Connecting Your Components—Continued

Connecting a VCR or DVR for Playback

Hint!

With this hookup, you can use the tuner in your VCR or DVR to listen to your favorite TV programs via the AV receiver, which is useful if your TV has no audio outputs.

Step 1: Video Connection

Choose a video connection that matches your VCR or DVR ( A , B , or C ), and then make the connection. If you use connection A , 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 VCR or DVR ( a , b , or c ), and then make the connection.

With connection , you can listen to the VCR or DVR in Zone 2 or Zone 3.

To enjoy Dolby Digital and DTS, use connection or . (To listen in Zone 2 or Zone 3 as well, use and , or and .)

Connection

AV receiver

Signal flow

VCR or DVR

Picture quality

 

A

 

COMPONENT VIDEO IN 2

Component video output

Best

 

 

 

VCR/DVR IN S

S-Video output

Better

 

B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C

 

VCR/DVR IN V

Composite video output

Standard

 

 

 

VCR/DVR IN L/R

Analog audio L/R output

 

 

a

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

b

 

DIGITAL COAXIAL IN 2

Digital coaxial output

 

 

 

 

DIGITAL OPTICAL IN 1

Digital optical output

 

 

c

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

b

c

 

REMOTE

 

CONTROL

DIGITAL ASSIGNABLE

 

COAXIAL

IN 1

(DVD)

IN 2

(VCR/DVR)

IN 3

(CBL/SAT)

 

OPTICAL

IN 1

(GAME/TV)

IN 2

(CD)

COMPONENT VIDEO ASSIGNABLE

IN 3

IN 2

IN 1(DVD)

MONITOR

 

 

 

OUT

Y

CB/PB

 

 

 

V

CR/PR

 

 

 

S

IN

 

IN

OUT

IN

L

L

 

 

 

R

R

 

 

 

PHONO

CD

 

TAPE

GND

ZONE2 R

 

SURR BACK R

 

ASSIGNABLE

 

 

Bi-AMP

 

 

 

 

 

ANTENNA

 

 

 

 

 

 

AM

 

AUX 1 GAME/TV CBL/SAT

VCR/DVR

DVD

MONITOR

 

IR

C

OUT

V

 

 

 

 

IN

 

 

 

 

 

 

ZONE 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

OUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

S

 

OUT

B

IN

IN

IN

OUT

IN

IN

FRONT

CENTER

SURR

AUX 1

GAME/TV

CBL/SAT

VCR/DVR

DVD

 

SUBWOOFER

MULTI CH

a

FRONT R

 

SURR R

 

CENTER

 

 

 

 

 

A

OUT

FRONT R (BTL)

 

 

 

 

L

 

R

 

COAXIAL

OPTICAL

Y

PB

PR

AUDIO

S VIDEO

VIDEO

OUT

OUT

COMPONENT VIDEO OUT

OUT

OUT

OUT

Connect one or the other

VCR or DVR

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Onkyo TX-NR905 instruction manual Connecting a VCR or DVR for Playback

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