Connecting Your Components—Continued

Connecting a DVD player

Step 1: Video Connection

Choose a video connection that matches your DVD player ( A , B , or C ), and then make the connection.

You must connect the AV receiver to your TV via the same type of connection.

Step 2: Audio Connection

Choose an audio connection that matches your DVD player ( a , b , or c ), and then make the connection.

With connection , you can listen to and record audio from a DVD and listen via speaker set B.

To enjoy Dolby Digital and DTS, use connection or . (For recording, use and , or and .)

If your DVD player has main left and right outputs and multichannel left and right outputs, be sure to use the main left and right outputs for connection .

Connection

AV receiver

Signal flow

DVD player

Picture quality

 

A

 

COMPONENT VIDEO DVD IN

Component video output

Best

 

 

 

DVD IN S

S-Video output

Better

 

B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C

 

DVD IN V

Composite video output

Standard

 

 

 

DVD IN FRONT

Analog audio L/R output

 

 

a

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

b

 

DIGITAL IN COAXIAL

Digital coaxial output

 

 

 

 

DIGITAL IN OPTICAL 1

Digital optical output

 

 

c

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

b

XM

COMPONENT VIDEO

DIGITAL IN

VIDEO 2 IN VIDEO 1 IN DVD IN

OUT

ANTENNA

SURROUND BACK

SURROUND

FRONT

AM

SPEAKERS

SPEAKERS

SPEAKERS A

FM 75

 

 

 

L

 

L

c

A

COA

XIAL

OPTICAL

1

2

3

REMOTE

CONTROL

 

 

Y

 

 

PB

 

 

PR

IN

OUT

IN

L

 

L

R

 

R

CD

 

TAPE

VIDEO 2

VIDEO 1

DVD

MONITOR

C

OUT

 

 

 

 

V

 

 

 

R

R

S

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B

FRONT

IN

OUT

IN

IN

SPEAKERS B

 

 

 

 

PRE OUT

IN

OUT

IN

FRONT

SURROUND

CENTER

SURR BACK

L

 

 

 

 

 

L

 

 

 

 

 

SUB

 

 

 

 

 

 

WOOFER

R

R

 

 

 

SUB

a

 

 

 

WOOFER

VIDEO 2

VIDEO 1

 

DVD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 33)

DVD player

To connect a DVD player or DVD-Audio/SACD-capable player with a multichannel analog audio output, see page 24.

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Onkyo TX-SR504/B, TX-SR504E, TX-SR8450 instruction manual Connecting a DVD player

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