8
Connecting Audio/Video Components
You can connect the following audio/video components to this
receiver. Refer also to the manuals supplied with your components.
Audio Components Video Components
• Turntable • VCRs (VCR 1 and VCR 2)
• CD player* • Video camera
• Cassette deck or • TV*
MD recorder* • DBS tuner*
• CD recorder* • DVD player*
• Personal computer (PC)
*
You can connect these components using the methods described in
“Analog Connections” (see below and page 14) and in “Digital
Connections” (see page 13).
Turntable
Analog Connections
Audio component connections
Use the cables with RCA pin plugs (not supplied).
Connect the white plug to the audio left jack, and the red plug to the
audio right jack.
CAUTION:
If you connect a sound-enhancing device such as a graphic equalizer
between the source components and this receiver, the sound output
through this receiver may be distorted.
OUT
(REC)
IN
(PLAY)
IN
(PLAY)
OUT
(REC)
RIGHT
LEFT
PHONO
TAPE
MD
CDR
CD
AUDIO
DVD
SUB
WOOFER
CENTER
SURR
(REAR)
To audio
output
Turntable
If a ground cable is
provided for your turntable,
connect the cable to the
screw marked (H) on the
rear panel.
Note:
This connection is for the turntable with an MM (moving-magnet) type
cartridge.
Any turntables incorporating a small-output cartridge such as an MC
(moving-coil) type must be connected to this receiver through a
commercial head amplifier or step-up transformer. Direct connection
may result in insufficient volume.
Enhancing your audio system
You can use this receiver as the pre-amplifier (control amplifier)
when you connect power amplifiers to the PRE OUT jacks on the
rear panel using cables with RCA pin plugs (not supplied).
Connect the white plug to the audio left jack, and the red plug to the
audio right jack.
Left / Right
Surround back speakers
Left front
speaker
Right front
speaker
Right surround
speaker
Left surround
speaker
Center speaker
Power amplifier
Power amplifier
Power
amplifier
Power amplifier
R
L
CENTER
SURR
SURR BACK
FRONT
SUBWOOFER
PRE OUT
R
L
Note:
If you have selected “1SPK” for the surround back speaker quantity
(see page 22), connect the surround back speaker to the SURR
BACK L (left) jack.
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