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Connecting the AV Receiver

About AV Connections

Before making any AV connections, read the manuals supplied with your other AV components.

Don’t connect the power cord until you’ve completed and double-checked all AV connections.

Optical Digital Jacks

The AV receiver’s optical digital jacks have shutter-type covers that open when an optical plug is inserted and close when it’s removed. Push plugs in all the way.

AV Connection Color Coding

RCA-type AV connections are usually color-coded: red, white, and yellow. Use red plugs to connect right- channel audio inputs and outputs (typically labeled “R”). Use white plugs to connect left-channel audio inputs and outputs (typically labeled “L”). And use yellow plugs to connect composite video inputs and outputs.

Left (white)

Analog audio

Left (white)

 

Right (red)

 

Right (red)

Caution: To prevent shutter damage, hold the optical plug straight when inserting and removing.

Composite video

(Yellow)

Push plugs in all the way to make good connections (loose connec- tions can cause noise or malfunc- tions).

To prevent interference, keep audio and video cables away from power cords and speaker cables.

(Yellow)

Right!

Wrong!

AV Cables & Jacks

Video

Cable

Jack

Description

 

HDMI

HDMI connections can carry uncompressed stan-

HDMI

dard- or high-definition digital video and audio and

 

 

 

offer the best picture and sound quality.

 

 

Component video separates the luminance (Y) and

Component

 

color difference signals (PR, PB), providing the best

 

picture quality (some TV manufacturers label their

video cable

 

 

 

component video sockets slightly differently).

S-Video cable

 

S-Video separates the luminance and color signals and

 

provides better picture quality than composite video.

 

 

Composite

 

Composite video is commonly used on TVs, VCRs,

V

and other video equipment. Use only dedicated

video cable

 

composite video cables.

 

 

Audio

 

 

Cable

Jack

Description

Optical digital

 

Offers the best sound quality and allows you to

 

enjoy surround sound (e.g., Dolby Digital, DTS).

audio cable

 

 

The audio quality is the same as for coaxial.

 

 

Coaxial digital

 

Offers the best sound quality and allows you to

 

enjoy surround sound (e.g., Dolby Digital, DTS).

audio cable

 

 

The audio quality is the same as for optical.

 

 

Analog audio

L

This cable carries analog audio. It’s the most

common connection format for analog audio, and

 

cable (RCA)

 

R

can be found on virtually all AV components.

 

 

 

 

 

This cable carries multichannel analog audio and

 

 

it’s typically used to connect DVD players with a

Multichannel

 

7.1-channel analog audio output. Several standard

analog audio

 

analog audio cables can be used instead of a multi-

cable (RCA)

 

 

channel cable.

 

 

Note: The AV receiver does not support SCART plugs.

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Integra DTR-6.8 Connecting the AV Receiver, About AV Connections, Optical Digital Jacks, AV Connection Color Coding

DTR-6.8 specifications

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