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Connecting Your Components
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By connecting both the audio and video outputs of your DVD player and other AV components to the AV controller,
you can switch the audio and video signals simultaneously simply by changing the input source on the AV controller.
The AV controller 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, you must make an audio connection and a video connection.
Video Connection Formats
Video equipment can be connected to the AV controller by using any one of the following video connection formats:
composite video, S-Video, component video, or HDMI, the latter offering the best picture quality.
The AV controller can upconvert and downconvert between video formats, depending on the HDMI Monitor setting,
which generally determines whether video signals are upconverted for the component video output or the HDMI output.
For optimal video performance, THX recommends that video signals pass through the system without upconver-
sion (e.g., component video input through to component video output). It’s also recommended that you set the
Immediate Display preference to Off (page 105).
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HDMI Monitor Setting Set to Main or Sub
With the HDMI Monitor setting set to Main or
Sub (see page 45), video input signals flow
through the AV controller as shown, with com-
posite video, S-Video, and component video
sources all being upconverted for the HDMI
output.
Use this setting if you connect the AV
controller’s HDMI OUT to your TV.
The composite video, S-Video, and component
video outputs pass through their respective
input signals as they are.
Connecting Audio and Video Signals to the AV Controller
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Seven Channel Amplifier
RDA-7.1
: Signal Flow
Video
Video
Audio
Power amplifier and speakers
(see page 20 for hookup details)
DVD player, etc.
TV, projector,
etc.
Audio
Which Connections Should I Use?
IN
MONITOR OUT
DVD player, etc.
AV controller
TV, projector, etc.
Composite S-Video Component
Video Signal Flow Chart
HDMI
Composite S-Video Component
HDMI