Connecting Components with HDMI

Game console

Satellite/cable set-top box, etc.

TV, projector, etc.

Blu-ray Disc/DVD player

Connect your components to the appropriate jacks. The default input assignments are shown below.

 

 

 

: Assignment can be changed (page 30).

Jack

 

Components

Assignable

Input

HDMI IN1

Blu-ray Disc/DVD player

 

HDMI IN2

Satellite/cable set-top box, etc.

 

HDMI IN3

Game console

Output

HDMI OUT

TV, projector, etc.

 

See also:

“Connection Tips and Video Signal Path” (page 47)

“About HDMI” (page 49)

“Using an RIHD-compatible TV, Player, or Recorder” (page 50)

Audio return channel (ARC) function

Audio return channel (ARC) function enables an HDMI capable TV to send the audio stream to the HDMI OUT of the AV receiver (page 35).

To use ARC function, you must select the TV/CD input selector, your TV must support ARC function and “HDMI Ctrl(RIHD)” is set to “On” (page 35).

Tip

To listen to audio received by the HDMI IN jacks through your TV’s speakers:

Set the “HDMI Ctrl(RIHD)” setting to “On” for an p-compatible TV.

Set the “Audio TV Out” setting to “On” (page 35) when the TV is not compatible with por the “HDMI Ctrl(RIHD)” setting to “Off”.

Set your Blu-ray Disc/DVD player’s HDMI audio output setting to PCM.

To listen to TV audio through the AV receiver, see “Connecting Your Components” (page 14).

Note

When listening to an HDMI component through the AV receiver, set the HDMI component so that its video can be seen on the TV screen (on the TV, select the input of the HDMI component connected to the AV receiver). If the TV power is off or the TV is set to another input source, this may result in no sound from the AV receiver or the sound may be cut off.

When the “Audio TV Out” setting is set to “On” (page 35) to hear from your TV’s speakers, by controlling the AV receiver’s volume, the sound will be output from the AV receiver’s speakers, too. When the “HDMI Ctrl(RIHD)” setting is set to “On

(page 35) to hear from speakers of p-compatible TV, by controlling the AV receiver’s volume, the AV receiver’s speakers will produce sound while the TV’s speakers are muted. To stop the AV receiver’s speakers producing sound, change the settings, change your TV’s settings, or turn down the AV receiver’s volume.

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Onkyo HT-RC330 Connecting Components with Hdmi, Audio return channel ARC function, Jack Components Assignable

HT-RC330 specifications

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