CONNECTIONS

Connecting components

CAUTION

Do not connect this unit or other components to the mains power until all connections between components are completed.

■Signal directions and cable indications

audio signal direction

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

video signal direction

 

 

 

 

 

 

For analog signals

 

 

 

left analog cables

 

 

L

 

right analog cables

 

 

R

 

 

For digital signals

 

 

 

optical cables

 

 

 

O

 

 

 

coaxial cables

 

 

 

C

 

 

 

For video signals

 

 

 

video cables

 

 

 

 

V

 

 

 

 

S video cables

 

 

 

 

 

S

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

V

■Analog jacks

You can input analog signals from audio components by connecting an audio pin cable to each of this unit’s analog jacks. Connect red plugs to the right jacks and white plugs to the left jacks.

■Digital jacks

This unit has digital jacks for direct transmission of digital signals through either coaxial or fiber optic cables. You can use the digital jacks to input PCM, Dolby Digital and DTS bitstreams. When you connect components to both the COAXIAL and OPTICAL jacks, priority is given to the input signals from the COAXIAL jack. COAXIAL jacks are compatible with digital signals with sampling frequencies up to 192 kHz, and OPTICAL jacks with sampling frequencies up to 96 kHz.

Note

This unit handles digital and analog signals independently. Thus, audio signals input to the analog jacks are only output to the analog OUT (REC) jacks. Likewise audio signals input to the digital (OPTICAL or COAXIAL) jacks are only output to the DIGITAL OUTPUT jacks.

■i.LINK jacks

This unit can be connected with i.LINK equipped components using 4-pin, S400 i.LINK cables. This connection enables you to send and receive digital audio at high speed and with high fidelity.

■Video jacks

This unit has three types of video jacks. The signals input through any type of VIDEO IN jack can be output through any of the VIDEO (MONITOR OUT) jacks (automatic video conversion).

COMPONENT VIDEO

Y

PB

S VIDEO

VIDEO

PR

VIDEO jack

For conventional composite video signals.

S VIDEO jack

For S video signals, separated into luminance (Y) and color (C) video signals to achieve high-quality color reproduction.

COMPONENT VIDEO jacks

For component signals, separated into luminance (Y) and color difference (PB, PR) to provide the best quality

in picture reproduction.

Notes

•When signals are input simultaneously through the COMPONENT VIDEO, S VIDEO and VIDEO jacks, the input priority is as follows: COMPONENT VIDEO, S VIDEO then

VIDEO.

•Video signal conversion is only possible for signals input through the COMPONENT VIDEO jack when Resolution is set to 480i/576i. Signals will not be converted when Resolution is set to 480p/576p, 720p or 1080i (see page 72).

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