Onkyo HT-SR800 Owner Manual - Page 24

Connecting Your Components About AV Connections • 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 The AV receiver's optical digital jacks have shutter-type covers 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 and Jacks AV Connection Color Coding RCA-type AV connections are usually color coded: red, white, and yellow. Use red plugs to connect right-channel audio inputs and outputs (typically labeled "R"). Use white plugs to connect left-channel audio inputs and outputs (typically labeled "L"). And use yellow plugs to connect composite video inputs and outputs. Left (white) Analog audio Left (white) Right (red) Right (red) (Yellow) Composite video (Yellow) • Push plugs in all the way to make good connections (loose connections can cause noise or malfunctions). • To prevent interference, keep audio and video cables away from power cords and speaker cables. Right! Wrong! Video Component video cable Cable Y PB PR S-Video cable Composite video cable Audio Optical digital audio cable Coaxial digital audio cable Analog audio cable (RCA) Cable Multichannel analog audio cable (RCA) Jack Description Y Component video separates the luminance (Y) and Y PB color difference signals (PR, PB), providing the best CB/PB picture quality. (Some TV manufacturers label their PR CR/PR component video jacks slightly differently.) S-Video separates the luminance and color signals S and provides better picture quality than composite video. Composite video is commonly used on TVs, VCRs, V and other video equipment. Use only dedicated composite video cables. Jack OPTICAL COAXIAL L R Description This offers the best sound quality and allows you to enjoy Dolby Digital and DTS. The audio quality is the same as for coaxial. This offers the best sound quality and allows you to enjoy Dolby Digital and DTS. The audio quality is the same as for optical. This cable carries analog audio. It's the most common connection format for analog audio and can be found on virtually all AV components. This cable carries multichannel analog audio and is typically used to connect DVD players with a 7.1channel analog audio output. Several standard analog audio cables can be used instead of a multichannel cable. Note: The AV receiver does not support SCART connections. 24