Onkyo HT-RC370 About AV Connections, Connecting AV components, AV Cables and Jacks

About AV Connections

Connecting AV components

HDMI cable : Video & Audio

AV receiver

	Blu-ray Disc/DVD
TV, projector, etc.	player	Game console

Other cables : Video : Audio

AV receiver

	Blu-ray Disc/DVD
TV, projector, etc.	player	Game console

•Before making any AV connections, read the manuals supplied with your AV components.

•Don’t connect the power cord until you’ve completed and double-checked all AV connections.

•Push plugs in all the way to make good connections (loose connections can cause noise or malfunctions).

•To prevent interference, keep audio and video cables away from power cords and speaker cables.

AV Cables and Jacks

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Signal	Cable	Jack		Description
Video and	HDMI		HDMI	HDMI connections can carry digital video and audio.
Audio

Video Component video Y

Green

Component video separates the luminance (Y) and color

PB

difference signals (PB, PR), providing the best picture

Blue quality (some TV manufacturers label their component

PR

Red

video sockets slightly differently).

Analog RGB

This is a conventional analog interface to connect a PC and a display device (also called D-Sub or D-subminiature).

S-Video		S-Video separates the luminance from color signals and
		provides better picture quality than composite video.
Composite video	Yellow	Composite video is commonly used on TVs, VCRs, and
V		other video equipment.

Audio	Optical digital
	audio

OPTICAL	Optical digital connections allow you to enjoy digital
	sound such as PCM*, Dolby Digital or DTS. The audio
	quality is the same as coaxial.

Coaxial digital	Coaxial digital connections allow you to enjoy digital
audio	Orange sound such as PCM*, Dolby Digital or DTS. The audio
	quality is the same as optical.

Analog audio (RCA)

L

R

White	Analog audio connections (RCA) carry analog audio.
Red

Multichannel analog audio (RCA)

This cable carries multichannel analog audio and is typically used to connect DVD players with a 7.1-channel analog audio output. Several standard analog audio cables can be used instead of a multichannel cable.

*Available sampling rate for PCM input signal (stereo/mono) is 32/44.1/48/88.2/96 kHz. In case of an HDMI connection, 176.4/192 kHz is also available.

Note

• The AV receiver does not support SCART plugs.

• The AV receiver’s optical digital jacks have shutter-type covers that open when an optical plug is inserted and close when it’s removed. Push plugs in all the way.

En

Caution

16 • To prevent shutter damage, hold the optical plug straight when inserting and removing.