Connecting Your Components—Continued

Connecting an RI Dock

RI Dock with video

Connect your RI Dock’s analog audio output jacks

and S-Video output jack to the AV receiver’s

CBL/SAT IN L/R jacks and CBL/SAT IN S jack.

RI Dock without video

Connect your RI Dock’s analog audio output jacks to

S VIDEO

AUDIO

OUT

OUT

L

R

the AV receiver’s TAPE IN L/R jacks (1).

Notes:

Connect the Remote Interactive Dock with an cable (see page 33).

Set the Remote Interactive Dock’s RI MODE switch to HDD or HDD/DOCK.

Set the AV receiver’s Input Display to DOCK (see page 39).

Refer to the Remote Interactive Dock’s instruction manual.

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

 

 

REMOTE

 

 

1

CONTROL

CD

TAPE

AM

CBL/SAT

V

S

IN

IN

L

R

CBL/SAT

 

 

 

SIRIUS

ANTENNA

 

 

 

 

FM 75

 

 

VCR/DVR

DVD

MONITOR

OUT V

 

 

 

S

OUT

IN

IN

 

OUT

IN

FRONT

SURROUND

VCR/DVR

 

DVD

(DS-A1 hookup shown here.)

Connecting a Cassette, CDR, MiniDisc, or DAT Recorder

Step 1:

Choose a connection that matches the recorder ( a , b , or c ), and then make the connection.

 

 

b

 

IALCOAX-

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

(CBL/SAT)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c

OPTICAL

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

(VCR/DVR)

Connect one or the

 

 

 

 

 

 

other

 

 

 

 

 

 

These connections

 

 

 

 

 

 

must be assigned

 

 

 

 

 

 

(see page 39)

COAXIAL

 

OUT

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

OUT IN

a

 

L

R

TAPE

LL

OPTICAL

OUT

RR

IN OUT

REC PLAY

Cassette recorder, CDR, etc.

With connection , you can listen via speaker set B.

To connect the recorder digitally, use connections and , or and .

Connection

AV receiver

Signal flow

Cassette/CDR/MD/DAT recorder

 

 

 

TAPE IN L/R

Analog audio L/R output

 

a

 

 

 

 

 

TAPE OUT L/R

Analog audio L/R input

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DIGITAL IN COAXIAL 2

Digital coaxial output

 

b

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c

 

DIGITAL IN OPTICAL 1

Digital optical output

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Onkyo TX-SR8550, SR575 Connecting an RI Dock, Connecting a Cassette, CDR, MiniDisc, or DAT Recorder, RI Dock with video

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