Onkyo HT-R640 Owner Manual - Page 23

Connecting the AV Receiver-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 Audio Video Audio TV, projector, etc. DVD player, etc. Speakers (see page 20 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, you must make two connections-one for audio, one for video. Video Connection Formats Video equipment can be connected to the AV receiver by using any one of the following video connection formats: composite video, S-Video, or component video, the latter offering the best picture quality. A video signal connected to a V or S IN jack will be converted-composite video to S-Video or S-Video to composite video-but only for the MONITOR OUT jacks, not the VIDEO 1 and VIDEO 2 OUT V and S jacks. Notes: • The AV receiver can be set to upconvert composite video and S-Video input signals and output them from the COMPONENT VIDEO OUT (see page 41). • For details on the HDMI jacks, see page 32. DVD player, etc. Output IN AV receiver Composite Composite MONITOR OUT Input Composite Composite TV, projector, etc. S-Video Component S-Video Component page 41 S-Video Component S-Video Component Audio Connection Formats Audio equipment can be connected to the AV receiver by using any of the following audio connection formats: analog, optical, coaxial, or multichannel. When choosing a connection format, bear in mind that the AV receiver doesn't convert between them. For example, audio signals connected to an OPTICAL or COAXIAL input are not output by the analog TAPE OUT. DVD player, etc. Output IN AV receiver Optical Coaxial Analog Multichannel Optical Coaxial Analog Multichannel OUT Input MD recorder, etc. Optical Optical Analog Analog Only front left and right 23