Connecting Your Components—Continued

Connecting a DVD player

Step 1: Video Connection

Choose a video connection that matches your DVD player ( A , B , or C ), and then make the connection.

You must connect the AV receiver to your TV with the same type of connection.

Step 2: Audio Connection

Choose an audio connection that matches your DVD player ( a , b , or c ), and then make the connection.

To enjoy Dolby Digital and DTS, use connection or c .

If your DVD player has main left and right outputs and multichannel left and right outputs, be sure to use the main left and right outputs for connection .

Connection

AV receiver

Signal flow

DVD player

Picture quality

 

A

 

COMPONENT VIDEO IN 1

Component video output

Best

 

 

 

DVD IN S

S-Video output

Better

 

B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C

 

DVD IN V

Composite video output

Standard

 

 

 

DVD IN FRONT L/R

Analog audio L/R output

 

 

a

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

b

 

DIGITAL IN COAXIAL 1

Digital coaxial output

 

 

 

 

DIGITAL IN OPTICAL 1

Digital optical output

 

 

c

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HDMI

ASSIGNABLE

IN 4

IN 3 (CBL/SAT)

IN 2 (VCR/DVR)

IN 1 (DVD)

OUT

SURR BACK SPEAKERS

Bi-AMP for FRONT SPEAKERS

b

c

DIGITAL IN

COMPONENT VIDEO

Y

1

(DVD)

COAXIAL

CB/ PB

2

(CBL/SAT)

DOCK

(for DS-A1L)

CBL/SAT VCR/DVR

V

MONITOR

DVD OUT

V

AM

ANTENNA

L

C

R

 

 

CR/ PR

1

 

 

(VCR/DVR)

 

 

OPTICAL

IN 2 (CBL/SAT) IN 1(DVD)

OUT

 

 

ASSIGNABLE

 

S

IN OUT IN

S

IN

FM 75

B

2

 

 

 

(CD)

IN

OUT

IN

 

ASSIGNABLE

 

 

 

IN OUT IN

FRONT SURR CENTER SURR BACK

ZONE 2

PRE OUT

LINE OUT

 

 

SUB

A

L

 

R

 

REMOTE

 

CONTROL

 

CD

TAPE

L

R

CBL/SAT VCR/DVR

L

R

SUB

WOOFER

DVD

a

LWOOFER

R

 

 

 

 

L

 

R

 

COAXIAL

OPTICAL

Y

PB

PR

AUDIO

S VIDEO

VIDEO

OUT

OUT

COMPONENT VIDEO OUT

OUT

OUT

OUT

Connect one or the other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Connection

 

must be

 

 

 

 

 

 

c

 

 

 

DVD player

assigned (see page 47)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To connect a DVD player or DVD-Audio/SACD-capable player with a

 

 

 

multichannel analog audio output, see page 31.

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Onkyo HT-S6100 instruction manual Connecting a DVD player

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