Connecting External Components, Front, Rear

Connecting External Components

The on-screen setup menus appear only on a TV that is connected to the HDMI OUT. If your TV is connected to the MONITOR OUT V or the COMPONENT VIDEO OUT, use the AV receiver’s display when changing settings.

Front

Rear

C B D E

Connect your components to the appropriate jacks. The default input assignments are shown below. ✔: Assignment can be changed (➔ 35).

No.	Jack			Signal	Components	Assignable

A	AUX INPUT	LINE IN		Analog audio	Portable audio player
		VIDEO		Composite video	Camcorder, etc

		AUDIO L/R		Analog audio

B	COMPONENT	IN 1 (BD/DVD)		Component video	Blu-ray Disc/DVD player	✔
	VIDEO	IN 2 (CBL/SAT)			Satellite, cable, set-top box, etc.	✔
		IN 2 (CBL/SAT)			Satellite, cable, set-top box, etc.	✔

		OUT			TV, projector, etc.

C	DIGITAL IN	OPTICAL	IN 1 (GAME)	Digital audio	Game console	✔
			IN 2 (TV/CD)		TV, CD player	✔

		COAXIAL	IN 1 (BD/DVD)		Blu-ray Disc/DVD player	✔

			IN 2 (CBL/SAT)		Satellite, cable, set-top box, etc.	✔

D	MONITOR OUT			Composite video	TV, projector, etc.
	BD/DVD IN			Analog audio and	Blu-ray Disc/DVD player
				composite video
	VCR/DVR IN			composite video	VCR or DVD recorder/Digital
	VCR/DVR IN				VCR or DVD recorder/Digital
					Video Recorder

	CBL/SAT IN				Satellite, cable, set-top box, etc.

	GAME IN				Game console

	TV/CD IN			Analog audio	TV, CD player, Turntable*1,
					Cassette tape deck, MD, CD-R

E	UNIVERSAL PORT			Analog audio/	Universal port optional dock
				Video	(UP-A1 etc.)

Note

•When you connect to both AUX INPUT AUDIO jacks and AUX INPUT LINE IN jack at the same time, AUX INPUT LINE IN jack will be given a higher priority.

•The AV receiver can output audio and video signals from the AUX INPUT jacks to the VCR/DVR OUT jacks.

*1 Connect a turntable (MM) that has a phono preamp built-in. If your turntable (MM) doesn’t have it, you’ll need a commercially available phono preamp.

If your turntable has a moving coil (MC) type cartridge, you’ll need a commercially available MC head amp or MC transformer as well as a phono preamp. See your turntable’s manual for details.

•With connection D, you can listen and record audio from the external components while you are in Zone 2. You can lis- ten and record audio from the external components in the main room; you can listen to the audio in Zone 2 as well.

•With connection C, you can enjoy Dolby Digital and DTS. (To record or listen in Zone 2 as well, use C and D.)

•With connection D, if your Blu-ray Disc/DVD player has both the main stereo and multichannel outputs, be sure to connect the main stereo.

■How to record the video

•With the connections described above, you cannot record the video through the AV receiver. To make a connection for video recording (➔ 27).

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