The Outlaws’ Guide to the Marantz AV7005
Video Inputs
Today’s home theaters can include numerous video sources: DVD players; DVRs;
cable, satellite, and other set-top boxes; game consoles; HD-DVD and Blu-ray players;
network media players; and even the occasional VCR. The first step in connecting these
sources is to take an inventory of your source components and determine where each
component fits in relation to the
Video Display Tier
that we identified above. Use the
descriptions below to determine which of the four
Video Source Tiers
each component
belongs in.
Video Source Tiers
HDMI
: Any source with an HDMI or DVI-HDCP output.
DVI
: Any source with a DVI output that lacks HDCP.
Component
: Any source whose best video output is component.
Composite
: Any source whose best video output is composite (such as VCRs). Sources
whose best video output is S-video will also be included in this tier.
Video Input Connections
HDMI Video Display Tier
For displays that offer an HDMI input, the decision-making process becomes simple.
Use the best possible video output offered by every source you have. For those
HDMI
sources, connect a cable from its HDMI output to one of the AV7005’s five rear HDMI
inputs.
DVI
sources (with or without HDCP) should be treated in the same manner, with
either a DVI-to-HDMI cable or a DVI-to-HDMI adapter and an HDMI cable connecting
the source to one of the AV7005’s HDMI inputs. For
Component
sources, connect the
component output to one of the AV7005’s four component inputs.
Composite
sources
should be connected to the composite video input of one of the four AV inputs (BD,
DVD, VCR, or SAT). The AV7005’s video processing section will transcode and scale
all video sources to the single HDMI output connected in the Video Output section.
Connecting Your AV7005
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