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Connecting a DVD player and TV
This page shows you how to connect your DVD
player and TV to the receiver.
1
Connect a coaxial digital audio output on
your DVD player to the DIGITAL COAX 1
(DVD/LD) input on this receiver.
Use a coaxial digital audio cable for the
connection.
1
2
Connect the composite video output and
the stereo analog audio outputs
2
on your
DVD player to the DVD/LD inputs on this
receiver.
Use a standard RCA video cable
3
and a stereo
RCA phono cable for the connection.
• If your DVD player has multichannel
analog outputs, see
Connecting the
multichannel analog outputs
below for how
to connect it.
3
Connect the analog audio outputs from
your TV to the TV/SAT inputs on this receiver.
This will allow you to play the sound from the
TV’s built-in tuner. Use a stereo RCA phono
cable to do this.
• If your TV has a built-in digital decoder, you
can also connect an optical digital audio
output from your TV to the
DIGITAL OPT 2
(TV/SAT)
input on this receiver. Use an
optical cable for the connection.
4
Connect the MONITOR OUT video jack on
this receiver to a video input on your TV.
Use a standard RCA video cable to connect to
the composite video jack.
4
Note
1 If your DVD player only has an optical digital output, you can connect it to the optical input on this receiver using an optical
cable. When you set up the receiver you’ll need to tell the receiver which input you connected the player to (see
The Input Assign
menu
on page 59).
2 This connection will allow you to make analog recordings from your DVD player.
3 For better quality, you can also connect with S-video using the
S-VIDEO
DVD/LD
jack. If your player also has a component
video output, you can connect this too. See
Using the component video jacks
on page 16 for more on this.
4 For better quality, you can also connect with S-video using the
S-VIDEO MONITOR OUT
jack. See
Using the component video
jacks
on page 16 if you want to use the component video outputs to connect this receiver to your TV.
COAX
OPT
OPT
(CD)
XM
IN
ASSIGNABLE
DIGITAL IN
1
2
(DVR/VCR)
COAX
(DVD/LD)
1
2
(TV/ SAT)
AM
LOOP
FM UNBAL
75
Ω
IN
IN
IN
IN
IN
IN
MONITOR
OUT
MONITOR OU
OUT
VIDEO
S-VIDEO
SUB
WOOFER
IN
IN
IN
IN
OUT
OU
OUT
IN
CD
DVR /
VCR
D
V
TV /
SAT
DVD
/LD
D
PLAY
CD-R
/ TAPE
/ MD
FRONT
PREOUT
REC
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INPUT
AUDIO
R
L
IN
AUX
ASSIGNABLE
DIGITAL IN
TV
This receiver
ANALOG AUDIO OUT
L
R
DIGITAL
AUDIO OUT
OPTICAL
VIDEO IN
DVD player
AUDIO
R
L
DIGITAL OUT
ANALOG OUT
COAXIAL
VIDEO OUT
1
2
4
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