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AVR
Making Connections
C
onnect Your Audio and Video Source Device
s
Source devices are components where a playback signal originates, e.g. a Blu-ray
Disc™ or DVD player; a cable, satellite or HDTV tuner; etc. Your AVR has several different
t
ypes of input connectors for your audio and video source devices: HDMI, component
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he connectors are not labeled for specific types of source devices; they are labeled
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Your AVR’s various source buttons have default assi
g
nments to different input connectors
(
listed in the “Default
C
onnector
(
s
)
” column of the table below
)
. For ease of setup, you
should connect each source device to the connector where the correspondin
g
default
source button is assi
g
ned
(
e.
g
., connect your Blu-ray Disc player to HDMI 1
)
.
However, you can connect your source devices as you wish and re-assign any of the
input connections to any of the
S
ource Buttons listed in the table according to where you
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ctuall
y
connect each of
y
our source devices.
A
s you connect your various source devices, fill out the “Connected Component” column
in the table – it will make it easier
f
or you to assi
g
n the various source buttons a
f
ter
y
ou have completed makin
g
all o
f
the connections.
(
You will make any chan
g
es to the
source-button assi
g
nments and fill in the “Assi
g
ned Connector
(
s
)
” column later in the
setup process.
)
Note: You cannot assign connectors to the Network, Radio and USB source buttons
.
Source Button Default Connector(s) Assigned Connector(s) Connected Device
Disc HDMI 1
Cable/Sat HDMI 2
Game HDMI 3
Media Server HDMI 4
DVR HDMI 5
TV None/Optical Digital Audio 1
Aux HDMI Front
A (red) HDMI 6
B (green) HDMI 7
C (yellow) Composite Video 1/Analog Audio 1
D (blue) Composite Video 2/Analog Audio 2
Monitor Output Connector Connected Device
HDMI Out 1
HDMI Out 2
(AVR 3700/AVR 370 only)
Composite Video Monitor Out
Record Output Connector Connected Device
Analog Audio Rec Out
Source Buttons and Assigned Connectors