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Connecting the AV Receiver—Continued
• With connection , you can listen to and record audio from a DVD and listen in Zone 2.
• 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 .
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 FRONT
⇐
Analog audio L/R output
DIGITAL COAXIAL IN 1
⇐
Digital coaxial output
DIGITAL OPTICAL IN 3
⇐
Digital optical output
Step 1: Video Connection
Choose a video connection that matches your DVD player ( , , or
), and then make the connection.
You must connect the AV receiver to your TV via the same type of connection.
A B C
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
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 26.
Connect one or the other
Connection must be assigned (see page 44)
c