Onkyo Connecting the DV-SP402E, Before Making Any Connections, AV Cables & Connectors

Connecting the DV-SP402E

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 DV-SP402E’s optical digital connectors have a shut- ter-type cover that opens when an optical plug is inserted, and closes when it’s removed. Push the plug 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.

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

• Push each plug in all the way to	Right!
make a good connection (loose
connections can cause noise or
malfunctions).
• To prevent interference, keep	Wrong!
audio and video cables away from
power cords and speaker cables.

AV Cables & Connectors

Video

	PR / CR	PR / CR		Component video separates the luminance (Y) and
				color difference signals (PR, PB), providing the best
Component
		Y	PB	PR
video	PB / CB	PB / CB		picture quality. Some TV manufacturers label their
	Y	Y		component video inputs differently.
			S VIDEO	S-Video provides better picture quality than com-
S-Video				posite video.
Composite			VIDEO	Composite video can be found on virtually all TVs,
				VCRs, and video equipment.
video
			AV CONNECTOR	SCART connections carry audio and video (com-
				posite, S-Video, RGB) all in one cable.
Scart

Audio

Optical digital

Coaxial digital

Analog

OPTICAL	Optical digital audio connections provide better
	audio quality than analog connections.

			Coaxial digital audio connections provide better
	COAXIAL
			audio quality than analog connections.
			RCA/phono analog audio connectors can be found
	AUDIO
L		R	on virtually all AV components.

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