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Connecting a VCR or DVD Recorder for Playback

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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. If you have two video recorders (e.g., a VCR and a DVD recorder), connect one recorder to the VIDEO 1 IN jacks, as shown here, and connect the other recorder to the VIDEO 2 IN jacks in the same way. Step 1: Video Connection Choose a video connection that matches your VCR or DVD recorder ( A , B , or C ), and then make the connection. If you use connection A , you must connect the AV receiver to your TV with 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 in Zone 2. • To enjoy Dolby Digital and DTS, use connection b or c . (To listen in Zone 2 as well, use a and b , or a and c .) Connection A B C a b c AV receiver COMPONENT VIDEO IN 2 VIDEO 1 IN S VIDEO 1 IN V VIDEO 1 IN L/R DIGITAL COAXIAL IN 2 DIGITAL OPTICAL IN 1 Signal flow 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 COAXIAL IN 2 c OPTICAL IN 1 A COMPONENT VIDEO IN 2 Y CB/PB CR/PR C VIDEO 1 IN V B VIDEO 1 IN S IN a L R VIDEO 1 Connect one or the other COAXIAL OUT OPTICAL OUT Y PB PR COMPONENT VIDEO OUT L R AUDIO OUT S VIDEO OUT VIDEO OUT VCR, DVD recorder 29

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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.
If you have two video recorders (e.g., a VCR and a DVD recorder), connect one recorder to the VIDEO 1 IN jacks, as
shown here, and connect the other recorder to the VIDEO 2 IN jacks in the same way.
•
With connection
, you can listen to the VCR or DVD recorder even in Zone 2.
•
To enjoy Dolby Digital and DTS, use connection
or
. (To listen in Zone 2 as well, 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 IN 2
⇐
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 COAXIAL IN 2
⇐
Digital coaxial output
DIGITAL OPTICAL IN 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.
If you use connection
, you must connect the AV receiver to your TV with the same type of connection.
A
B
C
A
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
COAXIAL
IN 2
Y
COAXIAL
OUT
P
B
COMPONENT VIDEO OUT
P
R
S VIDEO
OUT
AUDIO
OUT
VIDEO
OUT
VIDEO 1
IN
V
S
VIDEO 1
IN
L
R
OPTICAL
OUT
OPTICAL
IN 1
Y
C
B
/P
B
C
R
/P
R
COMPONENT VIDEO
IN 2
L
R
IN
VIDEO 1
b
c
A
B
a
C
VCR,
DVD recorder
Connect one
or the other