Onkyo HT-R520 Owner Manual - Page 20

)53@&OCPPL 1BHF  .POEBZ .BSDI 1. Connecting the HT-R520 Before Making Any Connections • Read the manuals supplied with your AV components. • Don't connect the power cord until you've completed and double-checked all audio and video connections. Optical Digital Inputs The HT-R520's optical digital inputs 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. RCA 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. Right (red) Analog audio Right (red) Left (white) Left (white) (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! AV Cables & Sockets 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) 20 Socket Description Y Component video separates the luminance (Y) and Y PB color difference signals (PR, PB), providing the best PB picture quality. (Some TV manufacturers label their PR PR component video sockets slightly differently.) S-Video separates the luminance and color signals SVIDEO and provides better picture quality than composite video. Composite video is commonly used on TVs, VCRs, VIDEO and other video equipment. Use only dedicated composite video cables. Socket OPTICAL COAXIAL L R FRONT SURR CENTER L R DVD SUB WOOFER Description Offers the best sound quality and allows you to enjoy surround sound (e.g., Dolby Digital, DTS). The audio quality is the same as for coaxial. Offers the best sound quality and allows you to enjoy surround sound (e.g., Dolby Digital, 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 it's typically used to connect DVD players with individual 5.1-channel analog audio outputs. Several standard analog audio cables can be used instead of a multichannel cable.