Onkyo TX-SR8450, TX-SR504E Connecting a VCR or DVD Recorder for Playback, Vcr, DVD recorder

Connecting Your Components—Continued

Connecting a VCR or DVD Recorder for Playback

Hint!

With this hookup, you can use your VCR’s tuner to listen to your favorite TV programs via the AV receiver, useful if your TV has no audio outputs.

Step 1: Video Connection

Choose a video connection that matches your VCR or DVD recorder ( A , B , or C ), and then make the connection.

You must connect the AV receiver to your TV via the same type of connection.

Step 2: Audio Connection

Choose an audio connection that matches your VCR or DVD recorder ( a , b , or c ), and then make the connection.

•With connection , you can listen to the VCR or DVD recorder even via speaker set B.

•To enjoy Dolby Digital and DTS, use connection or . (To listen via speaker set B, use and , or and .)

Connection		AV receiver	Signal flow	VCR or DVD recorder	Picture quality
	A	COMPONENT VIDEO VIDEO 1 IN	⇐	Component video output	Best
		VIDEO 1 IN S	⇐	S-Video output	Better
	B
	C	VIDEO 1 IN V	⇐	Composite video output	Standard
		VIDEO 1 IN L/R	⇐	Analog audio L/R output
	a
	b	DIGITAL IN COAXIAL	⇐	Digital coaxial output
		DIGITAL IN OPTICAL 1	⇐	Digital optical output
	c

b

XM

COMPONENT VIDEO

DIGITAL IN VIDEO 2 IN VIDEO 1 IN DVD IN OUT

ANTENNA	SURROUND BACK	SURROUND	FRONT
AM	SPEAKERS	SPEAKERS	SPEAKERS A
	FM 75
	L

c

A

COA
XIAL
OPTICAL
1
2
3	IN
	L
REMOTE
CONTROL	R

Y

PB

PR

OUT IN

L

R

VIDEO 2	VIDEO 1	DVD MONITOROUT	C
V			R

S

					FRONT
IN	OUT	IN	IN		SPEAKER
					PRE OUT
IN	OUT	IN	FRONT SURROUND	B SURR BACK
L					L
					SUB
					WOOFER
					R
R
				SUB	a
				WOOFER

CDTAPE

VIDEO 2 VIDEO 1 DVD

				L		R
COAXIAL	OPTICAL	Y	PB	PR	AUDIO	S VIDEO	VIDEO
OUT	OUT	COMPONENT VIDEO OUT			OUT	OUT	OUT

Connect one or the other

Connection b must be assigned (see page 33)

VCR,

DVD recorder

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