Onkyo TX-SR8550, SR575 Connecting a VCR or DVD Recorder for Playback, b c A, Hint, Better

Connecting Your Components—Continued

Connecting a VCR or DVD Recorder for Playback

Hint!

With this hookup, you can use your VCR’s tuner to listen to your favorite TV programs via the AV receiver, useful if your TV has no audio outputs.

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

TX-SR505/TX-SR505E/TX-SR8550:You must connect the AV receiver to your TV via the same type of con- nection.

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

• With connection a , you can listen to the VCR or DVD recorder even via speaker set B.

• To enjoy Dolby Digital and DTS, use connection b or c . (To listen via speaker set B, use a and b , or a and

c.)

Connection		AV receiver	Signal flow	VCR or DVD recorder	Picture quality
		COMPONENT VIDEO VCR/DVR IN
		(TX-SR505/TX-SR505E/TX-SR8550)	⇐
	A	or		Component video output	Best
		COMPONENT VIDEO IN 2
		(TX-SR575)
		VCR/DVR IN S	⇐	S-Video output	Better
	B
	C	VCR/DVR IN V	⇐	Composite video output	Standard
		VCR/DVR 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

				SIRIUS	XM
	ANTENNA
AM		FM 75			L
CBL/SAT	VCR/DVR		DVD	MONITOR	C
				OUT V
V					R
				S
S
					SURROUND BACK		SURROUND	FRONT
IN	OUT	IN	IN		SPEAKERS		SPEAKERS	SPEAKERS A
					B
IN	OUT	IN	FRONT			SURR BACK		PRE OUT
				SURROUND CENTER				L

					SUB
L				L	WOOFER
R					R
			SUB	a	FRON
CBL/SAT	VCR/DVR	DVD	WOOFER
					SPEAKE

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

Connect one or the other

Connection b must be assigned (see page 39)

VCR,

DVD recorder

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