Displays & Controls

Rear Panel

1

4

5

7

R

L

 

ANTENNA

 

FRONT

 

SPEAKERS

CENTER

 

SURROUND

DVD

 

1

AM LOOP

FM UNBAL 75

R

 

L

R

L

 

 

 

 

IN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MONITOR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

R

L

 

ANTENNA

 

FRONT

SPEAKERS CENTER R

SURROUND

DVD

 

1

AM LOOP FM UNBAL 75

R

L

L

IN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MONITOR

 

 

 

 

 

TV/

 

OUT

 

 

 

 

 

SAT

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

IN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DIGITAL

 

R

L

 

 

 

 

(OPTICAL) VCR

 

 

 

 

 

 

VCR

 

 

 

 

 

IN

 

OUT

 

 

 

 

 

R

L

 

SUB

IN OUT

AC IN

AUDIO

VIDEO

AUDIO

WOOFER

CONTROL

 

OUT

 

 

R

L

 

 

VCR

VCR

 

 

 

IN

OUT

 

 

 

R

L

SUB

IN

OUT

3

 

 

WOOFER

CONTROL

 

 

OUT

8

AC IN

TV/

 

6

 

9

 

 

 

 

SAT

IN

2

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1DVD input terminals (connect a DVD player here, see page 11)

Use these terminals to input the signal from a DVD player (or another kind of video player, if you choose). Make sure to connect to the video terminals and both the analog and optical digital terminals for audio. To be able to play Dolby Digital and other surround soundtracks you need to make digital connections. To do this use the optical digital

terminal here.

2TV/SAT input terminals (connect a TV/SAT set top box here, see page 12)

Use these terminals to input a TV/SAT signal (or from another kind of source, if you choose). Make

sure to connect to the video terminals and both the analog and optical digital terminals for audio. To be able to play MPEG and other surround soundtracks you need to make digital connections. To do this use the optical digital terminal here.

3VCR IN/OUT terminals (connect a VCR here, see page 13)

Use these terminals to input and output the video signal from a VCR (or a video camera, DVD recorder, etc.). These are analog jacks.

4MONITOR output terminals (connect a TV or monitor here, see page 11)

Use these terminals to output the signal from the above terminals 1, 2 or 3 and FRONT. These are video jacks. MONITOR 2 outputs the same signal as MONITOR 1.

5RADIO antenna terminals

Connect AM or FM antennas here (see page 16).

6SUBWOOFER output terminals

Use this terminal to connect a powered subwoofer to

the receiver (see page 14).

7SPEAKER terminals

Use these terminals to connect speakers to the receiver (see page 14).

8CONTROL IN/OUT terminal

You can use this jack to hook up other PIONEER equipment, that bears the Î mark, so that you can

control them all with the remote control for this receiver (see page 17).

9AC IN (Power In)

Hook up the power cord to this terminal.

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Pioneer VSX-C300-S manual Rear Panel, Displays & Controls

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