Integra DTR-8.4 Before Making Any Connections, AV Cables & Sockets, Optical Digital Inputs

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Before Making Any Connections

•Read the manuals supplied with your AV components.

•Don’t connect the power cord until you’ve completed all audio and video connections.

Optical Digital Inputs

The DTR-8.4’s optical digital inputs have shutter-type covers that open when an optical plug is inserted, and close when it’s removed. Push plugs in all the way.

RCA/phono AV Connection Color Coding

RCA/phono 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.

Right (red)	Analog audio	Right (red)
Left (white)		Left (white)
(Yellow)	Composite video	(Yellow)

• Push plugs in all the way to make	Right!
good connections (loose connec-
tions can cause noise or malfunc-
tions).
• To prevent interference, keep	Wrong!
audio and video cables away from
power cords and speaker cables.

AV Cables & Sockets

Video

Cable Socket Description

	PR	PR	Component video separates the luminance (Y) and
		Y	color difference signals (PR, PB), providing the best
Component	PB	PB
video cable		PB	picture quality. Some TV manufacturers label their
	Y	Y
			component video sockets differently.
		PR
		S VIDEO	S-Video separates the luminance and color signals
S-Video cable			and provides better picture quality than composite
			video.
Composite		VIDEO	Composite video is the most common video con-
			nection format and is found on virtually all TVs,
video cable
			VCRs, and video equipment.
Audio
	Cable	Socket	Description

Optical digital	Offers the best sound quality and allows you to
	OPT
	enjoy surround sound (e.g., Dolby Digital, DTS).
audio cable
	The audio quality is the same as for coaxial.

Coaxial digital		COAX	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		AUDIO	This cable carries analog audio. It’s the most com-
			mon connection format for analog audio, and can be
cable (RCA/	R	L
phono)			found on virtually all AV components.

	FRONT		MULTI CH	This cable carries multichannel analog audio and
			INPUT	it’s typically used to connect DVD players with
Multichannel	R		L
	SUB		CENTER	individual 5.1/7.1 analog audio outputs. Several
analog audio
cable (RCA/	SURR			normal analog audio cables can be used as an alter-
phono)		R	L	native to a multichannel cable.
	SURR
	BACK

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