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Connecting a VCR or DVD Recorder for Playback - dvd hookup

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Connecting Your Components-Continued Connecting a VCR or DVD Recorder for Playback Hint! With this hookup, you can use your VCR's tuner to listen to your favorite TV programs via the AV receiver, useful if your TV has no audio outputs. Step 1: Video Connection Choose a video connection that matches your VCR or DVD recorder ( A , B , or C ), and then make the connection. You must connect the AV receiver to your TV via the same type of connection. Step 2: Audio Connection Choose an audio connection that matches your VCR or DVD recorder ( a , b , or c ), and then make the connection. • With connection a , you can listen to the VCR or DVD recorder even via speaker set B. • To enjoy Dolby Digital and DTS, use connection b or c . (To listen via speaker set B, use a and b , or a and c .) Connection A B C a b c AV receiver Signal flow COMPONENT VIDEO VIDEO 1 IN ⇐ VIDEO 1 IN S ⇐ VIDEO 1 IN V ⇐ VIDEO 1 IN L/R ⇐ DIGITAL IN COAXIAL ⇐ DIGITAL IN OPTICAL 1 ⇐ VCR or DVD recorder Component video output S-Video output Composite video output Analog audio L/R output Digital coaxial output Digital optical output Picture quality Best Better Standard b c A XM DIGITAL IN COA XIAL OPTICAL 1 COMPONENT VIDEO VIDEO 2 IN VIDEO 1 IN DVD IN OUT Y PB 2 PR 3 REMOTE CONTROL IN OUT IN L L R CD R TAPE ANTENNA AM FM 75 SURROUND BACK SPEAKERS L VIDEO 2 V VIDEO 1 DVD MONITOR OUT C R S IN OUT IN IN B IN OUT IN FRONT SURROUND CENTER SURR BACK L R VIDEO 2 VIDEO 1 SUB WOOFER DVD a SURROUND SPEAKERS FRONT SPEAKERS A PRE OUT SUB WOOFER FRONT SPEAKER L R COAXIAL OUT OPTICAL OUT Y PB PR COMPONENT VIDEO OUT L R AUDIO OUT S VIDEO OUT Connect one or the other Connection b must be assigned (see page 35) VCR, DVD recorder VIDEO OUT 27

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Connecting Your Components
—Continued
With this hookup, you can use your VCR’s tuner to listen to your favorite TV programs via the AV
receiver, useful if your TV has no audio outputs.
•
With connection
, you can listen to the VCR or DVD recorder even via speaker set B.
•
To enjoy Dolby Digital and DTS, use connection
or
. (To listen via speaker set B, use
and
, or
and
.)
Connecting a VCR or DVD Recorder for Playback
Connection
AV receiver
Signal flow
VCR or DVD recorder
Picture quality
COMPONENT VIDEO VIDEO 1 IN
⇐
Component video output
Best
VIDEO 1 IN S
⇐
S-Video output
Better
VIDEO 1 IN V
⇐
Composite video output
Standard
VIDEO 1 IN L/R
⇐
Analog audio L/R output
DIGITAL IN COAXIAL
⇐
Digital coaxial output
DIGITAL IN OPTICAL 1
⇐
Digital optical output
Hint!
Step 1: Video Connection
Choose a video connection that matches your VCR or DVD recorder (
,
, or
, and then make the connection.
You must connect the AV receiver to your TV via the same type of connection.
A
B
C
Step 2: Audio Connection
Choose an audio connection that matches your VCR or DVD recorder (
,
, or
), and then make the connection.
a
b
c
a
b
c
a
b
a
c
A
B
C
a
b
c
COA
XIAL
REMOTE
CONTROL
OPTICAL
1
Y
P
B
P
R
2
3
DIGITAL IN
L
R
L
R
L
R
V
S
CD
TAPE
XM
ANTENNA
FM
AM
75
COMPONENT
VIDEO 2 IN
IN
IN
OUT
OUT
IN
IN
OUT
IN
IN
IN
OUT
VIDEO 1 IN
DVD IN
VIDEO
VIDEO 2
VIDEO 1
VIDEO 2
VIDEO 1
DVD
FRONT
Y
COAXIAL
OUT
P
B
COMPONENT VIDEO OUT
P
R
S VIDEO
OUT
AUDIO
OUT
VIDEO
OUT
L
R
OPTICAL
OUT
b
c
A
B
a
C
VCR,
DVD recorder
Connect one or the other
Connection
must be assigned (see page 35)
b