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Connecting Your Equipment
Cassette deck placement
Depending on where the cassette deck is placed,
noise may occur during playback of your cassette
deck which is caused by leakage flux from the
transformer in the receiver. If you experience noise,
move the cassette deck farther away from the
receiver.
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Analog audio/video cords
Use audio/video cords (not supplied) to make
analog audio and video connections.
Connect red plugs to R (right)
and white plugs to L (left).
Be sure to insert completely.
L
R
If your turntable
has a ground
wire, connect it
to the SIGNAL
GND terminal
(For VSX-
859RDS only).
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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.
Digital audio coaxial cord
(or standard video cord)
Optical cable
CD player
OUTPUT
L
R
ANALOG
OUTPUT
(PLAY)
L
R
INPUT
(REC)
L
R
ANALOG
OUTPUT
(PLAY)
L
R
INPUT
(REC)
L
R
ANALOG
Recorder 1 (CD-R/Tape)
Recorder 2 (CD-R/Tape)
Turntable
VSX-859RDS
Audio Components
To begin set up connect your audio components to the jacks as shown below. These are all analog
connections and your analog audio components (turntable, cassette deck) use these jacks. Remember
that for components you want to record with you need to hook up four plugs (a set of stereo ins and a set
of stereo outs), but for components that only play (like a turntable) you only need to hook up one set of
stereo plugs (two plugs). To use DTS, Dolby Digital or MPEG surround sound features you must hook up
your digital audio components to the digital inputs (see p. 13). We also recommend hooking up your digital
audio components to analog audio jacks. If you want to record to/from digital components (like a CD-R) to/
from analog components you must hook up your digital equipment with these analog connections. See p.
13 & 15 for more on digital connections.
Before making or changing the connections, switch off the power and disconnect the power cord from
the AC wall outlet.
*The arrows indicate the direction of the audio signal.
Please don't hook up any other component to the PHONO jacks other
than a turntable. It could damage the equipment. If your turntable has
a built-in amplifier please hook it up to an input other than the PHONO.
