Onkyo TX-SR603X Connecting a VCR for Playback, Connecting an HDD/DVD recorder for Playback

Connecting the AV Receiver—Continued

Connecting a VCR for Playback

This section shows how to connect a VCR for playback so that you can watch videos via the AV receiver.

Video Connections

•Use an S-Video cable to connect the AV receiver’s

S VIDEO 1 IN jack to a S-Video output on your VCR, as shown.

OR

•Use a composite video cable to connect the AV receiver’s V VIDEO 1 IN jack to a composite video output on your VCR, as shown.

An S-Video connection provides better picture quality than a composite video connection.

Audio Connections

•Use an analog audio cable to connect the AV receiver’s VIDEO 1 IN L/R jacks to an analog audio output on your VCR, as shown.

Connecting an HDD/DVD recorder for Playback

Video Connections

With the initial settings of the TX-SR603X, the VIDEO 1 input source is set for the COMPONENT VIDEO IN 2 jacks. If you connect the device to the COMPONENT VIDEO IN 3 jacks, see page 43.

Use a component video cable to connect the AV receiver’s COMPONENT VIDEO IN2 or 3 jacks to a component video output on your HDD/DVD recorder, as shown. Your TV must also be connected via component video.

COMPONENT VIDEO

IN

	IR IN
Y	12 V TRIGGER OUT				AV RECEIVER
	ZONE 2			MODEL NO. TX-SR603X
	DIGITAL
	COAXIAL				ZONE 2
	IN 1			ANTENNA AM	SPEAKERS
		COMPONENT VIDEO			FM 75
	Y IN 3	IN 2	IN 1

	IN 2							L
PB			VIDEO 3	VIDEO 2	VIDEO 1	DVD	MONITOR
	OPTI-	P					OUT
	CAL							L
	IN 1						V
		P						R
								R
	IN 2						S
			IN	IN	IN	IN		ZONE 2
	IN 3							LINEOUT

PR	IN	IN	IN	IN	IN	FRONT SURROUND CENTER
	L					L
	R					R
	REMOTE					SUB
	CONTROL					WOOFER
	CD	TAPE	VIDEO 3	VIDEO 2	VIDEO 1	DVD

	COMPONENT
VIDEO 1	VIDEO OUT

IR IN

DIGITAL

COAXIAL

IN 1

IN 2

OPTI-

CAL

IN 1

IN 2

IN 3

REMOTE

CONTROL

L

IN 12 V TRIGGER OUT	AV RECEIVER
ZONE 2	MODEL NO. TX-SR603X

Y

ZONE 2

ANTENNA

SPEAKERS

COMPONENT VIDEO

AM

FM 75

Y

IN 3

IN 2

IN 1

VIDEO 3

VIDEO 2

VIDEO 1

DVD

MONITOR

P

OUT

PB

V

L

R

P

R

S

IN

IN

IN

IN

ZONE 2

LINEOUT

IN

IN

IN

IN

IN

FRONT

SURROUND CENTER

L

L

PR

IN

CD

TAPE

VIDEO 3

VIDEO 2

VIDEO 1

DVD

WOOFER

R

HDD/DVD recorder

R

SUB

R

Connect one or the other

	R	L
VIDEO OUT	S VIDEO OUT	AUDIO
		OUTPUT

Audio Connections

If you connect to a digital audio input, you'll need to assign it (see page 42).

• Use an optical digital audio cable to connect one of the AV receiver’s OPTICAL DIGITAL IN jacks to an optical output on your HDD/DVD recorder, as shown.

OR

•Use a coaxial digital audio cable to connect one of the AV receiver’s COAXIAL DIGITAL IN jacks to a coaxial output on your HDD/DVD recorder, as shown.

VCR

OPTI-

CAL

IN

IR IN
12 V TRIGGER OUT				AV RECEIVER
ZONE 2			MODEL NO. TX-SR603X
DIGITAL
COAXIAL				ZONE 2
IN 1			ANTENNA AM	SPEAKERS
	COMPONENT VIDEO			FM 75
Y IN 3	IN 2	IN 1

IN 2
		VIDEO 3	VIDEO 2	VIDEO 1	DVD	MONITOR
OPTI-	P					OUT
CAL						V	L
IN 1
	P						R
IN 2						S
		IN	IN	IN	IN		ZONE 2
IN 3							LINEOUT

IN	IN	IN		IN	IN	FRONT SURROUND CENTER
L						L
R						R
REMOTE						SUB
CONTROL						WOOFER
CD	TAPE	VIDEO 3	VIDEO 2	VIDEO 1		DVD

DIGITAL

COAXIAL

IN 2

Connect one or the other

DIGITAL OUT		DIGITAL OUT
	OPTICAL	COAXIAL

HDD/DVD recorder

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