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Connecting Your Components
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•With connection , you can listen to and record audio from a DVD or listen in Zone 2 or Zone 3.
•To enjoy Dolby Digital and DTS, use connection or . (To record or listen in Zone 2 or Zone 3 as well, 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 .
Connecting a DVD player
Connection AV receiver Signal flow DVD player Picture quality
COMPONENT VIDEO IN 1
⇐
Component video output
Best
DVD IN S
⇐
S-Video output Better
DVD IN V
⇐
Composite video output
Standard
DVD IN L/R
⇐
Analog audio L/R output
DIGITAL COAXIAL IN 1
⇐
Digital coaxial output
DIGITAL OPTICAL IN 1
⇐
Digital optical output
Step 1: Video Connection
Choose a video connection that matches your DVD player ( , , or
), and then make the connection.
If you use connection , you must connect the AV receiver to your TV with the same type of connection.
A B C
A
Step 2: Audio Connection
Choose an audio connection that matches your DVD player ( , , or ), and then make the connection.
a
b c
a
b c
a b a c
a
A
B
C
a
b
c
FRONT R
(BTL)
V
S
MONITOR
OUT
ZONE 2
OUT
RS232
DIGITAL
COAXIAL
OPTICAL
REMOTE
CONTROL
IN 1
IN 1
IN 2
IN IN IN IN
PHONO
FRONT R SURR R CENTER
SURR BACK R
CD TAPE AUX 1
GAME/TV
GAME/TV CBL/SAT
CBL/SAT
AUX 1 VCR/DVR
VCR/DVR DVD
DVD
IR
IN
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
OUT
IN IN
OUT
IN IN FRONT CENTER
SUBWOOFER
SURR
MULTI CH
AM
ANTENNA
OUT
Bi-AMP
ZONE2 R
ASSIGNABLE
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 38.
Connect one
or the other