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Connecting a Satellite, Cable, Set-top box, or Other Video Source

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Connecting Your Components-Continued Connecting a Satellite, Cable, Set-top box, or Other Video Source Hint! With this hookup, you can use your satellite or cable receiver 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 the video source ( 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 the video source ( a , b , or c ), and then make the connection. • With connection a , you can listen to and record audio from the video source and listen via speaker set B. • To enjoy Dolby Digital and DTS, use connection b or c . (For recording, use a and b , or a and c .) Connection A B C a b c AV receiver Signal flow COMPONENT VIDEO VIDEO 2 IN ⇐ VIDEO 2 IN S ⇐ VIDEO 2 IN V ⇐ VIDEO 2 IN L/R ⇐ DIGITAL IN COAXIAL ⇐ DIGITAL IN OPTICAL 2 ⇐ Video source 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 C DVD MONITOR OUT R S IN OUT IN B IN IN OUT IN FRONT SURROUND CENTER SURR BACK L R VIDEO 2 VIDEO 1 a SUB WOOFER DVD SURROUND SPEAKERS FRONT SPEAKERS A PRE OUT SUB WOOFER FRON SPEAKE L R COAXIAL OUT OPTICAL OUT Y PB PR COMPONENT VIDEO OUT L R AUDIO OUT S VIDEO OUT VIDEO OUT Connect one or the other Connection b must be assigned (see page 35) Satellite, cable, set-top box, etc. 29

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Connecting Your Components
—Continued
With this hookup, you can use your satellite or cable receiver 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 and record audio from the video source and listen via speaker set B.
•
To enjoy Dolby Digital and DTS, use connection
or
. (For recording, use
and
, or
and
.)
Connecting a Satellite, Cable, Set-top box, or Other Video Source
Connection
AV receiver
Signal flow
Video source
Picture quality
COMPONENT VIDEO VIDEO 2 IN
⇐
Component video output
Best
VIDEO 2 IN S
⇐
S-Video output
Better
VIDEO 2 IN V
⇐
Composite video output
Standard
VIDEO 2 IN L/R
⇐
Analog audio L/R output
DIGITAL IN COAXIAL
⇐
Digital coaxial output
DIGITAL IN OPTICAL 2
⇐
Digital optical output
Hint!
Step 1: Video Connection
Choose a video connection that matches the video source (
,
, 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 the video source (
,
, 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
L
L
R
R
R
V
S
CD
TAPE
XM
ANTENNA
FM
AM
75
COMPONENT
VIDEO 2 IN
IN
IN
OUT
OUT
IN
IN
OUT
IN
IN
OUT
VIDEO 1 IN
DVD IN
VIDEO
VIDEO 2
VIDEO 1
VIDEO 2
VIDEO 1
DVD
DVD
MONITOR
OUT
SURROUND BACK
SPEAKERS
SURROUND
SPEAKERS
PRE OUT
SUB
WOOFER
SUB
WOOFER
FRONT
SURROUND
SURR BACK
CENTER
FRONT
SPEAKERS A
FRON
SPEAKE
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
Satellite, cable, set-top box, etc.
Connect one or the other
Connection
must be assigned (see page 35)
b