Connecting Your Components
About AV Connections
•Before making any AV connections, read the manuals supplied with your other AV components.
•Don’t connect the power cord until you’ve completed and
Optical Digital Jacks
The AV receiver’s optical digital jacks have
Caution: To prevent shutter damage, hold the optical plug straight when inserting and removing.
AV Connection Color Coding
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(Yellow) | Composite video | (Yellow) |
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power cords and speaker cables.
AV Cables and Jacks
Video
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| HDMI | HDMI connections can carry uncompressed stan- |
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| Y | Y | Y | Component video separates the luminance (Y) and |
Component | PB | PB | CB/PB | color difference signals (PR, PB), providing the best |
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| S | and provides better picture quality than composite | |
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| V | Composite video is commonly used on TVs, VCRs, |
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Audio
Optical digital audio cable
Coaxial digital audio cable
Analog audio cable (RCA)
Multichannel analog audio cable (RCA)
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| This cable carries multichannel analog audio and is |
FRONT CENTER | SURR SURR BACK typically used to connect DVD players with a 7.1- | |
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SUBWOOFER | MULTI CH | channel cable. |
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Note: The AV receiver does not support SCART connections.
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