Onkyo PR-SC5508 About AV Connections, Connected image with AV components, AV Cables and Jacks

About AV Connections

Connected image with AV components

HDMI cable : Video & Audio

AV controller

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

Other cables : Video : Audio

AV controller

	Blu-ray Disc/
TV, projector, etc.	DVD 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 malfunc- tions).

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

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AV Cables and Jacks

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
				difference signals (PB/CB, PR/CR), providing the best pic-
		PB/CB
			Blue	ture quality (some TV manufacturers label their compo-
		PR/CR	Red	nent 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 and color signals and pro-
				vides better picture quality than composite video.
	Composite video	V	Yellow	Composite video is commonly used on TVs, VCRs, and
				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.

Balanced XLR

This cable carries analog audio. Balanced XLR cables are used for better noise immunity and longer cable runs.

Analog audio (RCA)

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R

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

Multichannel ana- log audio (RCA)

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

*Available sampling rate for PCM input signal is 32/44.1/48/88.2/96 kHz. Even 176.4/192 kHz is effective in case of the HDMI con- nection.

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