Onkyo TX-SR303 Connecting a CD Player or Turntable, Phono Preamp MC head amp or MC transformer

Connecting Your Components—Continued

Connecting a CD Player or Turntable

■CD Player, or Turntable with Built-in Phono Preamp

Step 1:

Choose a connection type ( a , b , or c ) that matches the CD player, or choose a for a turntable with a built-in phono

preamp, and then make the connection.

b		IN
	DIGITAL IN	L

L

COAXIAL

R

CD

R

AUDIO

Connect one or the other

c OPTICAL

IN

L a

	R
CD	a

OUTPUT

COAXIAL
OUT	L

OPTICAL

OUT

R

AUDIO

OUT

CD player

Turntable (MM) with built-in phono preamp

•With the basic connection, you can listen to or record audio from the CD player or turntable.

•To connect the CD player digitally, use connection or c . (Use and or and for recording.)

Connection		TX-SR303/303E	Signal flow	CD or turntable
	a	CD IN L/R	⇐	Analog audio L/R output
		DIGITAL IN COAXIAL	⇐	Digital coaxial output
	b
	c	DIGITAL IN OPTICAL	⇐	Digital optical output

■ Turntable with no Phono Preamp Built-in	■ Turntable with an MC (Moving Coil) Cartridge
A phono preamp is necessary to connect a turntable that	An MC head amp and phono preamp are necessary to
doesn’t have a phono preamp built-in.	connect a turntable with an MC (Moving Coil) cartridge.

	AUDIO
IN	OUTPUT	Phono preamp
L	L
R	R
CD
	AUDIO	AUDIO
	OUTPUT	INPUT
	L	L
	R	R

	AUDIO	AUDIO	AUDIO
IN	OUTPUT
		INPUT	OUTPUT
L	L	L	L
R	R	R	R
CD		Phono
		preamp

MC head amp or

MC transformer

AUDIO	AUDIO
OUTPUT	INPUT
L	L
R	R

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