Onkyo TX-SR8550 Connecting a TV or Projector, b c A, Connecting Your Components-Continued, Hint

Connecting Your Components—Continued

Connecting a TV or Projector

Step 1: Choose a video connection from A , B , and C .

Step 2: Choose an audio connection from a , b , and c .

•With connection a , you can listen to and record audio from your TV and listen via speaker set B.

•To enjoy Dolby Digital and DTS, use connection b or c . (For recording, use a and b , or a and c .)

Connection		AV receiver	Signal flow	TV	Picture quality
	A	COMPONENT VIDEO OUT	⇒	Component video input	Best
		MONITOR OUT S	⇒	S-Video input	Better
	B
	C	MONITOR OUT V	⇒	Composite video input	Standard
		CBL/SAT IN L/R	⇐	Analog audio L/R output
	a
	b	DIGITAL IN COAXIAL 2	⇐	Digital coaxial output
		DIGITAL IN OPTICAL 1	⇐	Digital optical output
	c

b

c

A

DIGITAL IN
ASSIGNABLE
COAX-
IAL1			Y
(DVD)
2			CB/PB
(CBL/SAT)
OPTICAL
1			CR/PR
(VCR/DVR)
CBL/SAT IN	VCR/DVR IN	DVD IN	OUT
COMPONENT VIDEO
2	IN	OUT	IN
(CD)
L			L
R			R
REMOTE
CONTROL	CD	TAPE

	ANTENNA
AM	FM 75			L	L
CBL/SAT	VCR/DVR	DVD	MONITOR		C
			OUT	V
V				R	R
				S

S
					SURROUND BACK		SURROUND	FRONT	S
IN	OUT	IN	IN		SPEAKERS		B PRE OUT	SPEAKERS A
IN	OUT	IN	FRONT SURROUND CENTER SURR BACK					L
							SUB
L					L		WOOFER
R					R			R
					SUB	a		FRONT
CBL/SAT	VCR/DVR			DVD	WOOFER
								SPEAKERS B

				L		R
COAXIAL	OPTICAL	Y	PB	PR	AUDIO	S VIDEO	VIDEO
OUT	OUT	COMPONENT VIDEO IN			OUT	IN	IN

Connect one or the other

Connection c must be assigned (see page 39)

TV, projector, etc.

Hint!

If your TV has no audio outputs, connect an audio output from your VCR or cable or satellite receiver to the AV receiver and use its tuner to listen to TV programs through the AV receiver (see pages 28 and 30).

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