Connecting Your Components—Continued

Connecting Both Audio & Video

By connecting both the audio and video outputs of your DVD player and other AV components to the AV receiver, you can select both the audio and video simultaneously simply by selecting the appropriate input source on the AV receiver.

: Signal Flow

Video

Audio

Video

Audio

TV, projector, etc.

DVD player, etc.

Speakers (see page 17 for connection infor-

 

mation)

Which Connections Should I Use?

The AV receiver supports several connection formats for compatibility with a wide range of AV equipment. The format you choose will depend on the formats supported by your other components. Use the following sections as a guide. For video components, such as a DVD player, you must make two connections—one for audio, one for video.

Video Connection Formats

Video equipment can be connected to the AV receiver using one of the following video connection formats: composite video, S-Video, or component video, the lat- ter offering the best picture quality.

When choosing a connection format, bear in mind that the AV receiver doesn’t convert between formats, so only outputs of the same format as the input will output the signal.

For example, if you connect your DVD player to the S-VIDEO DVD IN, a video signal will be output by the S-VIDEO MONITOR OUT (for your TV) and the S-VIDEO VIDEO 1 OUT (for your VCR), but not by any composite video or component video outputs.

Video Input/Output Diagram

DVD player,

etc.

Audio Connection Formats

Audio equipment can be connected to the AV receiver using the following audio connection formats: analog, optical, coaxial, and multichannel.

When choosing a connection format, bear in mind that the AV receiver doesn’t convert between formats.

For example, audio signals connected to an OPTICAL or COAXIAL digital input are not output by the analog TAPE OUT, so if you want to record from, for example, your CD player, in addition to connecting it to a digital input, you must also connect it to the analog CD IN.

Audio Input/Output Diagram for Recording

CD player,

etc.

Output Optical Coaxial Analog Multi- channel

IN

 

 

 

 

Output

Composite

S-Video

Component

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AV Receiver

Composite

S-Video

Component

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Input

Composite

S-Video

Component

TV,

projector,

etc.

AV Receiver

OUT

Input

Cassette

recorder, etc.

Optical Coaxial Analog Multi- channel

Analog

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Onkyo TX-SR8350, TX-SR503 Connecting Your Components, Connecting Both Audio & Video, Which Connections Should I Use?

TX-SR503E, TX-SR503, TX-SR8350 specifications

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