Onkyo HT-R530 Owner Manual - Page 23

)54@&OCPPL 1BHF  .POEBZ 'FCSVBSZ 1. Connecting Your Components-Continued Connecting Both Audio & Video By connecting both the audio and video outputs of your DVD player and other AV components to the AV receiver, you can select both the audio and video simultaneously simply by selecting the appropriate input source on the AV receiver. : Signal Flow Video Video Audio Audio TV, projector, etc. DVD player, etc. Speakers (see page 19 for connection information) Which Connections Should I Use? The AV receiver supports several connection formats for compatibility with a wide range of AV equipment. The format you choose will depend on the formats supported by your other components. Use the following sections as a guide. For video components, such as a DVD player, you must make two connections-one for audio, one for video. Video Connection Formats Audio Connection Formats Video equipment can be connected to the AV receiver using one of the following video connection formats: composite video, S-Video, or component video, the latter offering the best picture quality. When choosing a connection format, bear in mind that the AV receiver doesn't convert between formats, so only outputs of the same format as the input will output the signal. For example, if you connect your DVD player to the S-VIDEO DVD IN, a video signal will be output by the S-VIDEO MONITOR OUT (for your TV) and the S-VIDEO VIDEO 1 OUT (for your VCR), but not by any composite video or component video outputs. Video Input/Output Diagram DVD player, etc. Output IN Composite S-Video AV Receiver Composite S-Video OUT Input Composite S-Video Component Component Component Audio equipment can be connected to the AV receiver using the following audio connection formats: analog, optical, coaxial, and multichannel. When choosing a connection format, bear in mind that the AV receiver doesn't convert between formats. For example, audio signals connected to an OPTICAL or COAXIAL digital input are not output by the analog TAPE OUT, so if you want to record from, for example, your CD player, in addition to connecting it to a digital input, you must also connect it to the analog CD IN. Audio Input/Output Diagram for Recording CD player, etc. Output Optical IN AV Receiver Optical Coaxial Coaxial Analog Multichannel Analog Multichannel OUT Input Cassette recorder, etc. Analog TV, projector, etc. 23