Pioneer VSA-AX10 Connecting Video Components, Connecting a DVD, DVD/LD or LD player

Connecting Your Equipment

Connecting Video Components

Connect your video components to the jacks as shown on the following page. Regarding a DVD there are two types of connections to make, video and audio.

Hook up your video signal with either component video, S video or composite video cords (the quality descends in this order). See "Video Converter" on previous page.

For the audio signal, in order to use digital soundtracks like Dolby Digital, MPEG or DTS you must hook up a digital input, with either a coaxial or optical cord (see p.25). It is also a good idea to hook up your components with analog audio connections as well, since some DVDs may not output a digital audio track. A DVD/LD player or LD player requires a specialized 2 RF connection (shown at the very top of the first diagram below) to cover the all possible soundtracks on laser discs.

If you want to record from your DVD player composite (or S video) cord connections and analog audio connections are necessary.

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

Connecting a DVD, DVD/LD or LD player

Hook up your audio signal with either a coaxial or optical digital cords (you don't need to do both). For DVD/LD or LD players, if your player has a 2 RF output hook up the 2 RF connection as well (with a coaxial cord). This will ensure you can use all LDs (see below). If you hook up your DVD/LD player using component video cable connections you might need to setup your DVD player for component video output as well. See your DVD manual for details. If you have a DVD-A or Super Audio CD compatible player, see "Connecting to the Multi Channel Analog Inputs" on page 23.

You need to hook up your audio with analog connections as well.

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

*The arrows indicate the direction of the signal.

2RF OUT	LD player only
(AC-3)(LD)

PREPARATION

	DIGITAL
PCM/2DIGITAL
/DTS/MPEG
	2
	OUT
	1
	OUT
7	(CD-R/
	TAPE1
IN	/MD)
6
	(VCR2)
IN

						MONITOR
						OUT
				OUT	IN
				CONTROL		MONITOR
						OUT
PHONO	R	AUDIO	L
					DVD
						IN
IN					/LD
				AUDIO	IN
CD
				POWER AMP	TV	IN
IN				IN	IN
			R	L
TUNER				FRONT	SAT
						IN
IN					IN
			R	L

IN	Y
1

Y	MONITOR
	OUT
PB	PB

PR PR

	DIGITAL OUT
1	(not a PCM-only output)
2	3

5	(VCR1
IN	/DVR)
4
	(SAT)
IN
IN 3	(CD)
IN 2	(TV)
IN 1	(DVD
	/LD)
2RF	(DVD
IN	/LD)
	(For LD)
ASSIGNABLE

OUT

REC

CD-R/ TAPE1 /MD

IN

PLAY

OUT

REC

TAPE2

MONITOR

IN

PLAY

FRONT

R

SUR-

ROUND

R

CENTER

	1
	(Single)
	R
	R
	SUB W.
L
L	R
MULTI CH INPUT

SUB W. PRE OUT 2

SUR-

ROUND

L

SUR-

ROUND

BACK

L (Single)

CENTER

SUR-

ROUND

BACK

L (Single)

R

AUDIO

L

OUT	OUT
VCR1
/DVR
IN	IN
OUT	OUT
VCR2
IN	IN
OUT	OUT
VCR3
IN	IN
VIDEO	S2 VIDEO

IN IN

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Y	Y
PB	PB
PR	PR
	COMPONENT VIDEO

RS-232C

VIDEO
COMPO-	VIDEO
NENT	OUT
Y
PB	S-VIDEO
PR
ANALOG
STEREO
L

DVD/LD player or LD player

It is onlynecessary tomakeone of the three possible VIDEO connections (see "Video Converter" on p.18).

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memo • If your digital connections are different than the default settings you will need to assign the digital jacks to the proper component(s) with the "Assigning the Digital Inputs"

procedure. See page 80 to do this.

•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. 19

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