Connecting up

03

Connecting the multichannel analog outputs

For DVD Audio and SACD playback, your DVD player may have 5.1 channel analog outputs. In this case, you can connect them to the multi- channel analog outputs to the multichannel inputs of this receiver as shown below.1

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1 Connect a set of audio/video outputs on

 

the set-top box component to the TV/SAT

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AUDIO and VIDEO inputs on this receiver.2

 

Use a stereo RCA phono cable for the audio

 

connection and a standard RCA video cable

 

for the video connection.3

 

 

2 If your set-top box has a digital output,

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connect it to a digital input on this receiver.

The example shows an optical connection to

HDMI

(DVD/BD) IN 1

(ASSIGNABLE)

(TV/SAT) IN 2

OUT

DIGITAL IN

COAX 1

(DVD/BD)

(ASSIGNABLE)

IN

AUX

 

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the DIGITAL OPT 2 (TV/SAT) input.4

 

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AUX

 

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R

L

 

FM UNBAL

 

 

 

 

 

IN

CD

 

 

 

DIGITAL IN

 

 

 

 

 

(DVD/BD) IN 1

 

 

 

 

CONTROL

OPT

 

 

 

 

OUT

 

IN

CD-R

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

(TV/SAT)

(ASSIGNABLE)

 

/TAPE

 

 

 

 

 

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IN

OPT

 

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(TV/SAT) IN 2

 

 

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1

 

 

 

 

 

 

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IN

DVD/BD

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(ASSIGNABLE)

 

 

FRONT

 

 

 

 

 

DVD5.1

/BD IN

 

WOOFER

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PREOUT

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CHINPUT

 

 

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OUT

 

TV

TV

 

MONITOR

IN

 

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/SAT IN

 

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DVR

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OUTPUT

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DVD/multi-channel decoder with multi-channel analog output jacks

The illustration shows the VSX-918V, but connections for the VSX-818V are the same.

Connecting a satellite receiver or other digital set-top box

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

(ASSIGNABLE)

AUDIO

VIDEO

 

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2

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R AUDIO L

VIDEO

COAXIAL

OPTICAL

 

AV OUT

DIGITAL OUT

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STB

The illustration shows the VSX-918V, but connections for the VSX-818V are the same.

Note

1The multichannel input can only be used when DVD 5.1ch is selected (see page 36).

2If you’ve already connected your TV to the TV/SAT inputs, simply choose another input. However, to receive a signal, you’ll need to press the input select button for the input you connected the set-top box to.

3See Using the component video jacks on page 16 if your set-top box also has a component video output.

4If your set-top box only has a coaxial digital output, you can connect it to the coaxial input on this receiver using a coaxial digital audio cable. When you set up the receiver you’ll need to tell the receiver which input you connected the set-top box to (see The Input Assign menu on page 64).

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Pioneer VSX-818V-K Connecting up, Connecting the multichannel analog outputs, Italiano, Français, VSX-918V Nederlands

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