Connecting Your Components—Continued

Connecting a VCR or DVD Recorder for Playback

Hint!

With this hookup, you can use your VCR’s tuner to listen to your favorite TV programs via the AV receiver, useful if your TV has no audio outputs.

Step 1: Video Connection

Choose a video connection that matches your VCR or DVD recorder ( 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 VCR or DVD recorder ( a , b , or c ), and then make the connection.

•With connection , you can listen to the VCR or DVD recorder even via speaker set B.

•To enjoy Dolby Digital and DTS, use connection or . (To listen via speaker set B, use and , or and .)

Connection

AV receiver

Signal flow

VCR or DVD recorder

Picture quality

 

A

 

COMPONENT VIDEO VIDEO 1 IN

⇐

Component video output

Best

 

 

 

VIDEO 1 IN S

⇐

S-Video output

Better

 

B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C

 

VIDEO 1 IN V

⇐

Composite video output

Standard

 

 

 

VIDEO 1 IN L/R

⇐

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

 

 

c

A

COA

 

XIAL

 

OPTICAL

 

1

 

2

 

3

IN

 

L

REMOTE

 

CONTROL

R

 

Y

PB

PR

OUT IN

L

R

VIDEO 2

VIDEO 1

DVD MONITOROUT

C

V

 

 

R

S

 

 

 

 

 

FRONT

IN

OUT

IN

IN

 

SPEAKER

 

 

 

 

 

PRE OUT

IN

OUT

IN

FRONT SURROUND

B SURR BACK

L

 

 

 

 

L

 

 

 

 

SUB

 

 

 

 

 

WOOFER

 

 

 

 

 

R

R

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUB

a

 

 

 

 

WOOFER

CDTAPE

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 b must be assigned (see page 33)

VCR,

DVD recorder

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