Connecting up

Connecting a DVD player and TV

This page shows you how to connect your DVD player and TV to the receiver.

1

Connect a coaxial digital audio output on

your DVD player to the DIGITAL COAX 1

(DVD/LD) input on this receiver.

Use a coaxial digital audio cable for the

connection.1

2

Connect the composite video output and

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DIGITAL

AUDIO OUT

ANALOG AUDIO OUT

 

OPTICAL

VIDEO IN

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the stereo analog audio outputs2 on your DVD player to the DVD/LD inputs on this receiver.

Use a standard RCA video cable3 and a stereo RCA phono cable for the connection.

If your DVD player has multichannel analog outputs, see Connecting the multichannel analog outputs below for how to connect it.

3 Connect the analog audio outputs from

your TV to the TV/SAT inputs on this receiver.

This will allow you to play the sound from the

DIGITAL OUT

IN

 

AUX

 

OPT

 

 

 

 

 

IN

 

CD

 

OPT

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

(TV/ SAT)

IN

 

DVR /

 

OPT

 

 

VCR

 

1

 

 

 

(CD)

 

 

 

 

ASSIGNABLE

 

 

 

DIGITAL IN

 

 

TV /

 

 

IN

 

 

 

 

SAT

 

XM

 

 

DVD

ASSIGNABLE

IN

 

 

/LD

IN

 

FRONT

 

 

DIGITAL IN

COAX

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

PLAY

 

(DVR/VCR)

IN

 

CD-R

 

COAX

 

/ TAPE

 

 

 

/ MD

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(DVD/LD)

OUT

 

REC

 

 

R

AUDIO

L

FM UNBAL

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OUT

 

 

CONTROL

 

AM

 

 

LOOP

IN

 

ANTENNA

 

 

VIDEO

 

IN

 

 

IN

 

MONITOR

 

 

OUT

D V D

 

 

5.1CH

 

SUB

INPUT

 

IN

 

WOOFER

 

PREOUT

 

 

4

MONITOR OUT

OUT

DVR /

VCR

IN

TV /

SAT

IN

DVD /LD

IN

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TV's built-in tuner. Use a stereo RCA phono

cable to do this.

• If your TV has a built-in digital decoder, you

can also connect an optical digital audio

output from your TV to the DIGITAL OPT 2

(TV/SAT) input on this receiver. Use an

optical cable for the connection.

4 Connect the MONITOR OUT video jack on

this receiver to a video input on your TV.

Use a standard RCA video cable to connect to

the composite video jack.4

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2

 

 

COAXIAL

R AUDIO L

VIDEO OUT

DIGITAL OUT

ANALOG OUT

 

DVD player

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Note

1If your DVD player only has an optical digital output, you can connect it to the optical input on this receiver using an optical cable. When you set up the receiver you'll need to tell the receiver which input you connected the player to (see The Input Assign menu on page 62).

2 This connection will allow you to make analog recordings from your DVD player.

3 For better quality, you can also connect with S-video using the S-VIDEO DVD/LD jack. If your player also has a component video output, you can connect this too. See Using the component video jacks on page 17 for more on this.

4 For better quality, you can also connect with S-video using the S-VIDEO MONITOR OUT jack. See Using the component video jacks on page 17 if you want to use the component video outputs to connect this receiver to your TV.

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Pioneer VSX-917V manual Connecting up Connecting a DVD player and TV, English Deutsch, Français Italiano

VSX-917V specifications

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