Connecting up

03

When making cable connections

About the video converter

Be careful not to arrange cables in a manner that bends the cables over the top or around this unit. If the cables are laid on top of the unit, the magnetic field produced by the transformers in this unit may cause a humming noise to come from the speakers.

The video converter allows you to connect various video sources using composite, S-video or component video connections and the signal will be output through all of the MONITOR OUT jacks. The only exception is component video input, which is only output from the component video output. Therefore, if you want to connect any source using component video, you must also connect your TV using component video. If several video components are connected to the same input function, the converter gives priority to component, S- video, then composite (in that order).

The following chart shows when the video signal will be converted from the various video inputs (left column) for output to the MONITOR OUT jacks (top row):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Video

 

MONITOR OUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VIDEO

 

COMPONENT

About the RS-232C connector

 

 

 

 

terminal

S-VIDEO

 

 

 

 

(Composite)

VIDEO

 

 

 

 

 

 

The RS-232C connector on the rear panel is for future

 

VIDEO IN

 

 

 

improvements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Composite)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DIGITAL

AM LOOP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

S-VIDEO IN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MONITOR OUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IN 2 IN 1

 

OUT

 

ANTENNA Y

 

 

 

 

 

COMPONENT

 

 

 

(CD-R/ TAPE/MD) (TV/SAT)

 

OUT

 

CONTROL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CD

 

 

 

 

PB

12V

 

 

 

 

VIDEO IN

 

 

 

 

IN

 

 

PRE

MULTI-ROOM & SOURCE

TRIGGER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PLAY

 

 

 

100mA MAX)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

R

L

 

 

(DC OUT12V/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IN

 

 

OUT

MONITOR

PR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASSIGNABLE

 

 

CEN-

OUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 4

CD-R/

 

SUBW.

TER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TAPE/MD

 

 

MONITOR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ROOM &

 

 

 

 

• The mark above indicates that the component

 

OUT

 

 

FRONT

OUT

Y

 

 

 

 

 

REC

 

R

L

 

 

MULTI-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VIDEO1

 

 

 

VIDEO1

 

SOURCE

 

 

 

 

video input must be assigned before it will be output

 

IN

 

 

SUR-

IN 1

I R

 

FRONT

 

C

 

 

 

SUR-

IN

 

 

 

 

 

ROUND

PB

IN

SPEAKERS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

R

L

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PLAY

 

R

ROUND

VCR

 

OUT

A R

 

L

 

(see Assigning the component video inputs on

 

VCR

 

BACK

 

RS - 232C

 

 

 

 

 

IN

 

 

IN

PR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DVR /

 

 

L

DVR /

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Single)

 

 

 

 

 

 

page 64 for more on this).

 

(DVD/

OUT

 

SUBW.

CEN-

OUT

Y

 

 

 

 

 

 

IN 3

REC

 

 

TER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LD)

TV/

 

 

 

TV/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SAT

 

 

FRONT

SAT

PB

 

 

 

 

 

• When recording video sources however, you won’t be

 

IN

 

 

IN

 

 

 

 

 

(CD)

 

R

SUR-

 

 

 

 

 

 

DVD/

 

DVD/

IN 2

 

 

 

 

 

IN 4

 

 

L

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LD

 

MULTI CH IN

ROUND

LD

PRASSIGNABLE

 

 

 

 

able to record sources connected to the component

 

IN

 

 

VIDEO S-VIDEO

VIDEO

 

 

 

 

 

 

R

L

R

L

 

1

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COMPONENT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DIGITAL

 

AUDIO

 

VIDEO

 

 

 

 

 

 

video inputs. With composite and S-video sources,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

they must be connected using the same type of video

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

cable as you used to connect the recorder to the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

receiver.

 

 

 

Also note that this feature is available with NTSC signals only. For a PAL signal, make sure you’ve used the same type of cable for your video component and monitor connections.

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Pioneer VSX-52TX manual Connecting up, About the video converter, When making cable connections

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