Connecting Your Components—Continued

Connecting a Satellite, Cable, Set-top box, or Other Video Source

Hint!

With this hookup, you can use your satellite or cable receiver to listen to your favorite TV programs via the AV receiver, useful if your TV has no audio outputs.

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 the video source 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 .)

Connection

AV receiver

Signal flow

Video source

Picture quality

 

A

 

COMPONENT VIDEO CBL/SAT IN

Component video output

Best

 

 

 

CBL/SAT IN S

S-Video output

Better

 

B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C

 

CBL/SAT IN V

Composite video output

Standard

 

 

 

CBL/SAT IN L/R

Analog audio L/R output

 

 

a

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

b

 

DIGITAL IN COAXIAL 2

Digital coaxial output

 

 

 

 

DIGITAL IN OPTICAL 1

Digital optical output

 

 

c

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

b

c

A

 

 

 

 

HDMI

IN 2

IN 1

OUT

ASSIGNABLE

 

 

 

 

AM

DIGITAL IN

 

 

 

 

ASSIGNABLE

 

 

 

 

COAX-

 

 

 

 

IAL1

 

 

Y

 

(DVD)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CBL/SAT

2

 

 

CB/PB

V

(CBL/SAT)

 

 

 

 

OPTICAL

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

CR/PR

S

(VCR/DVR)

 

 

 

 

CBL/SAT IN

VCR/DVR IN

DVD IN

OUT

IN

COMPONENT VIDEO

 

 

 

2

IN

OUT

IN

IN

(CD)

L

 

 

L

L

R

 

R

R

REMOTE

 

 

 

 

CONTROL

CD

TAPE

 

CBL/SAT

 

 

 

 

SIRIUS

XM

 

 

 

ANTENNA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FM 75

 

L

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MONITOR

 

 

 

 

VCR/DVR

C OUT V

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

R

 

 

 

 

 

S

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SURROUND BACK

SURROUND

FRONT

OUT

IN

 

SPEAKERS

SPEAKERS

SPEAKERS A

BSURROUND CENTER

 

 

 

OUT

IN

SURR BACK

 

PRE OUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

L

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUB

 

 

 

 

L

 

WOOFER

 

 

 

 

R

 

R

 

 

 

a

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FRO

VCR/DVR

DVD

 

 

 

SPEAK

 

 

 

 

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)

Satellite, cable, set-top box, etc.

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Onkyo SKF-550F, SKB-550, SKM-550S, SKW-550, SKC-550C, HT-R550 Video source, Satellite, cable, set-top box, etc

SKF-550F, HT-R550, SKC-550C, SKM-550S, SKW-550 specifications

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