Connecting Your Components
• Before making any
AV
connections, read the manuals
supplied with your other
AV
components.
•
Don't
connect the power cord until you've completed
and double-checked all
AV
connections.
Optical Digital Jacks
AV
Connection Color Coding
RCA-type
AV
connections are usually color coded: red,
white, and yellow. Use red plugs to connect right-chan-
nel audio inputs and outputs (typically labeled "R"). Use
white plugs to connect left-channel audio inputs and out-
puts (typically labeled "L"). And use yellow plugs to
connect composite video inputs and outputs.
Left (white)
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Left (white)
Right (red) Right (red)
Composite video
(Yellow) (Yellow)
The
AV
receiver's optical digital jack has shutter-type
cover that open when an optical plug is inserted and
close when it's removed. Push plugs in all the
way.
Caution:
To prevent shutter damage, hold the optical
plug straight when inserting and removing.
AV
Cables & Jacks
Video
• Push plugs in all the way to make
good connections (loose connec-
tions can cause noise or malfunc-
tions).
•
To
prevent interference, keep
audio and video cables away from
power cords and speaker cables.
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Cable Jack
Description
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Component video separates the luminance (Y) and
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color difference signals
(PR,
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providing the best
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picture quality. (Some
TV
manufacturers label their
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component video jacks slightly differently.)
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Composite
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Composite video is commonly used onTVs, VCRs,
video cable
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and other video equipment. Use only dedicated
composite video cables.
Audio
Cable
Jack
Description
Optical digital
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Offers the best sound quality and allows you to
audio cable
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enjoy surround sound (e.g., Dolby Digital, DTS).
The audio quality
is
the same as for coaxial.
Coaxial digital
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Offers the best sound quality and allows you to
audio cable
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enjoy surround sound (e.g., Dolby Digital, DTS).
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The audio quality
is
the same as for optical.
Analog audio
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This cable carries analog audio. It's the most com-
cable (RCA)
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mon connection format for analog audio and can be
found on virtually all
AV
components.
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This cable carries multichannel analog audio and is
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typically used to connect DVD players with a 5.1-
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analog audio
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channel analog audio output. Several standard ana-
cable (RCA)
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log audio cables can be used instead
of
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Note: The
AV
receiver does not support SCART plugs.
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