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Connecting Your Components—Continued

With this hookup, you can use your satellite or cable receiver to listen to your favorite TV programs

via the AV receiver, useful if your TV has no audio outputs.

•With connection , you can listen to and record audio from the video source and listen in Zone 2.

•To enjoy Dolby Digital and DTS, use connection or . (For Zone 2, use and , or and .)

Connecting a Satellite, Cable, Set-top box, or Other Video Source

Connection AV receiver Signal flow Video source Picture quality
COMPONENT VIDEO 3 IN ⇐Component video output Best
VIDEO 3 IN S ⇐S-Video output Better
VIDEO 3 IN V ⇐Composite video output Standard
VIDEO 3 IN L/R ⇐Analog audio L/R output
DIGITAL COAXIAL IN 2 ⇐Digital coaxial output
DIGITAL OPTICAL IN 2 ⇐Digital optical output
Hint!
Step 1: Video Connection

Choose a video connection that matches the video source ( , , or ), and then make the connection.

If you use connection , you must connect the AV receiver to your TV with the same type of connection.
A
B
C
A
Step 2: Audio Connection

Choose an audio connection that matches the video source ( , , or ), and then make the connection.

a b c
a
b c a b a c
A
B
C
a
b
c
COAXIAL
IN 2
YCOAXIAL
OUT
PB
COMPONENT VIDEO OUT
PRS VIDEO
OUT
AUDIO
OUT
VIDEO
OUT
VIDEO 3
IN V
S
VIDEO 3
IN
LR
OPTICAL
OUT
OPTICAL
IN 2
COMPONENT VIDEO
IN 3
L
R
IN
VIDEO 3
Y
CB/PB
CR/PR
b
c
A
B
C
B
a
C
Satellite, cable, set-top box, etc.
Connect one
or the other