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Connecting Your Components
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With this hookup, you can use the tuner in your VCR or DVR to listen to your favorite TV programs
via the AV receiver, which is useful if your TV has no audio outputs.
•With connection , you can listen to the VCR or DVR in Zone 2 or Zone 3.
•To enjoy Dolby Digital and DTS, use connection or . (To listen in Zone 2 or Zone 3 as well, use and
, or and .)
Connecting a VCR or DVR for Playback
Connection AV receiver Signal flow VCR or DVR Picture quality
COMPONENT VIDEO IN 2
⇐
Component video output
Best
VCR/DVR IN S
⇐
S-Video output Better
VCR/DVR IN V
⇐
Composite video output
Standard
VCR/DVR IN L/R
⇐
Analog audio L/R output
DIGITAL COAXIAL IN 2
⇐
Digital coaxial output
DIGITAL OPTICAL IN 1
⇐
Digital optical output
Hint!
Step 1: Video Connection
Choose a video connection that matches your VCR or DVR ( , , 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 VCR or DVR ( , , or ), and then make the connection.
a
b c
a
b c a
b a c
A
B
C
a
b
c
FRONT R
(BTL)
V
S
MONITOR
OUT
ZONE 2
OUT
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
PR S VIDEO
OUT
AUDIO
OUT
VIDEO
OUT
LR
OPTICAL
OUT
b
c
A
B
C
B
a
C
VCR or DVR
Connect one
or the other