Connecting Your Components—Continued

Connecting a VCR or DVR for Playback

Hint!

With this hookup, you can use the tuner in your VCR or DVR to listen to your favorite TV programs via the AV receiver, which is useful if your TV has no audio outputs.

Step 1: Video Connection

Choose a video connection that matches your VCR or DVR ( A , B , or C ), and then make the connection. If you use connection A , you must connect the AV receiver to your TV with the same type of connection.

Step 2: Audio Connection

Choose an audio connection that matches your VCR or DVR ( a , b , or c ), and then make the connection.

•With connection , you can listen to the VCR or DVR in Zone 2 or Zone 3.

•To enjoy Dolby Digital and DTS, use connection or c . (To listen in Zone 2 or Zone 3 as well, use and , or and .)

Connection

AV receiver

Signal flow

VCR or DVR

Picture quality

 

A

 

COMPONENT VIDEO IN 2

⇐

Component video output

Best

 

 

 

VCR/DVR IN S

⇐

S-Video output

Better

 

B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C

 

VCR/DVR IN V

⇐

Composite video output

Standard

 

 

 

VCR/DVR IN L/R

⇐

Analog audio L/R output

 

 

a

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

b

 

DIGITAL COAXIAL IN 2

⇐

Digital coaxial output

 

 

 

 

DIGITAL OPTICAL IN 1

⇐

Digital optical output

 

 

c

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

b

c

A

HDMI

ASSIGNABLE

RS232 IN 3 IN 2 IN 1 OUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANTENNA

 

 

 

MONITOR OUT 2

 

 

 

 

 

COMPONENT VIDEO ASSIGNABLE

AM

 

FM75

/ZONE 2 OUT

 

IN 3

IN 2 IN 1(DVD)

MONITOR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OUT 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Y

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUX 1

GAME/TV

CBL/SAT

VCR/DVR

DVD

MONITOR

 

 

IR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OUT

V

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

V

 

 

 

 

 

 

A

B

C

 

 

 

REMOTE

CB/PB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ZONE 2

IN

 

 

 

 

 

CONTROL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OUT

 

 

 

 

 

DIGITAL ASSIGNABLE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12V TRIGGER OUT

 

 

COAXIAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IN 1

(DVD)

CR/PR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

S

 

 

 

 

 

 

S

OUT

A

B

B SURR

 

IN 2

(VCR/DVR)

IN

IN

OUT

IN

IN

IN

IN

OUT

IN

IN

FRONT

CENTER

SURR

SURR BACK

FRONT

SURR BACK

 

L

L

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IN 3

(CBL/SAT)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

R

R

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OPTICAL

 

 

 

 

 

SUBWOOFER

 

a

SUBWOOFER PRE OUT

IN 1

PHONO

CD

TAPE

AUX 1 GAME/TV CBL/SAT

VCR/DVR

DVD

MULTI CH

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(GAME/TV)

 

SURR BACK R

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GND

ZONE2 R

FRONT R

SURR R

 

CENTER

 

SURR L

FRONT L

 

 

Bi-AMP

 

 

IN 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(CD)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L

 

R

 

COAXIAL

OPTICAL

Y

PB

PR

AUDIO

S VIDEO

VIDEO

OUT

OUT

COMPONENT VIDEO OUT

OUT

OUT

OUT

Connect one or the other

VCR or DVR

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