Connecting your Blu-ray disc player

Connecting your equipment

Connecting your TV and DVD player

				VIDEO
				IN
		TV	1
VSX-1018AH
HDMI										OU
	COAXIAL									OU
	COAXIAL
	ASSIGNABLE 1 - 2
			VIDEO						MONITOR
OUT			IN	IN	OUT	IN	OUT	IN	OUT
OUT	IN 1
	(DVD)
	IN 2
BD IN	(CD)		DVD	TV SAT	DVR1		DVR2		SIRIUS	ZON
BD IN
			AUDIO
	XM IN	CON- IN	IN	IN	OUT	IN	OUT	IN	IN	OU
	OPTICAL	TROL	L
	OPTICAL		L
IN 1	IN 1	OUT
IN 1	(TV SAT)
	IN 2		R
	IN 2	IR
	(DVR1)	IR
		ZONE2					SPEAKERS		FRONT
IN 2	ASSIGNABLE	IN		MULTI CH IN			A	R
	1 - 2			MULTI CH IN
ASSIGN-		OUT
ABLE		OUT	FRONT	CENTER	SURROUND SURROUND BACK
1 - 2	OUT		FRONT	CENTER	SURROUND SURROUND BACK
1 - 2	OUT
			L
DIGITAL			R
			SUBWOOFER
COAXIAL	OPTICAL						R	AUDIO	L
DIGITAL OUT			VIDEO OUT				ANALOG OUT
3		2				4

3Connect a coaxial-type1digital audio output on your DVD player to the COAXIAL IN 1 (DVD) input. Use a coaxial cable designed for digital audio.

4Connect the stereo audio outputs on your DVD player to the DVD AUDIO inputs.

Connect using a stereo RCA/phono jack cable.

•If your DVD player has multichannel analog outputs, you can connect these instead. See also Using XM Radio on page 54.

VSX-1018AH
HDMI											OU
	COAXIAL										OU
	COAXIAL
	ASSIGNABLE 1 - 2
			VIDEO							MONITOR
OUT			IN	IN	OUT	IN	OUT		IN	OUT
OUT	IN 1
	(DVD)
	IN 2
BD IN	(CD)		DVD	TV SAT	DVR1		DVR2			SIRIUS	ZON
BD IN
			AUDIO
	XM IN	CON-	IN	IN	OUT	IN	OUT		IN	IN	OU
		CON-	IN
	OPTICAL	TROL	L
	OPTICAL		L
IN 1	IN 1		OUT
IN 1	(TV SAT)
	IN 2		R
	IN 2	IR
	(DVR1)	IR
		ZONE2					SPEAKERS			FRONT
IN 2	ASSIGNABLE		IN	MULTI CH IN			A	R
IN 2	1 - 2			MULTI CH IN			A
ASSIGN-			OUT
ABLE			OUT
1 - 2	OUT		FRONT	CENTER	SURROUND SURROUND BACK
1 - 2	OUT
			L
DIGITAL			R
				SUBWOOFER

DVD player

The diagram shows a basic setup of this receiver together with a TV and DVD player, with composite video connections. Different TVs and DVD players may offer alternative connections. See also Using the component video jacks on page 19 if your TV and/or DVD player has component video inputs/outputs. If your DVD player offers multichannel analog audio outputs, see Using XM Radio on page 54.

1Connect the MONITOR OUT video jack to a video input on your TV.

Use a standard RCA/phono jack video cable to connect to the composite video jack.

2Connect a composite output on your DVD player to the DVD VIDEO input.

Connect using a standard video cable.

HDMI OUT	Blu-ray disc player

The diagram shows a basic setup of this receiver together with a Blu-ray disc player, with HDMI connections. If your Blu-ray disc player offers multi-channel analog audio outputs, see Using XM Radio on page 54.

•Connect an HDMI output on your Blu-ray disc player to the BD HDMI input.

Connect using an HDMI cable.

Note

1If your DVD player only has an optical digital output, you can connect it to one of the optical inputs on this receiver using an optical cable. When you set up the receiver you’ll need to tell the receiver which input you connected the player to (see The Input Setup menu on page 67).