Onkyo How to Connect Your Stereo System: HT-RC160 User Guide

Connecting the AV Receiver—Continued

Connecting a CD Player or Turntable

■CD Player or Turntable (MM) with Built-in Phono Preamp

Step 1:

Choose a connection that matches your CD player ( a , b , or c ). Use connection a for a turntable with a built-in phono preamp.

c

b

Connect one or the other Con- nection must

be assigned (see page 41)

OPTICAL

2

(CD)

1

(DVD/BD)

COAXIAL

IN

L

R

CD a

L R

IN

L L

R R

CD	AUDIO
	OUTPUT

a

OPTICAL	COAXIAL	AUDIO
OUT	OUT	OUT

CD player	Turntable (MM) with
	built-in phono preamp

•With connection , you can listen to and record audio from the CD player and listen in Zone 2.

•To connect the CD player digitally, use connection or . (To record or listen in Zone 2 as well, use and , or and .)

Connection		AV receiver	Signal flow	CD or turntable
	a	CD IN L/R	⇐	Analog audio L/R output
		DIGITAL IN COAXIAL 1 (DVD/BD)	⇐	Digital coaxial output
	c	DIGITAL IN OPTICAL 2 (CD)	⇐	Digital optical output

■ Turntable (MM) with no Phono Preamp	■ Turntable with an MC (Moving Coil) Cartridge
Built-in	An MC head amp and phono preamp are necessary to
A phono preamp is necessary to connect a turntable that	connect a turntable with an MC (Moving Coil) cartridge.
doesn’t have a phono preamp built-in.

IN

L

R

CD

AUDIO	Phono preamp
OUTPUT		IN
L
		L
R		R
		CD
AUDIO	AUDIO
OUTPUT	INPUT
L	L
R	R

AUDIO

OUTPUT L

R

AUDIO	AUDIO
INPUT	OUTPUT
L	L
R	R
Phono
preamp
MC head amp or
MC transformer
AUDIO	AUDIO
OUTPUT	INPUT
L	L
R	R

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