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Before making or changing the connections, switch off the power and disconnect the power cord from
the AC outlet.
Easy Setup Guide Part1
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1 Hooking Up Your DVD Player & TV
In order to use Dolby Digital/DTS soundtracks, which are at the heart of home theater, you need to hook up your
DVD player with digital audio connections. You can do this by either a coaxial or an optical connection, you don’t
need to do both. The quality of these two types of connections is the same but since some DVD players only
have one type of digital terminal you need to figure out which yours has and hook it up to the appropriate
terminal on the receiver. In order to do this you will need the proper cable. For coaxial connections you can use a
regular RCA video cord or the specially-made coaxial cords, they have the same type of plugs. For optical
connections you will need a special optical cable which you can buy at your local stereo store. For more
information on cords and cables see page 23. You should also hook up your DVD player with analog audio
connections. Use regular RCA stereo cords for these connections. Also hook up the video connection on your
DVD player, and your TV to this receiver. For your TV it's easiest to use a regular composite (RCA) video cord, as
shown below. It is important that you hook up your TV (or monitor) in order to see a video image as well as the
on screen displays (OSDs) shown by this receiver (for more on this see page16).
Digital Connections
Some DVD players have both coaxial and optical terminals, but there is no need to connect both. If your DVD
player has a coaxial terminal (not a PCM-only output) for the audio out hook it up using this terminal. Follow the
diagram below. This is the best scenario, as you will be able to follow the default settings of this receiver and
won't need to assign the digital inputs (you should use DIGITAL IN 3).
If your DVD player only has an optical terminal for the audio output you can hook it up using one of the DIGITAL
IN terminals between 1-2 (for example, DIGITAL IN 2). In this case, you will need to assign the digital input
(which means tell the receiver which input you used for your DVD digital audio). See page 12 for this.
IN
(TV/
SAT)
1
IN
(CD-R/
TAPE1)
2
IN
3
(DVD/
LD)
IN
4
(CD)
DVD player
OUTPUT
DIGITAL
AUDIO
L
R
ANALOG
VIDEO
OUT
VIDEO
PCM/
2DIGITAL /
DTS/MPEG
OUT1
OUT2
IN
R
L
(TV/
SAT)
1
IN
1
IN
2
IN
(CD-R/
TAPE1)
2
IN
3
(DVD/
LD)
IN
4
(CD)
USB
AUDIO
PLAY
PLAY
CD-R/
TAPE1
VCR1/
DVR
TV/
SAT
IN
DVD/
LD
IN
SUR-
ROUND
BACK
(Single)
(DVD/LD)
(TV/SAT)
FRONT
CENTER
SUR-
ROUND
SUB
WOOFER
PRE OUT
COMPONENT VIDEO
MONITOR OUT
Y
P
B
PR
Y
P
B
PR
Y
P
B
PR
VCR2
CD
PHONO/
LINE
DIGITAL AUDIO AUDIO VIDEO
IN
IN
IN
OUT
OUT
MONITOR OUT
IN
OUT
IN
OUT
IN
OUT
VIDEO S VIDEO
MD/
TAPE2
REC
REC
ASSIGNABLE
MULTI CH IN
RS-232C
MULTI-ROOM
& SOURCE
MULTI-ROOM
& SOURCE
OUT
IN
MONITOR
OUT
CONTROL
75Ω
ANTENNA
AM LOOP
FM UNBAL
R
L
R
L
R
L
L
R
L
R
L
R
MULTI-ROOM
& SOURCE
REMOTE IN
ASSIGNABLE
SUR-
ROUND
BACK
SUR-
ROUND
FRONT
SUB
WOOF-
ER
CEN-
TER
L
R
L
R
L
R
·
ª
·
ª
RL RRLL
FRONT
CENTERSURROUND
SURROUND
BACK
AC OUTLET
12V
TRIGGER
(DC OUT12V/
100mA MAX)
VIDEO INPUT
DVD/
LD
IN
VIDEO S VIDEO
RL
L
R
RCA video cord
RCA video cord
RCA stereo cord
coaxial cord
optical cord
MONITOR
OUT
R
L
(not a PCM-only
output)
You only need to make
one DIGITAL connection.