Connecting Your Components—Continued

Connecting an HDD-compatible Component (Audio Only)

As of this printing, the Onkyo Remote Interactive Dock is the only HDD-compatible component available.

Connect your HDD-compatible component’s analog audio output jacks to the AV receiver’s VIDEO 3 IN L/R jacks or TAPE IN L/R jacks.

Notes:

Connect the HDD-compatible component’s video output directly to a video input on your TV.

Connect the Remote Interactive Dock with an

cable (see page 31).

Set the Remote Interactive Dock’s RI MODE switch to HDD.

Set the AV receiver’s Input Display to HDD (see page 33).

Refer to the Remote Interactive Dock’s instruc- tion manual.

S VIDEO

AUDIO

OUT

OUT

L

R

AV receiver

To TV directly

: Signal Flow

Connect one or the other

Connecting a Cassette, CDR, MiniDisc, or DAT Recorder

aConnect your recorder’s audio input jacks to the AV receiver’s TAPE OUT L/R jacks, and connect your recorder’s audio output jacks to the AV receiver’s TAPE IN L/R jacks. With connection a , you can play and record with the recorder.

bIf your recorder has a coaxial digital output jack, connect it to the AV receiver’s DIGITAL IN COAXIAL jack, and set the DIGITAL INPUT assignment to COAX (see page 33).

cIf your recorder has an optical output jack instead of a coaxial one, connect it to the AV receiver’s DIGITAL IN OPT 1 or OPT 2 jack and set the DIGITAL INPUT assignment to OPT1 or OPT2 (see page 33).

AV receiver

Connect one or the other

OPTICAL

: Signal Flow

OUT

c

COAXIAL

OUT

b

a

a

L

OUT

PLAY

R

L

IN

RED

R

Cassette recorder,

CDR, etc.

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Onkyo TX-SR304 Connecting an HDD-compatible Component Audio Only, Connecting a Cassette, CDR, MiniDisc, or DAT Recorder

TX-SR304 specifications

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