We also recommend that the length of cable used to connect speaker pairs be identical. For example, use the same length piece of cable to connect the front-left and front-right or surround-left and surround-right speakers, even if the speakers have a different distance from the AVR480.
8.Connections to a subwoofer are normally made via a line-level audio connection from the Subwoofer Output to the line-level input of a subwoofer with a built-in amplifier. When a passive subwoofer is used, the connection first goes to a power ampli- fier, which will be connected to one or more subwoofer speakers. If you are using a powered subwoofer that does not have line-level input connections, follow the instructions furnished with the speaker for connection information.
NOTE: Speaker sets with two front satel- lites and a passive subwoofer must be connected to the front Speaker Outputs
only rather than to the Subwoofer Output .
Video Equipment Connections
Video equipment is connected in the same manner as audio components. Again, the use of high-quality interconnect cables is recommended to preserve signal quality. To ensure best video performance, S-Video sources should be connected
to the AVR480 using only their S-Video In/Outputs. Do not connect their composite video connectors.
1.Connect a VCR’s audio and video Play/Out jacks to the Video 1 Input
Jacks on the rear panel. The Audio and Video Record/In jacks on the VCR should be connected to the
Video 1 Output Jacks | on |
the AVR480. | |
2.Connect the analog audio and video outputs of a satellite receiver, cable TV converter or television set or any other
video source to the Video 2 | or |
Video 3 # Input Jacks. | |
3.Connect one of the video outputs of a DVD or laser disc player to one of the
DVD Video Input Jacks .
4.Connect the Video Monitor Out jacks on the receiver to the composite and S-Video inputs of your television monitor or video projector.
Remember to select the correct video input on your TV for the source input you wish to view. Consult the owner’s guide for your TV for information on its video inputs.
Video Connection Notes:
•If your DVD player, HDTV set-top box, cable box, satellite receiver or other video source device is equipped with component (Y/Pr/Pb) video outputs that are compatible with component video inputs on your video display, then it is recommended that you connect the source’s component video outputs directly to the corresponding compo- nent video inputs on the video display. In that case, you only need to connect the source’s audio outputs to the AVR.
•S-Video or composite video signals may only be viewed in their native formats and will not be converted to the other format. Thus both connections must be made from the AVR480 to the TV if both composite video and S-Video sources are used, and the appropriate input on the TV must be selected.
•For the connections described above, your video device needs RCA intercon- nect cables and/or S-Video connectors for all Audio and Video signals. Any normal video device (not S-VHS or High 8) for playback only needs three interconnect cables; VCRs for record and playback require six interconnect cables. Any S-Video device (S-VHS, High 8) needs two interconnect cables (Audio) and one S-Video cable (Video), if it’s a playback unit, or four intercon- nect cables (Audio In/Out) and two S-Video (Video In/Out) cables, if it’s
a recording VCR.
•Only the video cables (the “yellow” composite video or the S-Video cable) need to be connected to the TV
Monitor Output . The volume on the TV should be reduced to minimum.
•Only the S-Video In/Out of S-Video devices should be connected to the AVR, NOT both composite video and S-Video In/Outputs (except the TV; see item 4).