DreamGEAR VSX-94TXH Connecting your equipment Connecting your TV and DVD player, Video, Optical

03Connecting your equipment

Connecting your TV and DVD player

TV

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, or for higher quality video, use an S-video cable to connect to the S-video jack.

2Connect a composite or S-video output on your DVD player to the DVD/LD VIDEO or DVD/LD S-VIDEO input.

Connect using a standard video cable or an S-video cable.

IN

IN

3 Connect a coaxial-type1digital audio output on

your DVD player to the COAXIAL IN 1 (DVD/LD) input.

VIDEO

S-VIDEO

1

Use a coaxial cable designed for digital audio.

4 Connect the stereo audio outputs on your DVD

player to the DVD/LD AUDIO inputs.

Connect using a stereo RCA/phono jack cable.

• If your DVD player has multichannel analog outputs,

& SOURCE

ANTENNA

AUDIO

you can connect these instead. See also Connecting

MULTI-ZONE

/REC SEL

MULTI-ZONE

PHONO

the multichannel analog inputs on page 56.

OUT1

1

& SOURCE

ZONE2 MULTI-

SOURCE

ZONE2

ZONE3

IN

IR

IN

OUT2

MAIN

OUT

R

L

CD

IN

IN

LAN (10/100)

2

OUT

HDMI

ZONE2

OPTICAL

IN 1

IN 1 (DVD/LD)

MONI-

DVD/LD

CONTROL

TOR

IN 2 (BD)

OUT

IN

Connecting your Blu-ray disc player

IN 1

IN 2

IN

CD-R/

(BD)

ASSIGN-

(TV/SAT)

OUT

ABLE

BD

IN 2

OUT

1 2

IN

IN 1

OUT

TAPE/

TV/SAT

MD

Y

Y

IN 1

IN

IN 3

IN

(DVR/

(DVD/

R

VCR 1)

LD)

VIDEO /

R

IN 4

IN 3

PB

PB

IN 2

GAME 1

(CD-R)

IN

SUBW.

1

4

MULTI-ZONE

ANTENNA

AUDIO

ASSIGN-

& SOURCE

MULTI-ZONE

PHONO

ABLE

PR

PR

OUT

/REC SEL

OUT1

& SOURCE

FM UNBAL 75 Ω

AM LOOP

IN 1 1

2

IN

DVR/

SUR-

ZONE3

IR

IN

(DVD/

IN 4

IN 2

IN 3

VCR 1

ROUND

1

ZONE2 MULTI-ZONE & SOURCE

ZONE2

LD)

OUT2

OUT

Y

Y

IN

MAIN

R

L

CD

IN 2 (CD)

IN

(BD)

R

IN

LAN (10/100)

2

OUT

COAXIAL

OUT

PB

PB

OUT

OPTICAL

HDMI

ZONE2

MONI-

MONI-

IN 1

CONTROL IN 1 (DVD/LD)

TOR

IN

DVR/

SURROUN

OUT

TOR

DVD/LD

VCR 2

IN 2 (BD)

OUT

IN

IN 1

IN

XM

PR

PR

IN

(TV/SAT)

ASSIGN-

OUT

1

ABLE

BD

ASSIGNABLE

(VIDEO/GAME 1)

R

L

12 V TR

IN 2

OUT

1 2

IN

1 4

ASSIGNABLE 1 3

(DC OUT 12V/

(BD)

IN 2

CD-R/

TOTAL 50 mA

DIGITAL

COMPONENT VIDEO

S-VIDEO

VIDEO

AUDIO

IN 1

OUT

TAPE/

TV/SAT

MD

Y

Y

IN 1

IN

IN 3

IN

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(DVR/

(DVD/

R

VCR 1)

IN 3

LD)

PB

IN 2

GAME 1

R

IN 4

PB

VIDEO /

(CD-R)

IN

SUBW.

1 4

ASSIGN-

ABLE

PR

PR

OUT

IN 1 1 2

DVR/

SUR-

(DVD/

IN 4

IN 2

IN 3

VCR 1

ROUND

LD)

IN 2 (CD)

Y

Y

IN

(BD)

R

COAXIAL

OUT

PB

PB

OUT

IN

DVR/

SURROUN

VCR 2

XM

PR

PR

IN

1

ASSIGNABLE

(VIDEO/GAME 1)

12 V TR

1 4

ASSIGNABLE 1 3

R

L (DC OUT 12V/

DIGITAL

COMPONENT VIDEO

S-VIDEO

VIDEO

AUDIO

TOTAL 50 mA

OPTICAL	COAXIAL	S-VIDEO	R AUDIO L
DIGITAL OUT		VIDEO OUT	ANALOG OUT

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DVD player

The diagram shows a basic setup of this receiver together with a TV and DVD player, with S-video or composite video connections. Different TVs and DVD players may offer alternative connections. See also Using the component video jacks on page 16 if your TV and/or DVD player has component video inputs/outputs. If your DVD player offers multichannel analog audio outputs, see Connecting the multichannel analog inputs on page 56.

OPTICAL	COAXIAL	S-VIDEO	R AUDIO L
DIGITAL OUT		VIDEO OUT	ANALOG OUT
3		2	4

Blu-ray disc player

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).

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