Pioneer VSA-AX10 operating instructions Connecting Your Equipment, Connecting your TV

Connecting Your Equipment

Connecting your TV

Connect your TV to the jacks as shown below. Hook up with either component video, S video, or compos- ite video cords (the quality descends in this order). If you use component video cables to hook up your DVD player (or other components) then you must hook up your TV with component video cables as well. In general it is easiest to use one kind of video cord for all your video components (DVD player, TV, satellite TV receiver, etc.) but you can use different kinds of cables (see "Video Converter" below).

Before making or changing the connections, switch off the power and disconnect the power cord from the AC outlet.

	DIGITAL								MONITOR
PCM/2DIGITAL									OUT
/DTS/MPEG						OUT		IN
	2
									MONITOR
	OUT						CONTROL
				AUDIO L					OUT
		PHONO	R
	1							DVD		IN
									IN		Y
	OUT	IN						/LD		1
						AUDIO		IN		Y	MONITOR
7	(CD-R/	CD				POWER AMP		TV			OUT
	TAPE1	IN				IN			IN
IN	/MD)				R	L		IN		PB	PB
6		TUNER				FRONT		SAT
	(VCR2)								IN
		IN						IN
IN					R	L				PR	PR
5	(VCR1	OUT				CENTER		OUT	OUT	IN	IN
		REC								2	3
	/DVR)	CD-R/
IN								VCR1		Y	Y
4		TAPE1				SUB W.		/DVR
		/MD
						PRE OUT		IN	IN
	(SAT)	IN
IN		PLAY			1	2				PB	PB
		OUT			(Single)	SUR-
IN 3	(CD)					ROUND		OUT	OUT
		REC
		TAPE2			R	L		VCR2		PR	PR
		MONITOR				SUR-					COMPONENT VIDEO
						ROUND			IN
IN 2	(TV)	IN				BACK		IN
		PLAY			R	L (Single)
	(DVD	FRONT			SUB W.	CENTER
IN 1								OUT	OUT
	/LD)	R		L
								VCR3
		SUR-				SUR-
2RF	(DVD	ROUND				ROUND		IN	IN
						BACK
IN	/LD)
		R		L	R	L (Single)
	(For LD)										RS-232C
						R	AUDIO L	VIDEO		S2 VIDEO
ASSIGNABLE				MULTI CH INPUT

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L			AC OUTLET
FRONT
R	TV/monitor
CENTER
L			AC
SUR-	VIDEO IN
ROUND
R	COMPO-	VIDEO	SPEAKERS
	NENT
	Y		ª ı ·
L	(Single)	S-VIDEO	L
SUR-	PB
ROUND
BACK
R	PR		R

S Video

S video cables produce

Component video

S VIDEO

clearer picture reproduction by sending separate signals for the luminance and the color. These jacks are labeled by the Japanese designation "S2" on the VSA-AX10 but they are simply S video jacks.

Green

Blue

Red

Y PB PR

The color signal of the TV is divided into the luminance (Y) signal and the color (PB and PR) signals and then output. In this way, interference between the signals is avoided.

Composite Video

Composite video cords are the most common or standard video cord but also the lowest quality. The color on the connector is yellow to distinguish it from regular RCA audio cords which have white and red connectors (see p.22). It is important to use a true composite video cord and not an audio cord (though they look exactly the same) because the impedance is different and this will affect the picture quality.

Video Converter

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This unique feature of the VSA-AX10 allows you to hook up your VCR/DVD or any other video player, and/ or your TV tuner with one type of cord to the amplifier while using a different type of cord to hook up the TV to the amplifier. You can hook them up with either component video, S video, or composite video cords (the quality descends in this order). The only restriction here is that if you hook up your DVD player, or other video device, with component video cords (see above), then you must hook up your TV with component video cords as well. The flexibility afforded by the video converter should make connecting all of your equipment easier and perhaps, in some cases, give you higher picture quality. This model is designed for PAL video format. If you use an NTSC source the video converter will not be able to convert from composite video (in the IN jacks) to S video (in the OUT jacks). All other conversions will be ok.

memo If you use component video cords to hook up any of you equipment you must assign those inputs with the "Assigning the Component Video Inputs" procedure. See page 81 to do this.