Onkyo HT-R980 instruction manual Connecting Your Components, How to record the video

Connecting Your Components

The on-screen setup menus appear only on a TV that is connected to the HDMI OUT. If your TV is connected to the MONITOR OUT V or the COMPONENT VIDEO OUT, use the AV receiver’s display when changing settings.

Front A Rear C B D E

Connect your components to the appropriate jacks. The default input assignments are shown below. ✔: Assignment can be changed (➔ 38).

No.	Jack			Signal	Components	Assignable
A	AUX INPUT	LINE IN		Analog audio	Portable audio player
		VIDEO		Composite video	Camcorder, etc
		AUDIO L/R		Analog audio
B	COMPONENT	IN 1 (BD/DVD)		Component video	Blu-ray Disc/DVD player	✔
	VIDEO	IN 2 (CBL/SAT)			Satellite, cable, set-top box, etc.	✔
		OUT			TV, projector, etc.
C	DIGITAL IN	OPTICAL	IN 1 (GAME)	Digital audio	Game console	✔
			IN 2 (TV/CD)		TV, CD player	✔
		COAXIAL	IN 1 (BD/DVD)		Blu-ray Disc/DVD player	✔
			IN 2 (CBL/SAT)		Satellite, cable, set-top box, etc.	✔
D	MONITOR OUT			Composite video	TV, projector, etc.
	BD/DVD IN			Analog audio and	Blu-ray Disc/DVD player
				composite video
	VCR/DVR IN				VCR or DVD recorder/Digital
					Video Recorder
	CBL/SAT IN				Satellite, cable, set-top box, etc.
	GAME IN				Game console
	TV/CD IN			Analog audio	TV, CD player, Turntable*1,
					Cassette tape deck, MD, CD-R
E	UNIVERSAL PORT			Analog audio/	Universal port optional dock
				Video	(UP-A1 etc.)

Note

*1 Connect a turntable (MM) that has a phono preamp built-in. If your turntable (MM) doesn’t have it, you’ll need a commercially available phono preamp.

If your turntable has a moving coil (MC) type cartridge, you’ll need a commercially available MC head amp or MC transformer as well as a phono preamp. See your turntable’s manual for details.

•When you connect to both AUX INPUT AUDIO jacks and AUX INPUT LINE IN jack at the same time, AUX INPUT LINE IN jack will be given a higher priority.

•The AV receiver can output audio and video signals from the AUX INPUT jacks to the VCR/DVR OUT jacks.

•With connection D, you can listen and record audio from the external components while you are in Zone 2. You can listen and record audio from the external components in the main room; you can listen to the audio in Zone 2 as well.

•With connection C, you can enjoy Dolby Digital and DTS. (To record or listen in Zone 2 as well, use C and D.)

•With connection D, if your Blu-ray Disc/DVD player has both the main stereo and multichannel outputs, be sure to connect the main stereo.

■How to record the video

	With the connections described above, you cannot record the video through the AV receiver. To make a connection for
En	video recording (➔ 29).

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