Onkyo DTR-7.9 instruction manual Connecting Both Audio & Video, Which Connections Should I Use?

Connecting the AV Receiver—Continued

Connecting Both Audio & Video

By connecting both the audio and video outputs of your DVD player and other AV components to the AV receiver, you can select both the audio and video simultaneously simply by selecting the appropriate input source on the AV receiver.

: Signal Flow	Video
Video
Audio	Audio
	TV, projector,
	etc.

DVD player, etc. Speakers

(see page 17 for connection information)

Which Connections Should I Use?

The AV receiver supports several connection formats for compatibility with a wide range of AV equipment. The format you choose will depend on the formats supported by your other components. Use the following sections as a guide. For video components, you must make two connections—one for audio, one for video.

Video Connection Formats

Video equipment can be connected to the AV receiver by using any one of the following video connection formats: composite video, S-Video, component video, or HDMI, the latter offering the best picture quality.

The AV receiver can upconvert and downconvert between video formats, depending on the “Monitor Out” setting, which generally determines whether video signals are upconverted for the component video output or the HDMI output.

For optimal video performance, THX recommends that video signals pass through the system without upconver- sion (e.g., component video input through to component video output). It’s also recommended that you set the “Immediate Display” preference to “Off” (see page 107), the “Picture Adjust” setting to the default (see

page 105), and the “Output Resolution” setting to “Through” (see page 109).

■“Monitor Out” Setting Set to “HDMI”

With the “Monitor Out” setting set to “HDMI” (see page 40), video input signals flow through the AV receiver as shown, with composite video, S-Video, and component video sources all being upconverted for the HDMI output. Use this set-

ting if you connect the AV receiver’s HDMI OUT to your TV.

The composite video, S-Video, and component video outputs pass through their respective input signals as they are.

DVD player, etc.		Video Signal Flow Chart
	Composite		S-Video	Component	HDMI

IN

AV receiver

MONITOR OUT

Composite S-Video Component HDMI

TV, projector, etc.

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