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Connecting Your Components
—Continued
With this hookup, you can use your satellite or cable receiver to listen to your favorite TV programs
via the AV receiver, useful if your TV has no audio outputs.
Connecting a Satellite, Cable, Set-top box, or Other Video Source
Connection AV receiver Signal flow Video source Picture quality
COMPONENT VIDEO CBL/SAT IN
(TX-SR505/TX-SR505E/TX-
SR8550)
or
COMPONENT VIDEO IN 3
(TX-SR575)
⇐
Component video output Best
CBL/SAT IN S
⇐
S-Video output Better
CBL/SAT IN V
⇐
Composite video output
Standard
CBL/SAT IN L/R
⇐
Analog audio L/R output
DIGITAL IN COAXIAL 2
⇐
Digital coaxial output
DIGITAL IN OPTICAL 1
⇐
Digital optical output
Hint!
Step 1: Choose a video connection from , , and .
TX-SR505/TX-SR505E/TX-SR8550: You must connect the AV receiver to your TV via the same type of con-
nection.
Step 2: Choose an audio connection from , , and .
•With connection , you can listen to and record audio from the video source and listen via speaker set B.
•To enjoy Dolby Digital and DTS, use connection or . (For recording, use and , or and .)
A B
C
a b c
a
b
c
a b a c
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
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
FR
O
SPEA
K
SURROUND BACK
SPEAKERS
SURROUND
SPEAKERS
FRONT
SPEAKERS
A
REMOTE
CONTROL
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
Satellite, cable, set-top box, etc.
Connect one or the other
Connection must be assigned (see page 39)
c