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Connecting Video Displays

RCA Plug S-Video Connector

What You May Need:

•Two composite video cables with RCA plugs

•One S-video cable with multi-pin connectors

•One three-cable component video cable set, with RCA plugs at one end, RCA or BNC plugs at the other

Component

Composite

S-Video

Video Outputs

Video Outputs

Outputs

Component Video Inputs and Outputs

Pr

Y

Pb

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Input 1

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Balanced Analog Audio Inputs

Balanced Analog Audio Outputs

Input 2

Left

Right

Left

Right

Center

Subwoofer

Left Surround Right Surround

Left Back

Right Back

Pro 1

Input 3

Output

Red

Green

Blue

H Sync

V

Coax

Digital Audio Inputs

Composite Video Inputs

Video Outputs

S-Video Inputs

S-Video Outputs

Made In

Expansion Port For

Video 1

Video 3 Video 5

Record

Zone

Video 2 Video 3

Video 4

Video 5 Video 6

Record

Main

Coax 1

Coax 3

Finland

Future Technologies

Video 1

Optical 1

Optical 3

Digital Out

External Control

RS-232 Control

IR Inputs

– 12V Triggers –

Video 2	Video 4
Video 1	Video 2

L

R

Video 6

OSD Main NoOSD

OSD

No OSD

Video 3

Video 4

Video 5

Video 6

Audio 1

Audio 2

Audio 3

Audio 4

Audio 5

Record 1 Record 2

Zone

L

R

Play/In

Rec/Out

Analog Audio Inputs

Tape Monitor

Analog Audio Outputs

Optical

Coax 2

Coax 4

Optical 2

Optical 4

Main

Zone

P1

P2

On-Off

Front

Surround

Center

Back

Front

Surround

Center

Back

Pro 1

Pro 2

AC Power

1

0

Sub

Sub

Pro 3

Pro 4

7.1 Analog Audio Inputs Main Analog Audio Outputs Programmable Out

AC Cord

Inlet

Main Viewing

Screen

Small TV

for Viewing OSD

It may seem odd to connect the C 1 to your main video display three ways, as shown here, but in many systems it makes sense. This is because composite video sources are not available at the S-Video outputs (though S-Video sources are available at the composite jacks) and compo- nent video sources can be seen only via the component video outputs.

So, if you have a VCR, which probably has both composite video and S-Video outputs, you’d want to use S-Video to get the clearest possible pictures from that. If your system also includes a source with component video outputs (the only kind that works for high-definition television), only component video links would give you all the picture quality that source can provide. And if you have a source that has only a composite video output, the signal from that source would appear only at the composite video jacks of the C 1.

You can see the function and setup menus when you’re near the C 1’s built-in 5" display screen. This is a handy way to adjust C 1 functions or go through DVD menu selections without superim- posing a lot of information on the screen that your guests and family watch. You might also wish to view on-screen information on a second, auxiliary TV or monitor located near your equipment. Connect it to the S-Video or (more likely) composite “OSD” jack, as shown, and connect your main video screen or TV to the “No OSD” jacks. If you prefer to view on-screen menus from your normal seating position, you can see them on your main video screen or TV if you connect it to the C 1’s “OSD” composite and S-Video jacks. If you connect it to both the C 1’s “OSD” composite video output and to its “non-OSD” S-Video output, you can select the TV’s own composite video input when you want to see the C 1 on-screen messages and switch the TV to its S-Video input when you want to watch programs without any on-screen messages.