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Connecting Your Components
—Continued
By connecting both the audio and video outputs of your DVD player and other AV components to the AV receiver, you
can switch the audio and video signals simultaneously simply by changing the input source on the AV receiver.
The AV receiver supports several connection formats for compatibility with a wide range of AV equipment. The format
you choose will depend on the formats supported by your other components. Use the following sections as a guide.
For video components, you must make an audio connection and a video connection.
Video Connection Formats
Video equipment can be connected to the AV receiver by
using any one of the following video connection formats:
composite video, S-Video, or component video, the lat-
ter offering the best picture quality.
Composite video to S-Video and S-Video to composite
video conversion only applies to the MONITOR OUT V
and S outputs, not the VIDEO 1 and VIDEO 2 OUT V
and S outputs.
Note:
The AV receiver can be set to upconvert composite
video and S-Video input signals and output them from
the COMPONENT VIDEO OUT (see page 42).
For optimum video performance, THX recommends
that video signals pass through without upconversion
(i.e., Composite video input to Composite video out-
put; S-Video input to S-Video output; Component
video input to Component video output).
Video Signal Flow Chart
Audio Connection Formats
Audio equipment can be connected to the AV receiver by
using any of the following audio connection formats:
analog, optical, coaxial, or analog multichannel.
When choosing a connection format, bear in mind that
the AV receiver does not convert digital input signals for
analog line output and vice versa. For example, audio
signals connected to an OPTICAL or COAXIAL input
are not output by the analog TAPE OUT.
Audio Signal Flow Chart
Connecting Audio and Video Signals to the AV Receiver
: Signal Flow
Video
Video
Audio
Speakers (see page 19 for hookup details)
DVD player, etc.
TV, projector,
etc.
Audio
Which Connections Should I Use?
DVD player,
etc.
AV receiver
TV,
projector,
etc.
Composite
Output
Input
Composite
Composite
Composite
S-Video
S-Video
S-Video
S-Video
Component
Component
Component
Component
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IN
MONITOR OUT
DVD player,
etc.
AV receiver
MD recorder,
etc.
Optical
Output
Input
Optical
Optical
Coaxial
Coaxial
Analog
Analog
Analog
Multichannel
Multichannel
Optical
Analog
IN
OUT