Connecting your equipment

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Connecting your component with no HDMI terminal

This diagram shows connections of a TV and DVD player (or other playback component) with no HDMI terminal to the receiver.

If both TV and player has a component video jacks, you can connect these too. See Using the component video jacks on page 16 for more on this.

HDMI

DVR BDR IN

DVD N

BD N

V DEO IN

OUT

COAXIAL

N

N

OPTICAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

IN 1

1

2

ASS GNABLE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(CD)

TV SAT) (CD R/TAPE)

V DEO

 

 

AUD O

SURR BACK/

 

 

 

 

DVR BDR CD R TAPE FRONT HE GHT

 

MON TOR TV/SAT

BD

 

Single)

APTER PORT

 

(OUTPUT 5 V

OUT

IN

I

OUT

PRE OUT

0 1 A MAX)

 

 

 

 

R

ANTENNA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FM

DVR/

 

 

 

 

CD

UNBAL

BDR

 

 

 

 

L

75

 

 

 

 

AM LOOP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OUT

IN

DVD N

 

 

N

R FRONT L

 

N 1

 

 

 

 

R

ENT

(DVD)

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASSIGNABLE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

N 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

(DVR/

 

 

 

 

 

 

BDR)

 

 

N

 

N

 

M

ITOR

 

 

 

 

 

ER

O

Y

PB

PR

TV SAT

BD

DVD

 

COMPONENT VIDEO

PRE OUT Class 2 Wi

SPEAKERS

A

Connecting a satellite receiver or other digital set-top box

English

 

Satellite and cable receivers, and terrestrial digital TV tuners are all examples of so-called ‘set-

 

top boxes’.

 

If the set-top box or video component also has an HDMI or a component video output, you can connect this too. See Connecting using HDMI on page 14 or Using the component video jacks on page 16 for more on this.

HDMI

DVR/BDR IN DVD IN

BD IN

VIDEO IN

OUT

COAXIAL

IN

IN

OPTICAL

 

 

 

 

 

N 1

1

2

ASSIGNABLE

 

ASS GNABLE

 

(CD)

(TV SAT

PE)

VIDEO

 

 

AUDIO

 

SURR BACK/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DVR BDR CD R TAPE FRONT HEIGHT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L

 

ADAPTE P RT

 

MON TOR TV/SAT

BD

 

 

Single)

(OUTPUT 5 V

 

 

OUT

IN

IN

OUT

 

PRE OUT

0 1 A MAX)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

R

 

ANTENNA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FM

 

 

DVR/

 

 

 

 

 

CD

UNBAL

 

BDR

 

 

 

 

 

L

75

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AM LOOP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OUT

 

DVD IN

IN

 

N

 

R FRON

L

IN 1

 

 

 

 

 

R

 

 

C N

(DVD)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASS GNABLE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IN 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(DVR/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BDR)

 

 

 

IN

 

N

 

 

 

MON TOR

 

 

 

 

 

SUB

OOFER

 

OUT

Y

 

PR

TV SAT

BD

DVD

 

 

 

COMPONE T VIDEO

 

 

 

PR

OUT Class 2 Wi ing

SPEAKERS A

 

OPTICAL

R

L

 

DIGITAL AUDIO OUT

ANALOG AUDIO OUT

VIDEO IN

Select one

 

This connection is required in order to listen to the sound of the TV over the receiver.

TV

Note

VIDEO OUT

R

L

OPTICAL

COAXIAL

ANALOG AUDIO OUT

DIGITAL AUDIO OUT

Select one

DVD player

R

L

COAXIAL

OPTICAL

ANALOG AUDIO OUT

DIGITAL AUDIO OUT

VIDEO OUT

Select one

 

Set-top box, etc.

Note

• In order to listen to the audio from the source component that is connected to this receiver

In order to listen to the audio from the DVD player that is connected to this receiver using an optical cable or a coaxial cable, first, switch to the DVD input, then press SIGNAL SEL to choose the audio signal O2 (OPTICAL2) or C1 (COAXIAL1) (see Selecting the audio input signal on page 21).

using a coaxial cable, first, switch to the TV/SAT, then press SIGNAL SEL to choose the

audio signal C1 (COAXIAL1) (see Selecting the audio input signal on page 21).

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Pioneer VSX-521-K operating instructions Connecting a satellite receiver or other digital set-top box

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