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Connecting Y our Equipment
Connecting Digital Audio Components
Connect your digital components as shown below. The VSX-49TXi has three coaxial, five optical (four rear,
one front) and one
2
RF input for a total of nine digital inputs. In order to use digital soundtracks like
Dolby Digital or DTS (among others) 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). A DVD/LD player or LD player should also be connected to the special
2
RF jack (if the LD has
one).
Hook up your digital equipment in accordance with this receiver's default settings (see next page) unless
you want to, or need to, change them. To do this see "Assigning the Digital Inputs" on p.93.
There are two optical digital out jacks (the CD 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.
We also recommend hooking up your digital components to analog audio jacks (see p.23) in order to make
recordings (some digital sources may be protected against making digital copies).
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.
1
PCM/
2
DIGITAL /DTS
OUT
2
OUT
(CD-R/
TAPE1
/MD)
(VCR2)
(VCR1
/DVR)
(CD)
(TV)
2
RF
(DVD
/LD)
(For LD)
(SAT)
4
IN
5
IN
6
IN
7
IN
3
IN
2
IN
(DVD
/LD)
1
IN
IN
ASSIGNABLE
DIGITAL
R
L
VCR1
/DVR
OUT
DVD
/LD
IN
TV
IN
SAT
IN
IN
IN
MULTI-
ROOM &
SOURCE
OUT
IN
IN
OUT
OUT
OUT
IN
IN
IN
VCR2
OUT
IN
VCR3
OUT
IN
OUT
IN
MONITOR
OUT
PHONO
CD
OUT
PLAY
PLAY
IN
IN
IN
IN
R
R
L
R
L
1
2
R
L
R
L
R
L
R
L
R
L
L
R
L
AUDIO
S400
AUDIO
FRONT
FRONT
CENTER
CENTER
SUB W.
SUB W.
SUR-
ROUND
SUR-
ROUND
SUR-
ROUND
BACK
SUR-
ROUND
BACK
(Single)
(Single)
(Single)
CD-R/
TAPE1
/MD
TAPE2
MONITOR
REC
OUT
REC
POWER
AMP
IN
MULTI CH INPUT
PRE OUT
CONTROL
(AUDIO)
AUDIO
VIDEO
S2 VIDEO
CD recorder
OUTPUT
(PLAY)
INPUT
(REC)
DIGITAL
TV tuner
DVD player
OUTPUT
DIGITAL
CD player
OUTPUT
DIGITAL
OUTPUT
DIGITAL
DIGITAL
(not a PCM-only output)
