Pioneer VSX-45TX manual Connecting VCRs or DVRs, Connecting a Video Component to the Front Panel

Connecting Your Equipment

Connecting VCRs or DVRs

Before making or changing the connections, switch off the power and disconnect the power cord from the AC outlet.

Connect the video out of your VCR/DVR using either S video or composite video cords, depending on how you connected the receiver to your TV (see page 16). Use analog audio cords for the audio signal. To record, you also need to connect a set of audio/video outputs from the receiver to the audio/video inputs on your VCR/DVR. Note that to record video from a source component, the video connection from the source to the receiver and from the receiver to the recorder must be the same type.

ASSIGNABLE							PRE OUT	ASSIGNABLE
PCM/	FM UNBAL 75Ω		AM LOOP		MULTI-ROOM				MONITOR OUT
2DIGITAL /				ANTENNA	& SOURCE			Y
DTS/MPEG
					MONITOR OUT		SUB
			MULTI-ROOM
OUT1	IN					CENTER	WOOFER
		CONTROL	& SOURCE
				MONITOR				PB
			R OUT
	OUT			L	OUT				12V
OUT2						FRONT			TRIGGER
									(DC OUT12V/
								PR
	R	L				R	L		100mA MAX)
IN 1
	PLAY
						SUR-
(TV/
SAT)	IN			IN		ROUND		Y	(DVD/LD) IN 1
						R	L
IN 2	CD-R/			VCR1/
							(Single)
(CD-R/	TAPE1			DVR		SUR-
TAPE1)	OUT			OUT		ROUND		PB
						BACK
	REC								MULTI-ROOM
						R	L
IN 3	PLAY					FRONT			& SOURCE
									REMOTE IN
(DVD/	IN			IN				PR
LD)	MD/			VCR2		R	L
IN 4	TAPE2					SUR-
(CD)	OUT			OUT		ROUND		Y
	REC					R	L
	CD			TV/		SUB	CEN-
	IN			SAT		WOOF-	TER	PB
						ER
				IN
	PHONO/			DVD/		SUR-
	LINE					ROUND
USB	IN			LD		BACK		PR	RS-232C
AUDIO				IN		R	L
	R	L	R	L					(TV/SAT) IN 2
					VIDEO	S VIDEO
DIGITAL		AUDIO	AUDIO		VIDEO		MULTI CH IN	COMPONENT VIDEO

OUT IN

AUDIOAUDIO

(PLAY)(REC)

LL

RR

VIDEO VIDEO

S-VIDEO S-VIDEO

OUT IN

AUDIO AUDIO

(PLAY) (REC)

LL

RR

VIDEO VIDEO

S-VIDEO S-VIDEO

VCR 1/DVR

VCR 2

Connecting a Video Component to the Front Panel

Connect a portable DVD player, video game console or any video component to the front panel as show here. Front video connections are accessed via the front panel input selector as VIDEO.

STATION TUNING			MULTI ROOM &		SOURCE
SELECT			CONTROL		ON/OFF
DIGITAL IN	S-VIDEO	VIDEO	L	AUDIO	R
	VIDEO INPUT

VIDEO-IN/OUT AUDIO-IN/OUT

Be careful! For portable DVD players you will need a specialized optical cord (for the audio) that has a mini optical plug on one end and a regular optical plug on the other.

memo	You cannot assign the digital input on the front panel. If you want to learn more about
	this process see "Assigning the Digital Inputs" on page 91.

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