Connecting your equipment

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Connecting digital audio sources

This receiver has both digital inputs and outputs, allowing you to connect digital components for playback and for making digital recordings. Many digital components also have analog connections for recording analog sources (such as a turntable or tape deck). See Connecting analog audio sources below for more on this.

1Connect a coaxial digital output on your digital component to the DIGITAL 4 (CD) input on this receiver.

•Use a coaxial digital audio cable for the connection.

•If your digital component only has an optical digital output, you can connect it to one of the optical inputs 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 Assigning the digital inputs on page 81).

•The digital outputs from other components can be connected to any spare digital audio inputs on this receiver. You can assign them when setting up the receiver (see Assigning the digital inputs on page 81).

2Connect one of the DIGITAL outputs on this receiver to a digital input on the component.

•Use an optical cable to connect to the DIGITAL OUT1 or OUT2 (OUT2 is shown in the illustration below).

Note

•In order to record some digital sources, you must make analog connections as explained in Connecting analog audio sources below.

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VSX-AX5Ai-S, VSX-AX5Ai-G specifications

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