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.

A B C D E F G

Connect your components to the appropriate jacks. The default input assignments are shown below. See “Connection Tips and Video Signal Path” for more information (page 77).

 

 

 

 

 

 

: Assignment can be changed (page 42).

No.

Jack/Port

 

 

Components

Assignable

 

A

 

USB, VIDEO

 

 

iPod/iPhone (video playback)

 

 

B

 

USB*1

 

 

iPod/iPhone, MP3 player, USB flash drive

 

 

C

 

DIGITAL IN

 

OPTICAL

1 (GAME)

Game console

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 (TV/CD)

TV, CD player

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COAXIAL

1 (BD/DVD)

Blu-ray Disc/DVD player

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 (CBL/SAT)

Satellite/cable set-top box, RI dock, etc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D

 

COMPONENT

 

IN 1 (BD/DVD)

 

Blu-ray Disc/DVD player, RI dock

 

 

 

VIDEO

 

IN 2 (CBL/SAT)

 

Satellite/cable set-top box, RI dock, etc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OUT

 

TV, projector, etc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E

 

ETHERNET

 

 

Router

 

 

F

 

MONITOR OUT

 

 

TV, projector, etc.

 

 

 

 

BD/DVD IN

 

 

Blu-ray Disc/DVD player

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VCR/DVR IN

 

 

VCR or DVD recorder/digital video recorder, RI

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

dock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CBL/SAT IN

 

 

Satellite/cable set-top box, etc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GAME IN

 

 

Game console, RI dock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TV/CD IN

 

 

TV, CD player, cassette tape deck, MD, CD-R,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Turntable*2, RI dock

 

 

G

 

UNIVERSAL PORT

 

Universal port option dock (UP-A1 etc.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*1

Do not connect the AV receiver’s USB port to a USB port on your computer. Music on your computer cannot be played through the

 

AV receiver in this way.

 

 

 

 

 

*2

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.

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

With connection F, you can listen to and record audio from external components while you are in Zone 2.

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

How to record a video source

 

With the connections described above, you cannot record the videos through the AV receiver. See “Recording” about

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connections for video recording (page 39).

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Onkyo HT-RC360 instruction manual Connecting Your Components, How to record a video source, Jack/Port Components Assignable

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