Onkyo TX-SR805, TX-SR875 instruction manual Connecting a VCR or DVR for Playback

Connecting Your Components—Continued

Connecting a VCR or DVR for Playback

Hint!

With this hookup, you can use the tuner in your VCR or DVR to listen to your favorite TV programs via the AV receiver, which is useful if your TV has no audio outputs.

Step 1: Video Connection

Choose a video connection that matches your VCR or DVR ( A , B , or C ), and then make the connection. If you use connection A , you must connect the AV receiver to your TV with the same type of connection.

Step 2: Audio Connection

Choose an audio connection that matches your VCR or DVR ( a , b , or c ), and then make the connection.

•With connection , you can listen to the VCR or DVR in Zone 2 or Zone 3.

•To enjoy Dolby Digital and DTS, use connection or . (To listen in Zone 2 or Zone 3 as well, use and , or and .)

Connection		AV receiver	Signal flow	VCR or DVR	Picture quality
	A	COMPONENT VIDEO IN 2	⇐	Component video output	Best
		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 COAXIAL IN 2	⇐	Digital coaxial output
		DIGITAL OPTICAL IN 1	⇐	Digital optical output
	c

b

c

	REMOTE
	CONTROL
DIGITAL ASSIGNABLE
	COAXIAL
IN 1	(DVD)
IN 2	(VCR/DVR)
IN 3	(CBL/SAT)
	OPTICAL

IN 1

(GAME/TV)

IN 2

(CD)

COMPONENT VIDEO ASSIGNABLE

IN 3	IN 2	IN 1(DVD)	MONITOR
			OUT

Y

CB/PB			V
CR/PR			S
IN	IN	OUT	IN
L	L
R	R
PHONO	CD		TAPE
GND	ZONE2 R	SURR BACK R
			Bi-AMP

					ANTENNA
					AM
AUX 1 GAME/TV CBL/SAT	VCR/DVR	DVD	MONITOR		IR	C
			OUT	V
					IN
					ZONE 2
					OUT

						S		OUT	B
IN	IN	IN	OUT	IN	IN	FRONT	CENTER	SURR
AUX 1	GAME/TV	CBL/SAT	VCR/DVR		DVD		SUBWOOFER	MULTI CH	a

FRONT R SURR R CENTER

A

OUT

FRONT R (BTL)

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

Connect one or the other

VCR or DVR

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