Integra DTR-5.5 instruction manual Connecting Both Audio & Video, Which Connections Should I Use?

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Connecting the AV receiver—Continued

Connecting Both Audio & Video

By connecting both the audio and video outputs of your DVD player and other AV components to the AV receiver, you can select both the audio and video simultaneously simply by selecting the appropriate input source on the AV receiver.

: Signal Flow

Video	Video
Audio	Audio

TV, projector, etc.

DVD player, etc.	Speakers (see page 23 for connection
	information)

Which Connections Should I Use?

The AV receiver supports several connection formats for compatibility with a wide range of AV equipment. The format you choose will depend on the formats supported by your other components. Use the following sections as a guide. For video components, you must make two connections—one for audio, one for video.

Video Connection Formats

Video equipment can be connected to the AV receiver by using any one of the following video connection formats: composite video, S-Video, or component video, the latter offering the best picture quality.

A video signal connected to a V or S IN jack will be con- verted—composite video to S-Video or S-Video to com- posite video—but only for the MONITOR OUT jacks, not the VIDEO 1 and VIDEO 2 OUT V and S jacks. Note: The DTR-6.5/5.5 can be set to upconvert com-

Audio Connection Formats

Audio equipment can be connected to the AV receiver by using any of the following audio connection formats: analog, optical, coaxial, or multichannel.

When choosing a connection format, bear in mind that the AV receiver doesn’t convert between them. For example, audio signals connected to an OPTICAL or COAXIAL input are not output by the analog TAPE OUT.

posite video and S-Video input signals and output them from the COMPONENT VIDEO OUT (see page 43).

DVD player,

etc.

Output

Optical	Coaxial	Analog	Multi-
			channel

DVD player,

etc.

Output

IN

AV Receiver

MONITOR OUT

Input

TV, pro-

jector,

etc.

Composite S-Video Component

Composite S-Video Component

page 43 *

Composite S-Video Component

Composite S-Video Component

IN

AV Receiver

OUT

Input

MD recorder, etc.

Optical	Coaxial	Analog	Multi-
			channel
Optical	Coaxial *	Analog	Only front
			left and
			right
Optical	Coaxial	Analog
			* DTR-6.5 only

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