Connecting up
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Connecting digital components
The easiest way to hook up this receiver for surround sound is to use a digital input. You can do
this by either coaxial or optical connections (you do not need to do both). The quality of these
two types of connections is the same but since some digital components only have one type of
digital terminal, it is a matter of matching like with like (for example, the coaxial output from the
component to coaxial input on the receiver). The VSX-D712 has three digital inputs on the rear
panel (two coaxial inputs and an optical input) and the VSX-D812 has four (two coaxial inputs
and two optical inputs). Connect your digital components to the rear panel as shown below.
There is one digital output jack which is marked
DIGITAL OUT
. If you connect this to the optical
input on a digital recorder (currently these include MD, DAT and CD-R) you can make direct
digital recordings with this unit.
When connecting your equipment, always make sure the power is turned off and the power cord
is disconnected from the AC outlet.
• The arrows indicate the direction of the signal.
*
The illustration shows the VSX-D812, but connections for the VSX-D712 are the same.
MONITOR O
Y
P
B
VCR /
DVR
T V /
SAT
DVD /
LD
CONTROL
OUT
IN
AM
LOOP
FM UNBAL
75
Ω
IN
IN
IN
IN
IN
IN
SURROUND BACK
COMPONENT
VIDEO
MONITOR
OUT
MONITOR OUT
SUB W.
SURROUND
CEN-
TER
S-VIDEO
OUT
OUT
VIDEO
SUB W.
R
AUDIO
L
IN
IN
IN
IN
IN
OUT
DIGITAL
OUT
DIGITAL
IN
OUT
IN
OPT
OPT
COAX
COAX
OPT
AUX
CD
L
R
L
R
VCR /
DVR
TV /
SAT
(TV /
SAT)
(CD-R/TAPE/MD)
(DVD
/LD)
(CD)
DVD
/ LD
PLAY
CD-R
/ TAPE
/ MD
FRONT
PREOUT
ASSIGNABLE
REC
1
2
1
2
ANTENNA
D V D
7.1CH
INPUT
A
FRONT
R
L
S
P
E
A
K
E
R
S
D V D
7.1CH
INPUT
DIGITAL OUT
COAX
OUT
DIGITAL
DIGITAL OUT
COAX
DIGITAL
IN
DIGITAL
OUT
This receiver*
VSX-D812 only
CD recorder
Satellite tuner
CD player
DVD player
