Onkyo TX-SR574 instruction manual Connecting a VCR or DVD Recorder for Playback, Vcr, DVD recorder

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 IN 2	⇐	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

c

A

COMPONENT VIDEO

DIGITAL IN IN 3 IN 2 IN 1 OUT

COA			Y
XIAL
OPTICAL
1			PB
2			PR
3	IN	OUT	IN
	L		L
REMOTE
CONTROL	R		R
	CD		TAPE

	ANTENNA			SURROUND BACK
AM				SPEAKERS
	FM 75
				L
VIDEO 2	VIDEO 1	DVD	MONITOROUT	C

V			R
S
IN	OUT	IN	IN	B SURR BACK
IN	OUT	IN	FRONT SURROUND
L
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 b must be assigned (see page 33)

VCR,

DVD recorder

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