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Connecting Your Components—Continued
• With connection , you can listen to and record audio from a DVD and listen via speaker set B.
• To enjoy Dolby and DTS listening modes, use connection or . (For recording, use and , or and .)
• To enjoy DVD-Audio or SACD playback with a compatible player, use connection .
• If your DVD player has stereo left and right outputs and multichannel left and right outputs, be sure to use the
stereo left and right outputs for connection .
Connecting a DVD player
Connection AV receiver Signal flow DVD player Picture quality
COMPONENT VIDEO DVD IN
⇐
Component video output Best
DVD IN S
⇐
S-Video output Better
DVD IN V
⇐
Composite video output Standard
Y
P
B
PR
Y
P
B
PR
COMPONENT VIDEO
DVD IN
COMPONENT VIDEO
S VIDEO OUT
OUT
IN
DVD
VIDEO OUT
IN
V
S
DVD
Step 1: Video Connection
Choose a connection that matches your DVD player ( , , or
), and then make the connection.
A B C
DVD player
A
B
C
Your TV must be con-
nected to the AV
receiver via the same
type of connection.
A
B
C
Connection AV receiver Signal flow DVD player
DVD IN FRONT
⇐
Analog audio L/R output
DIGITAL IN COAXIAL
⇐
Digital coaxial output
DIGITAL IN OPTICAL 1
⇐
Digital optical output
DVD IN FRONT, SURROUND,
CENTER, and SUBWOOFER
⇐
Analog multichannel output
OPTICAL
1
OPTICAL
OUT
AUDIO
OUT
LR
DIGITAL IN
COAXIAL
COAXIAL
OUT
FRONT
SURROUND
DVD
SUB
WOOFER
CENTER
R
L
FRONT
SURR
SUB
WOOFER
CENTER
R
L
L
R
FRONT
DVD
c
Step 2: Audio Connection
Choose a connection that matches your DVD player ( , , , or ), and then make the connection.
a b
c
d
DVD player
a
b
c
d
Connect one
or the other
a
b
c a b a c
d
a
b
c
d
a