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INSTALLATION AND CONNECTIONS

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Installation and Connections

7. If another component video device is avail-
able, connect it to the

Video 2 Component

Video Input

jacks

. The audio connections for

this device should be made to either the

Video

2 Input

jacks

or any of the

Coaxial

Optical Digital Input

jacks

8. If the component video inputs are used,
connect the

Component Video Output

the component video inputs of your TV, projector
or display device.

9. If you have a camcorder, video game or other
audio/video device that is connected to the AVR
on a temporary, rather than permanent basis,
connect the audio, video and digital audio out-
puts of that device to the

Front Panel Inputs

*ÓÔ

. A device connected to the

Video 3

jacks

is selected as the Video 3 input, and

connected to the digital jacks

*Ó

it is

selected as "Optical 3" or "Coaxial 3" input.
(See page 18 for more information on input
configuration.)

Video Connection Notes:

• Y/Pr/Pb Component, RGB (see page 12), or

Composite video signals may only be viewed in
their native formats and will not be converted
to the other formats. S-Video signals will be
converted to composite signal. The OSD can be
viewed on the TV screen in any case, with
Video or S-Video input selected on the TV.

• When the component video jacks are used, the

on-screen menus will not be visible. You must
switch to the standard composite or
S-Video input on your TV to view those menus.

• All component inputs/outputs can be used for

RGB signals too, in the same way as described
for the Y/Pr/Pb signals, then connected to the
jacks with the corresponding color.
But this is only correct as long as only the
three RGB video signals are output by the
video source, with a sync signal in the "G"
signal only, without any sync signal output
separately by the source.

SCART A/V Connections

For the connections described above your video
device needs RCA (cinch) connectors or/and S-
Video connectors for all Audio and Video signals:
Any normal video device (Not SVHS or High 8)
for only playback needs 3 RCA jacks, VCRs for
record and playback even 6 RCA jacks. Any
S-Video device (SVHS, High 8) needs 2 RCA
(Audio) and 1 S-Video jack (Video), if it´s a play-
back unit, or 4 RCA (Audio In/Out) and
2 S-Video (Video In/Out) jacks, if it´s a recording
VCR.

Many european video devices are equipped with
RCA (Cinch) or S-Video jacks only partially, not
for all audio and video in/outputs needed as
described above, but with a so called Scart or
Euro-AV connector (almost rectangular jack with
21 pins, see drawings on next page).

In that case the following Scart to Cinch
adapters or cables are needed:

• Units for playback, such as satellite receivers,

camcorders, DVD or LD players, need an
adapter from Scart to 3 RCA plugs, see fig. 1
(normal video devices) or from Scart to 2
RCA+1 S-Video plugs, see fig. 4 (S-Video
devices).

• HiFi VCRs need an adapter from Scart to 6 RCA

plugs, see fig. 2 (normal video), or from Scart
to 4 Audio+2S-Video jacks, see fig. 5
(S-Video VCR). Read carefully the instruction
attached to the adapter to find which of the six
plugs is used for the record signal to the VCR
(connect with the AVR´s Out jacks) and for the
playback signal from the VCR (connect with
the AVR´s In jacks). Do not misconnect Audio
and Video signals. Don´t hesitate to consult
your dealer, if you are uncertain.

• If you use only normal video devices the TV

monitor needs an adapter from 3 RCA plugs to
Scart (fig. 3) only. If also S-Video devices are
used an adapter from 2 RCA+1S-Video plugs
to Scart is needed additionally (fig. 6), connect-
ed to the SCART input on your TV that is pro-
vided for S-Video.

Note that only the video plugs (the "yellow"
cinch plug in fig. 3 and the S-Video plug in
fig. 6) must be connected to the

TV Monitor

Output

, and the volume on the TV must be

reduced to minimum.

2. Although any video device may be connected
to these jacks, we recommend connecting your
video recorder to the

Audio 1 Audio/Video

Input Jacks

so that you may take

advantage of the fact that the remote control is
preprogrammed with video recorder product
codes for the Video 1 device.
For the same reason, we recommend connecting
your cable TV converter or satellite receiver to
the

Video 2 Audio/Video Input Jacks

3. Connect the analog audio and video outputs
of a DVD or laser disc player to the

DVD

jacks

4. Connect the digital audio outputs of a CD,
MD or DVD player, satellite receiver, cable box or
HDTV converter to the appropriate

Optical

Coaxial Digital Inputs

*Ó

Remember that the DVD source defaults to the

Coaxial 1 Digital Input

. All other sources

default to their analog inputs, although any
source may be assigned to any digital audio
input on the receiver.

NOTE:

When connecting a device such as a

digital cable box or other set-top tuner product
with a digital audio output, we recommend that
you connect both the digital and analog outputs
of the product to your AVR. The audio input
polling feature of the AVR will then be able to
make certain that you have a constant audio
feed, since it will automatically switch the audio
input to the analog jacks if the digital feed is
interrupted or not available for a particular
channel.

5. Connect the

Composite

and

S-Video

(if

S-Video device is in use)

Monitor Output

jacks on the receiver to the composite and
S-Video input of your television monitor or video
projector.

6. If your DVD player and monitor both have
component video connections, connect the com-
ponent outputs of the DVD player to the

Video

1 Component Video Inputs

. Note that