Chapter One : Connecting Your Devices

Connecting Your Cable TV or Satellite Tuner, continued

Connections

Do not plug in the receiver or devices to AC power until you have connected all your devices.

This section focuses on the connections from your cable or satellite tuner to the KRF-X7775D. Please refer to your tuner’s instructions for more detail about its connection jacks and capabilities.

The instructions in this section show one of several pos- sible variations on connecting your tuner. For further assis- tance on optional configurations, contact your cable or sat- ellite provider.

The VR-5080 is not equipped with VIDEO4 jacks.

To Connect a Cable TV Tuner with a Composite (RCA) Video Output:

1.Review the information under “Before You Begin” on pageÊ 1. It contains important notes about the types of video connections you can make.

2.Connect the audio and video cables from the cable tuner’s Audio and Video OUT jacks to the receiver’s VIDEO2 or VIDEO3 PLAY IN jacks as shown to the left.

When the component video cables are connected, the audio and video cables of the cable TV tuner should be connected to the VIDEO3 jacks of the receiver.

3.If your cable TV tuner and TV have the COMPONENT VIDEO jacks, you can also connect them as shown on the left.

4.Go to “Noting Your Devices” on pageÊ 3 and note which jack you used to connect your tuner. In addition, note the brand name and model number of the tuner.

To Connect a Cable TV Tuner without a Composite (RCA) Video Output:

1.Connect the audio cables from the cable tuner’s Audio Out jacks to the receiver’s VIDEO2 or VIDEO3 PLAY IN jacks as shown to the left.

2.Leave the cable tuner’s video out (RF jack) connected directly to your VCR or TV (wherever you already have it connected).

3.Go to “Noting Your Devices” on pageÊ 3 and note which jack you used to connect your tuner. In addition, note the brand name and model number of the tuner.

To Connect a Satellite Tuner:

1.Review the information under “Before You Begin” on pageÊ 1. It contains important notes about the types of video connections you can make.

2.If your satellite tuner has a digital output jack, connect a digital cable between the satellite tuner’s digital out- put jack and the receiver’s VIDEO2 or VIDEO3 digital input jack as shown in the figure on the left.

3.Connect the audio and video cables from the satellite tuner’s Audio and Video out jacks to the receiver’s VIDEO2 or VIDEO3 PLAY IN jacks as shown to the left.

Note that the jack sets are linked, even though they are not adjacent. You must connect all of the cables from your satellite receiver to a linked jack set. For example, if you connect the analog cables to VIDEO2 and the

digital optical cable to VIDEO3,Ê your satellite receiver

 

will not work correctly.

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When the component video cables are connected, the

 

audio and video cables of the satellite tuner should be

 

connected to the VIDEO3 jacks of the receiver.

 

4.If your satellite tuner and TV have the COMPONENT VIDEO jacks, you can also connect them as shown on the left.

5.Go to “Noting Your Devices” on pageÊ 3 and note which jack you used to connect your tuner. In addition, note the brand name and model number of the tuner.

When playing Dolby Digital or DTS-encoded software in multichannel configuration, the connected audio signal should be the digital signal.

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KRF-X7775D specifications

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