AV receiver supports several connection formats for compatibility with a wide range of AV equipment. The format you choose will depend on the formats supported by your other components. Use the following sections as a guide. For video components, you must make an audio connection and a video connection.

Video Connection Formats

Video equipment can be connected to the AV receiver by using any one of the following video connection formats: composite video, S-Video, or component video, the lat- ter offering the best picture quality.

Composite video to S-Video and S-Video to composite video conversion only applies to the MONITOR OUT V and S outputs, not the VIDEO 1 and VIDEO 2 OUT V and S outputs.

Note: The AV receiver can be set to upconvert composite video and S-Video input signals and output them from the COMPONENT VIDEO OUT (see page 44).

For optimum video performance, THX recommends that video signals pass through without upconversion (i.e., Composite video input to Composite video out- put; S-Video input to S-Video output; Component video input to Component video output).

Audio Connection Formats

Audio equipment can be connected to the AV receiver by using any of the following audio connection formats: analog, optical, coaxial, or analog multichannel.

When choosing a connection format, bear in mind that the AV receiver does not convert digital input signals for analog line output and vice versa. For example, audio signals connected to an OPTICAL or COAXIAL input are not output by the analog TAPE OUT.

Audio Signal Flow Chart

DVD player,

etc.

Output Optical Coaxial Analog Multichannel

IN

Video Signal Flow Chart

AV receiver

OUT

Optical Coaxial Analog Multichannel

OpticalAnalog

DVD player,

etc.

Output

Composite S-Video Component

Input

MD recorder,

OpticalAnalog

IN Composite S-Video Component

AV receiver				page 44
	MONITOR OUT	Composite	S-Video	Component
	Input	Composite	S-Video	Component

TV,

projector,

etc.

etc.

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