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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, such as a DVD player, 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
latter offering the best picture quality.
A video signal connected to a V or S IN jack will be con-
verted—composite video to S-Video or S-Video to com-
posite video—but only for the MONITOR OUT jacks,
not the VIDEO 1 OUT V and S jacks.
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 36).
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
When choosing a connection format, bear in mind that
the AV receiver doesn’t convert between formats.
For example, audio signals connected to an OPTICAL or
COAXIAL digital input are not output by the analog
TAPE OUT, so if you want to record from, for example,
your CD player, in addition to connecting it to a digital
input, you must also connect it to the analog CD IN.
Audio Signal Flow Chart
Connecting Audio and Video Signals to the AV Receiver
Which Connections Should I Use?
: Signal Flow
Video
Video
Audio
Speakers (see page 19
for hookup details)
DVD player, etc.
TV, projector,
etc.
Audio
DVD player,
etc.
AV Receiver
TV, projec-
tor, etc.
Composite
Output
IN
MONITOR OUT
Input
Composite
Composite
Composite
S-Video
S-Video
S-Video
S-Video
Component
Component
Component
Component
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CD player,
etc.
AV Receiver
Cassette
recorder, etc.
Optical
Optical
Coaxial
Coaxial
Analog
Analog
Analog
Multi-
channel
Multi-
channel
IN
Input
OUT
Output