Connecting Your Components—Continued

Connecting a DVD player

Step 1: Choose a video connection from A , B , and C .

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

Step 2: Choose an audio connection from a , b , and c .

• With connection a , you can listen to and record audio from a DVD and listen via speaker set B.

• To enjoy Dolby Digital and DTS, use connection b or c . (For recording, use a and b , or a and 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 a .

Connection

AV receiver

 

Signal flow

DVD player

Picture quality

 

A

 

COMPONENT VIDEO DVD IN

 

Component video output

Best

 

 

 

DVD IN S

 

S-Video output

Better

 

B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C

 

DVD IN V

 

Composite video output

Standard

 

 

 

DVD IN FRONT

 

Analog audio L/R output

 

 

a

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

b

 

DIGITAL IN COAXIAL 1

 

Digital coaxial output

 

 

 

 

DIGITAL IN OPTICAL 1

 

Digital optical output

 

 

c

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HDMI

 

 

 

SIRIUS

XM

 

 

IN 2

IN 1

 

OUT

ASSIGNABLE

ANTENNA

 

 

 

 

 

b

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DIGITAL IN

 

 

 

 

AM

 

FM 75

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASSIGNABLE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COAX-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IAL1

 

 

Y

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(DVD)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MONITOR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CBL/SAT

VCR/DVR

DVD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OUT V

 

 

c

2

 

 

CB/PB

 

V

 

 

 

 

 

 

(CBL/SAT)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OPTICAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

S

 

 

 

1

 

 

CR/PR

 

S

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(VCR/DVR)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CBL/SAT IN

VCR/DVR IN

DVD IN

OUT

 

IN

OUT

IN

IN

 

 

 

 

COMPONENT VIDEO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

IN

OUT

IN

 

IN

OUT

IN

FRONT

SURROUND CENTER

 

 

(CD)

 

 

 

L

 

 

L

 

L

 

 

 

 

 

L

A

R

 

R

 

R

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REMOTE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUB

a

 

CONTROL

CD

TAPE

 

 

CBL/SAT

VCR/DVR

 

DVD

WOOFER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L

C

R

B

SURROUND

FRONT

SPEAKERS PRE OUT

SPEAKERS

SUB

WOOFER

 

 

 

 

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 c must be assigned (see page 41)

DVD player

To connect a DVD player or DVD-Audio/SACD-capable player with a multichannel analog audio output, see page 27.

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Onkyo HT-SP904 instruction manual Connecting a DVD player, Choose a video connection from a , B , and C

HT-SP904 specifications

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