Other Settings

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Assigning the component video inputs

•Default settings:

Component 1 – DVD Component 2 – TV

Component 3 – DVR

If you used component video cords to connect your video equipment you must tell the receiver which device it is, or else you may see the composite video input instead of the component video signal. For more on this, see Using the component video jacks on page 16.

1Select ‘Component Input’ from the Input Assign menu.

 

4. Input Assign

 

 

 

4b.Component

Input

 

 

 

 

a.Digital

Input

 

 

Component–1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DVD

 

 

 

 

b.Component Input

 

 

 

 

Component–2

[

TV

]

 

 

 

c.HDMI

Input

 

 

 

 

Component–3

[

DVR

]

 

 

 

 

:Return

 

 

 

 

:Finish

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2Select the number of the component

video input to which you’ve connected your video component.

The numbers correspond with the numbers beside the inputs on the rear of the receiver.

3Select the component that corresponds with the one you connected to that input. Select between DVD, TV, DVR or OFF.

• Use

and ENTER to do this.

•If you assign a component input to a certain function, any component inputs previously assigned to that function will automatically be switched off.

•Make sure you have connected the audio from the component to the corresponding inputs on the rear of the receiver.

•If you connect any source component to the receiver using a component video input, you should also have your TV connected to this receiver’s component video MONITOR output (down converting component video is not possible after assigning an input).

4When you’re finished, press RETURN. You return to the Input Assign menu.

Assigning the HDMI inputs

•Default settings: HDMI - 1 – DVD

HDMI - 2 – TV

If you used HDMI to connect your video equipment, you must tell the receiver which input terminal(s) you have used, so that you see the proper video signal when you select the input source.

1Select ‘HDMI Input’ from the Input Assign menu.

4. Input Assign

a.Digital Input b.Component Input c.HDMI Input

:Return

2Select the number of the HDMI input to which you’ve connected your video component.

The numbers correspond with the numbers beside the inputs on the rear of the receiver.

3Select the component that corresponds with the one you connected to that input. Select between DVD, TV, DVR or OFF.

• Use

and ENTER to do this.

•If you assign an HDMI input(s) to a certain function, any HDMI inputs previously assigned to that function will automatically be switched off

•VSX-818V model only: To hear audio from your HDMI component (through this system), you must also make separate audio connections to the corresponding inputs on the rear of the receiver. For more on this, see Connecting using HDMI on page 16.

•If you connect any video component to the receiver using HDMI, you should also have your TV connected to this receiver’s HDMI output.

4When you’re finished, press RETURN. You return to the Input Assign menu.

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