Connecting Your Components—Continued

Hooking Up the Multichannel DVD Input

If your DVD player supports multichannel audio formats such as DVD-Audio or SACD, and it has a multichannel analog audio output, you can connect it to the AV receiver’s multichannel DVD input.

Use a multichannel analog audio cable, or several normal audio cables, to connect the AV receiver’s DVD IN FRONT L/R, CENTER, SURROUND L/R, SURR BACK L/R, and SUBWOOFER jacks to the 7.1-channel analog audio output on your DVD player. If your DVD player has a 5.1-channel analog audio output, don’t connect anything to the AV receiver’s SURR BACK L/R jacks.

DIGITAL IN

 

 

 

ASSIGNABLE

 

 

 

COAX-

 

 

 

IAL1

 

 

Y

(DVD)

 

 

 

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CB/PB

(CBL/SAT)

 

 

 

OPTICAL

 

 

 

1

 

 

CR/PR

(VCR/DVR)

 

 

 

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VCR/DVR IN

DVD IN

OUT

COMPONENT VIDEO

 

2

IN

OUT

IN

(CD)

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R

 

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REMOTE

 

 

 

CONTROL

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TAPE

 

 

 

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CBL/SAT

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CBL/SAT

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DVD

MONITOR

 

 

 

 

 

OUT V

 

 

 

7.1 ch

 

 

 

R

 

 

R

 

 

 

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5.1 ch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SURROUND BACK

SURROUND

FRONT

CENTER

OUT

IN

IN

SPEAKERS

SPEAKERS

SPEAKERS A

SPEAKER

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IN

FRONT

SURROUND CENTER SURR BACK

 

PRE OUTFRONT

SURROUND

CENTER SURR BACK

 

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SUB

 

 

 

 

 

 

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WOOFER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SUB

 

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FRONT

 

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DVD WOOFER

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FRONT

SURROUND

CENTER

SUB

 

SURR

 

 

 

WOOFER

 

BACK

DVD player

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Onkyo TX-SR8550, SR575, TX-SR505E instruction manual Hooking Up the Multichannel DVD Input

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