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PREP
ARA
TION
Digital Connections
In order to use Dolby Digital/DTS soundtracks which are at the heart of home theater you need to make
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 digital components only
have one type of digital terminal, it is a matter of matching like with like (for example, the coaxial out from
the component to coaxial in on the receiver). The VSX-39TX has two coaxial and three optical inputs for a
total of five digital inputs. A DVD/LD player or LD player should be connected to a digital jack and the
special
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RF jack (if the LD has one) as well as a pair of analog jacks (see the next page). If possible hook
up your digital equipment in accordance with this receiver's default settings, see "Digital Input Assign-
ment", below left, in order to do this. We also recommend hooking up your digital components to analog
audio jacks in order to make recording from some digital sources which may be copy protected.
Connect your digital components as shown below.
There are two optical digital out jacks (the MD recorder is connected to one in the diagram below). 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.
Before making or changing the connections, switch off the power and disconnect the power cord from
the AC outlet.
*The arrows indicate the direction of the audio signal.
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Coaxial cords/Optical cables
Commercially available digital audio coaxial
cords (standard video cords can also be used) or
optical cables (not supplied) are used to connect
digital components to this receiver.
When you use optical digital input or output
terminals, pull off the caps and insert the plugs.
Be sure to insert completely.
Coaxial cord
(
or standard video cord)
Optical cable
CD
IN
SURR-
OUND
SUB
WOOFER
SUB
WOOFER
CENTER
FRONT
MULTI CH IN
SURR-
OUND
R
L
R
L
R
L
R
L
R
L (Single)
R
R
L
L
R
L
R
L
FRONT
AUDIO
PRE OUT
CENTER
COMPONENT VIDEO
DVD/LD
IN
TV/SAT
IN
Y
P
B
P
R
MONITOR
OUT
MONITOR
OUT
MONITOR
OUT
P
B
P
R
Y
MULTI CH IN
SURROUND
BACK
SURROUND
BACK
PRE OUT
DVD /
LD
IN
S2 VIDEO
VIDEO
VIDEO
AUDIO
IN
TV /
SAT
IN
IN
OUT
IN
VCR1 /
DVR
OUT
IN
OUT
IN
VCR2
OUT
IN
CONTROL
MULTI-ROOM
&
SOURCE
IN
OUT
MD /
TAPE1/
CD-R
PLAY
REC
TAPE2
MONITOR
PLAY
REC
PCM/
2
/
DTS
DIGITAL
IN
5
IN
4
IN
3
2
RF IN
(AC-3)
IN
2
IN
1
IN
PHONO
FM UNBAL
75‰
FM
ANTENNA
AM LOOP
ANTENNA
OUT
OUT
2
1
MULTI-
ROOM
&
SOURCE
OUT
REMOTE
IN
MD recorder
OUTPUT
(PLAY)
INPUT
(REC)
DIGITAL
TV tuner
DVD player
OUTPUT
DIGITAL
OUTPUT
DIGITAL
CD player
OUTPUT
DIGITAL
Connecting Your Equipment
(not a PCM-only output)
