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Connecting the DTR-8.4
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• Read the manuals supplied with your AV components.
• Don’t connect the power cord until you’ve completed
all audio and video connections.
Optical Digital Inputs
The DTR-8.4’s optical digital inputs have shutter-type
covers that open when an optical plug is inserted, and
close when it’s removed. Push plugs in all the way.
RCA/phono AV Connection Color Coding
RCA/phono AV connections are usually color coded:
red, white, and yellow. Use red plugs to connect right-
channel audio inputs and outputs (typically labeled “R”).
Use white plugs to connect left-channel audio inputs and
outputs (typically labeled “L”). And use yellow plugs to
connect composite video inputs and outputs.
• Push plugs in all the way to make
good connections (loose connec-
tions can cause noise or malfunc-
tions).
•To prevent interference, keep
audio and video cables away from
power cords and speaker cables.
Before Making Any Connections
Right (red)
Left (white)
(Yellow)
Analog audio
Composite video
Right (red)
Left (white)
(Yellow)
Right!
Wrong!
AV Cables & Sockets
Video
Cable Socket Description
Component
video cable
Component video separates the luminance (Y) and
color difference signals (P
R
, P
B
), providing the best
picture quality. Some TV manufacturers label their
component video sockets differently.
S-Video cable
S-Video separates the luminance and color signals
and provides better picture quality than composite
video.
Composite
video cable
Composite video is the most common video con-
nection format and is found on virtually all TVs,
VCRs, and video equipment.
Audio
Cable Socket Description
Optical digital
audio cable
Offers the best sound quality and allows you to
enjoy surround sound (e.g., Dolby Digital, DTS).
The audio quality is the same as for coaxial.
Coaxial digital
audio cable
Offers the best sound quality and allows you to
enjoy surround sound (e.g., Dolby Digital, DTS).
The audio quality is the same as for optical.
Analog audio
cable (RCA/
phono)
This cable carries analog audio. It’s the most com-
mon connection format for analog audio, and can be
found on virtually all AV components.
Multichannel
analog audio
cable (RCA/
phono)
This cable carries multichannel analog audio and
it’s typically used to connect DVD players with
individual 5.1/7.1 analog audio outputs. Several
normal analog audio cables can be used as an alter-
native to a multichannel cable.
Y
P
R
P
B
P
R
P
B
Y
Y
P
B
PR
S VIDEO
VIDEO
OPT
COAX
LR
AUDIO
R
L
MULTI CH
INPUT
FRONT
SUB
SURR
SURR
BACK
CENTER
R
L