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Connecting Your Components
—Continued
•With connection , you can play and record or listen in Zone 2 or Zone 3.
•To connect the recorder digitally for playback, use connections and , or and .
•To connect the recorder digitally for recording, use connection .
You can connect a balanced audio source to the AV controller’s BALANCE L/R XLR jacks by using two XLR audio
cables. To use the balanced input, you must assign it to an input selector (see page 51). If you connect a mono source,
use the BALANCE L XLR jack and set the Balance Input setting to Mono (see page 51). The AV controller’s balanced
INPUT XLR jacks are wired as shown.
Connecting a Cassette, CDR, MiniDisc, or DAT Recorder
Connection AV controller Signal flow Cassette, CDR, MD, or DAT recorder
TAPE IN L/R
TAPE OUT L/R
⇐
⇒
Analog audio L/R output
Analog audio L/R input
DIGITAL COAXIAL IN 2
⇐
Digital coaxial output
DIGITAL OPTICAL IN 2
⇐
Digital optical output
DIGITAL OPTICAL OUT
⇒
Digital optical input
Connecting a Balanced Audio Source
RS232
DIGITAL
COAXIAL
OPTICAL
REMOTE
CONTROL
IN 1
IN 1
IN 2
IN IN IN IN
PHONO
CD TAPE AUX 1
GAME/TV
GAME/TV CBL/SAT
CBL/SAT
AUX 1 VCR/DVR
VCR/DVR DVD
DVD
IN 2
IN 3
L L
V
S
R R
ASSIGNABLE
(DVD)
(CBL/SAT)
(VCR/DVR)
(GAME/TV)
(CD)
OUT
COMPONENT VIDEO
ASSIGNABLE
IN 3
Y
C
B
/P
B
C
R
/P
R
IN 2 IN
1(DVD)
MONITOR
OUT 1
OUT
IN IN
OUT
IN IN FRONT FRONTCENTER
SUBWOOFER SUBWOOFER
CENTERSURR SURR
MULTI CH
PRE OUT
SURR BACK SURR BACK
AC INLET
ETHERNET
MONITOR OUT 2
/ZONE 2 OUT
ZONE 2 ZONE 3
PRE OUT
L
R
SW
AB
IR
12V TRIGGER OUT
IN
AB
OUT
V
S
MONITOR
OUT
ZONE 2
OUT
C
GND
HDMI
IN 1IN 2IN 3IN 4
ASSIGNABLE
OUT
MAIN
OUT
SUB
COLD
HOT GND
12
3
INPUT
BALANCE R FRONT R FRONT LSURR R
CENTER SURR L
SURR BACK R
Bi-AMP
MONO
BALANCE L
SIRIUS
XM
COAXIAL
IN 2
COAXIAL
OUT
AUDIO
IN
LR
OPTICAL
OUT
OPTICAL
IN 2
OPTICAL
IN
L
R
IN
TAPE
AUDIO
OUT
LR
L
R
TAPE
OPTICAL
b
c
a
a
d
Step 1:
Choose a connection that matches your recorder ( , , , or ), and then make the connection.
a b c d
Cassette, CDR, MD, etc.
Connect one
or the other
a
a b a c
d
a
b
c
d
SIRIUS
XM
RS232
DIGITAL
COAXIAL
OPTICAL
REMOTE
CONTROL
IN 1
IN 1
IN 2
IN IN IN IN
PHONO
CD TAPE AUX 1
GAME/TV
GAME/TV CBL/SAT
CBL/SAT
AUX 1 VCR/DVR
VCR/DVR DVD
DVD
GND
IN 2
IN 3
LL
V
S
RR
ASSIGNABLE
(DVD)
(CBL/SAT)
(VCR/DVR)
(GAME/TV)
(CD)
OUT
COMPONENT VIDEO
ASSIGNABLE
IN 3
Y
C
B
/P
B
C
R
/P
R
IN 2 IN
1(DVD)
MONITOR
OUT 1
OUT
IN IN
OUT
IN IN FRONT FRONTCENTER
SUBWOOFER SU
C
SURR
MULTI CH
SURR BACK
MONITOR OUT 2
/ZONE 2 OUT
AB
IR
1
2
IN
AB
OUT
V
S
MONITOR
OUT
ZONE 2
OUT
C
HDMI
IN 1IN 2IN 3IN 4
ASSIGNABLE
OUT
MAIN
OUT
SUB
COLD
HOT GND
12
3
INPUT
BALANCE R FRONT R FRONT LSURR R
CENTER SURR L
SURR BACK R
Bi-AMP
BALANCE L
MONO
COLD
HOT GND
12
3
INPUT
BALANCE R
BALANCE L
MONO
COLD
HOT GND
12
3
Stereo audio source with
balanced XLR output