Connecting Your Components—Continued

Connecting a CD Player or Turntable

CD Player, or Turntable with Built-in Phono Preamp

Step 1:

Choose a connection type ( a , b , or c ) that matches the CD player, or choose a for a turntable with a built-in phono

preamp, and then make the connection.

Connect one or the other

b

DIGITAL IN

 

 

 

COAXIAL

 

 

c

OPTICAL

IN

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

L

 

 

 

 

 

 

R

 

 

CD

a

 

 

 

COAXIAL

 

 

OUT

L

 

R

 

 

 

OPTICAL

AUDIO

CD player

 

OUT

OUT

IN

L

R

CD

a

L

R

AUDIO

OUTPUT

Turntable (MM) with built-in phono preamp

With the basic connection, you can listen to or record audio from the CD player or turntable, and listen via speaker set B.

To connect the CD player digitally, use connection or c . (Use and or and for recording.)

Connection

TX-SR503/503E/8350

Signal flow

CD or turntable

 

a

 

CD IN L/R

Analog audio L/R output

 

 

 

DIGITAL IN COAXIAL

Digital coaxial output

 

b

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c

 

DIGITAL IN OPTICAL 1

Digital optical output

 

 

 

 

 

 

Turntable with no Phono Preamp Built-in

Turntable with an MC (Moving Coil) Cartridge

A phono preamp is necessary to connect a turntable that

An MC head amp and phono preamp are necessary to

doesn’t have a phono preamp built-in.

connect a turntable with an MC (Moving Coil) cartridge.

 

AUDIO

 

IN

OUTPUT

Phono preamp

L

L

 

R

R

 

CD

 

 

 

AUDIO

AUDIO

 

OUTPUT

INPUT

 

L

L

 

R

R

 

AUDIO

AUDIO

AUDIO

IN

OUTPUT

INPUT

OUTPUT

 

 

L

L

L

L

 

 

R

R

R

R

 

 

CD

 

Phono

 

 

 

preamp

 

MC head amp or

MC transformer

AUDIO

AUDIO

OUTPUT

INPUT

L

L

R

R

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Onkyo TX-SR8350, TX-SR503 Connecting a CD Player or Turntable, CD Player, or Turntable with Built-in Phono Preamp Step

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

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