Pioneer VSX-D309 manual Connecting Digital Components, Digital audio cords/Optical cables

Connecting Your System

Connecting Digital Components

You can connect your audio and video equipment that have digital outputs by either digital or analog hook ups (you don't need to do both). In order to use DVDs with Dolby Digital/DTS soundtracks you need to make either digital audio connections or 5.1 channel analog connections (sse facing page) from your DVD player. You can make digital conections by using either coaxial or optical cords (you don’t need to use both). The quality of these two types of connections is the same but since some digital components only have one type of digital terminal, it is a matter of matching like with like (for example, the coaxial out from the component to coaxial in on the receiver). The VSX-D309 has one coaxial and one optical input for a total of two digital inputs. You can use either for any type of digital component (DVD, CD, CD-R, etc.). The diagram below just gives examples of possible connections.

Always make sure that the receiver is switched off and unplugged from the wall outlet before making or changing any connections.

Set up

R	L
AM LOOP
ANTENNA IN	CD
			CONTROL
O				COAX	OPT
U			OUT	PCM/2/DTS
T
	VCR/	VIDEO		DIGITAL	IN
	DVR
IN		IN	OUT

		TV/		TO	FRONT	CENTER
	IN		IN	MONITOR	SPEAKERS	SPEAKER
		SAT		TV
		DVD		SUB	R	L
	IN	/LD	IN	WOOFER
		FRONT		PREOUT
FM				SURROUND
UNBAL	R	OUT
75Ω	E		R	L
	C	CD-R
FM
ANTENNA		/TAPE
	P	/MD
	L	IN		CENTER
	A
	Y

SUB	DVD 5.1 CH
WOOFER	INPUT

SURROUND
SPEAKERS		AC OUTLET
R	L

DIGITAL	DIGITAL
OUT	OUT

DVD player

CD player

7Digital audio cords/Optical cables

Commercially available digital audio coaxial cords (standard video cords can also be used) or optical cables (not supplied) are used to connect digital components to this receiver.

When you use optical digital input or output terminals, pull off the caps and insert the plugs. Be sure to insert completely.

Digital audio cord	Optical cable
(or standard video cord)

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