Pioneer VSX-43TX Owner's Manual - Page 10

Easy Setup Guide Part1 Before making or changing the connections, switch off the power and disconnect the power cord from the AC outlet. 1 Hooking Up Your DVD Player & TV In order to use Dolby Digital/DTS soundtracks, which are at the heart of home theater, you need to hook up your DVD player with digital audio connections. You can do this by either a coaxial or an optical connection, you don't need to do both. The quality of these two types of connections is the same but since some DVD players only have one type of digital terminal you need to figure out which yours has and hook it up to the appropriate terminal on the receiver. In order to do this you will need the proper cable. For coaxial connections you can use a regular RCA video cord or the specially-made coaxial cords, they have the same type of plugs. For optical connections you will need a special optical cable which you can buy at your local stereo store. For more information on cords and cables see page 21. You should also hook up your DVD player with analog audio connections. Use regular RCA stereo cords for these connections. Also hook up the video connection on your DVD player, and your TV to this receiver. For your TV it's easiest to use a regular composite (RCA) video cord, as shown below. S Video and Component video cords are of higher quality than RCA video cords and may also be used with this unit. Digital Connections Some DVD players have both coaxial and optical terminals, but there is no need to connect both. If your DVD player has a coaxial terminal (not a PCM-only output) for the audio out hook it up using this terminal. Follow the diagram below. This is the best scenario, as you will be able to follow the default settings of this receiver and won't need to assign the digital inputs (you should use DIGITAL IN 3). If your DVD player only has an optical terminal for the audio output you can hook it up using one of the DIGITAL IN terminals between 1-2 (for example, DIGITAL IN 2). In this case, you will need to assign the digital input (which means tell the receiver which input you used for your DVD digital audio). See page 12 for this. RCA video cord RCA stereo cord ANALOG AUDIO R R L L IN 1 (TV/ SAT) IN 2 (CD-R/ TAPE1) IN 3 (DVD/ LD) IN 4 (CD) DIGITAL MONITOR OUT RL DVD/ LD IN R L VIDEO S VIDEO VIDEO VIDEO OUT DVD player ASSIGNABLE PCM/ 2DIGITAL / DTS FM UNBAL 75Ω OUT1 IN OUT OUT2 CONTROL R L IN 1 PLAY (TV/ SAT) IN IN 2 CD-R/ (CD-R/ TAPE1 TAPE1) OUT REC IN 3 (DVD/ LD) IN 4 (CD) PLAY IN MD/ TAPE2 OUT REC CD IN DIGITAL LINE IN R L AUDIO AM LOOP ANTENNA PRE OUT CENTER SUB WOOFER ASSIGNABLE MONITOR OUT Y PB MONITOR OUT R L AUDIO FRONT IN VCR1/ DVR OUT IN VCR2 OUT TV/ SAT IN R SURROUND R SURROUND BACK R FRONT R SURROUND R SUB WOOFER L L (Single) L L L CEN- TER DVD/ LD IN SURROUND BACK R L VIDEO S VIDEO VIDEO MULTI CH IN PR (DVD/LD) IN 1 Y PB PR (TV/SAT) IN 2 Y PB PR COMPONENT VIDEO RCA video cord AC OUTLEATC OUTLET DIGITAL OUTPUT (not a PCM-only SPEAKERS Å SRUFRFRORONOUTNNTDL LL ª output) SURROUND BACK / CECNRETSNEUTRREBRAOCKUNRDRL SURROUNDL L ı R ª ª You only need to make one DIGITAL connection. · · · coaxial cord optical cord VIDEO INPUT 10