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Connecting Your Components—Continued
In addition to video playback, with this hookup, you can use your VCR’s tuner to listen to your favorite TV programs
via the AV receiver, useful if your TV has no audio outputs.
If you have two video recorders (e.g., a VCR and a DVD recorder), connect one recorder to the VIDEO 1 IN jacks, as
shown here, and connect the other recorder to the VIDEO 2 IN jacks in the same way.
• With connection , you can listen to the VCR or DVD recorder even in Zone 2.
• To enjoy Dolby Digital and DTS, use connection or . (To listen in Zone 2 as well, use and , or and
.)
Connecting a VCR or DVD Recorder for Playback
Connection AV receiver Signal flow VCR or DVD recorder Picture quality
COMPONENT VIDEO IN 2
⇐
Component video output Best
VIDEO 1 IN S
⇐
S-Video output Better
VIDEO 1 IN V
⇐
Composite video output Standard
VIDEO 1 IN L/R
⇐
Analog audio L/R output
DIGITAL COAXIAL IN 2
⇐
Digital coaxial output
DIGITAL OPTICAL IN 1
⇐
Digital optical output
Step 1: Video Connection
Choose a video connection that matches your VCR or DVD recorder ( , , 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 DVD recorder ( , , or ), and then make the connection.
a b c
a
b c a b a
c
A
B
C
a
b
c
COAXIAL
IN 2
YCOAXIAL
OUT
PB
COMPONENT VIDEO OUT
P
R S VIDEO
OUT
AUDIO
OUT
VIDEO
OUT
VIDEO 1
IN
V
S
VIDEO 1
IN
LR
OPTICAL
OUT
OPTICAL
IN 1
Y
P
B
PR
COMPONENT VIDEO
IN 2
L
R
IN
VIDEO 1
b
c
A
B
C
B
a
C
VCR,
DVD recorder
Connect one
or the other