Connecting your equipment

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Analog audio cables

Use stereo RCA phono cables to connect analog audio components. These cables are typically red and white, and you should connect the red plugs to R (right) terminals and white plugs to L (left) terminals.

Video cables

Standard RCA video cables

These cables are the most common type of video connection and are used to connect to the composite video terminals. The yellow plugs distinguish them from cables for audio.

About video outputs connection

This receiver is not loaded with a video converter. When you use component video cables or HDMI cables for connecting to the input device, the same cables should be used for connecting to the TV.

English

White (Left)

L

 

R

AUDIO

 

Red (Right)

VIDEO

Yellow

The signals input from the analog (composite and component) video inputs of this unit will not be output from

the HDMI OUT.

Playback

component

Digital audio cables

Commercially available coaxial digital audio cables or optical cables should be used to connect digital components to this receiver.

Coaxial digital

COAXIAL

 

IN

OPTICAL

audio cable

 

 

 

 

 

IN

 

 

Optical cable

Note

When connecting optical cables, be careful when inserting the plug not to damage the shutter protecting the optical socket.

When storing optical cable, coil loosely. The cable may be damaged if bent around sharp corners.

You can also use a standard RCA video cable for coaxial

digital connections.

Component video cables

Use component video cables to get the best possible color reproduction of your video source. The color signal of the TV is divided into the luminance (Y) signal and the color (PB and PR) signals and then output. In this way, interference between the signals is avoided.

 

COMPONENT

 

 

Y

VIDEO

 

PB

Green (Y)

 

PR

 

 

Blue (PB)

Red (PR)

Terminal for connection with source device

IN

IN

 

IN

 

 

 

 

 

HDMI

Y

PB PR

 

COMPONENT VIDEO

VIDEO

OUT

 

 

MONITOR

 

 

OUT

 

 

 

 

MONITOR

 

 

 

OUT Y

PB PR

 

HDMI

COMPONENT VIDEO

VIDEO

Terminal for connection with TV monitor

The OSD will

not appear.

TV

Video signals can be output.

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Pioneer VSX-521-K About video outputs connection, Analog audio cables, Video cables, Hdmi OUT, Digital audio cables

VSX-521-K specifications

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