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Connecting Your Components
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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
DVD IN FRONT
⇐
Analog audio L/R output
DIGITAL IN COAXIAL 1
⇐
Digital coaxial output
DIGITAL IN OPTICAL 1
⇐
Digital optical output
Step 1: Choose a video connection from , , and .
You must connect the AV receiver to your TV via the same type of connection.
Step 2: Choose an audio connection from , , and .
•With connection , you can listen to and record audio from a DVD and listen via speaker set B.
•To enjoy Dolby Digital and DTS, use connection or . (For recording, use and , or and .)
• If your DVD player has main left and right outputs and multichannel left and right outputs, be sure to use the
main left and right outputs for connection .
A B
C
a b
c
a
b
c
a
b
a c
a
A
B
C
a
b
c
OUT
OUT
CBL/SAT IN
IN IN IN
IN
IN
IN IN
VCR/DVR IN
DVD IN
OUT
COMPONENT VIDEO
Y
C
B/PB
CR/PR
L
R
L
R
ANTENNA
FM
AM
75
SUB
WOOFER
FRONT
SURROUND
SURR BACK
CENTER
CD
RR
LL
TAPE
OUT
XM
SIRIUS
CBL/SAT
CBL/SAT
VCR/DVR
VCR/DVR
DVD
DVD
R
L
R
L
S
V
R
L
MONITOR
OUT
S
V
PRE OUT
SUB
WOOFER
FRONT
SPEAKERS
SURROUND BACK
SPEAKERS
SURROUND
SPEAKERS
FRONT
SPEAKERS A
REMOTE
CONTROL
IN 1IN 2
OUT
HDMI
ASSIGNABLE
ASSIGNABLE
COAX-
IAL
OPTICAL
1
(DVD)
2
(CBL/SAT)
1
(VCR/DVR)
2
(CD)
DIGITAL IN
YCOAXIAL
OUT
PB
COMPONENT VIDEO OUT
P
R S VIDEO
OUT
AUDIO
OUT
VIDEO
OUT
LR
OPTICAL
OUT
b
c
A
B
C
B
a
C
DVD player
To connect a DVD player or DVD-Audio/SACD-capable player with a
multichannel analog audio output, see page 28.
Connect one or the other
Connection must be assigned (see page 41)
c