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Connecting Your Components
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With this hookup, you can use your satellite or cable receiver to listen to your favorite TV programs
via the AV receiver, which is useful if your TV has no audio outputs.
•With connection , you can listen to and record audio from the video source or listen in Zone 2 or Zone 3.
•To enjoy Dolby Digital and DTS, use connection or . (To record or listen in Zone 2 or Zone 3 as well, use
and , or and .)
Connecting a Satellite, Cable, or Terrestrial Set-top box or Other Video Source
Connection AV receiver Signal flow Video source Picture quality
COMPONENT VIDEO IN 3
⇐
Component video output Best
CBL/SAT IN S
⇐
S-Video output Better
CBL/SAT IN V
⇐
Composite video output Standard
CBL/SAT IN L/R
⇐
Analog audio L/R output
DIGITAL COAXIAL IN 3
⇐
Digital coaxial output
DIGITAL OPTICAL IN 2
⇐
Digital optical output
Hint!
Step 1: Video Connection
Choose a video connection that matches the video source ( , , or
), and then make the connection.
If you use connection , you must connect the AV receiver to your TV with the same type of connection.
A B C
A
Step 2: Audio Connection
Choose an audio connection that matches the video source ( , , or ), and then make the connection.
a
b c
a
b c
a b a c
A
B
C
a
b
c
RS232
DIGITAL
COAXIAL
OPTICAL
REMOTE
CONTROL
IN 1
IN 1
IN 2
IN IN IN IN
PHONO
ZONE2 R FRONT R FRONT LSURR R CENTER SURR L
SURR BACK R
CD TAPE AUX 1
GAME/TV
GAME/TV CBL/SAT
CBL/SAT
AUX 1 VCR/DVR
VCR/DVR DVD
DVD
GND
IN 2
IN 3
LL
V
S
RR
ASSIGNABLE
(DVD)
(CBL/SAT)
(VCR/DVR)
(GAME/TV)
(CD)
OUT
HDMI
IN 1IN 2IN 3
ASSIGNABLE
OUT
COMPONENT VIDEO
ASSIGNABLE
IN 3
Y
C
B
/P
B
C
R
/P
R
IN 2 IN
1(DVD)
MONITOR
OUT 1
OUT
IN IN
OUT
IN IN FRONT FRONTCENTER
SUBWOOFER SUBWOOFER
CENTERSURR SURR
MULTI CH
PRE OUT
SURR BACK SURR BACK
AM
ANTENNA
FM75
Bi-AMP
MONITOR OUT 2
/ZONE 2 OUT
AB
IR
12V TRIGGER OUT
IN
AB
OUT
V
S
MONITOR
OUT
ZONE 2
OUT
C
YCOAXIAL
OUT
PB
COMPONENT VIDEO OUT
P
R S VIDEO
OUT
AUDIO
OUT
VIDEO
OUT
LR
OPTICAL
OUT
b
c
A
B
C
B
a
C
Satellite, cable, set-top box, etc.
Connect one
or the other