Connecting Your Components—Continued

Connecting a CD Player or Turntable

CD Player or Turntable (MM) with Built-in Phono Preamp

Step 1:

Choose a connection that matches your CD player ( a , b , or c ). Use connection a for a turntable with a built-in phono preamp.

 

b

COAX-

 

 

 

IAL

2

 

 

 

(CBL/SAT)

Connect one

c

 

 

or the other

OPTICAL

 

2

 

Connection b

 

 

 

(CD)

 

must be

 

 

 

assigned (see

 

 

 

page 39)

 

 

 

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)

 

IN

L

 

 

L

L

R

 

 

R

REMOTE

 

 

 

 

CONTROL

 

CD

TAPE

 

R

CD

a

 

 

 

 

SIRIUS

XM

 

ANTENNA

 

 

 

 

IN

AM

 

FM 75

 

 

L

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L

CBL/SAT

VCR/DVR

DVD

MONITOR

 

OUT

V

 

 

 

 

 

 

V

 

 

 

 

R

 

 

 

 

 

 

S

R

S

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SURROUND BACK

IN

OUT

IN

IN

 

 

SPEAKERSCD

IN

OUT

IN

FRONT SURROUND CENTER SURR BACK

L

 

 

a

R

 

 

 

 

 

SUB

CBL/SAT

VCR/DVR

WOOFER

DVD

L

R

AUDIO

OUTPUT

COAXIAL

 

OUT

L

 

 

OPTICAL

 

OUT

 

R

 

AUDIO

CD player

Turntable (MM) with

built-in phono preamp

OUT

 

 

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

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

 

Connection

AV receiver

Signal flow

CD or turntable

 

 

 

 

a

 

CD IN L/R

 

Analog audio L/R output

 

 

 

 

 

DIGITAL IN COAXIAL 2

 

Digital coaxial output

 

 

b

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c

 

DIGITAL IN OPTICAL 2

 

Digital optical output

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Turntable (MM) 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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANTENNA

 

 

 

 

 

DIGITAL IN

 

 

 

 

AM

 

FM 75

 

 

L

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASSIGNABLE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COAX-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IAL1

 

 

 

Y

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(DVD)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MONITOR

 

 

 

 

 

 

CBL/SAT

VCR/DVR

DVD

 

 

 

 

 

 

OUT

V

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

CB/PB

V

 

 

 

 

R

 

(CBL/SAT)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OPTICAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

S

 

1

 

 

 

CR/PR

S

 

 

 

 

 

 

(VCR/DVR)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SURROUND BACK

CBL/SAT IN

VCR/DVR IN

DVD IN

OUT

 

IN

OUT

IN

IN

 

SPEAKERS

COMPONENT VIDEO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

IN

 

IN

 

IN

 

IN

FRONT

SURROUND CENTER

SURR BACK

(CD)

OUT

 

OUT

L

 

 

 

L

L

 

 

 

 

 

L

R

 

 

 

R

R

 

 

 

 

 

R

REMOTE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUB

 

CONTROL

CD

TAPE

 

 

CBL/SAT

VCR/DVR

 

DVD

WOOFER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

ANTENNA

AM

FM 75

DIGITAL IN

L

ASSIGNABLE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COAX-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IAL1

 

 

 

Y

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(DVD)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MONITOR

 

 

 

 

 

 

CBL/SAT

VCR/DVR

DVD

OUT

V

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

CB/PB

V

 

 

 

 

R

 

(CBL/SAT)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OPTICAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

S

 

1

 

 

 

CR/PR

S

 

 

 

 

 

 

(VCR/DVR)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SURROUND BACK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CBL/SAT IN

VCR/DVR IN

DVD IN

OUT

 

IN

OUT

IN

IN

 

SPEAKERS

COMPONENT VIDEO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

IN

OUT

IN

 

IN

OUT

IN

FRONT

SURROUND CENTER

SURR BACK

(CD)

 

L

 

 

 

L

L

 

 

 

 

 

L

R

 

 

 

R

R

 

 

 

 

 

R

REMOTE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUB

 

CONTROL

CD

TAPE

 

 

CBL/SAT

VCR/DVR

 

DVD

WOOFER

 

IN

L

R

CD

AUDIO

OUTPUT L

R

IN

Phono preamp

L

 

 

 

R

 

 

CD

AUDIO

OUTPUT L

R

Phono preamp

AUDIO

AUDIO

INPUT

OUTPUT

L

L

R R

AUDIO

OUTPUT

L

R

AUDIO INPUT

L

R

MC head amp or MC transformer

AUDIO

AUDIO

OUTPUT

INPUT

L

L

R

R

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