Connecting Your Components; About Connections - Onkyo TX-8020 Instruction Manual

Connecting Your Components

About Connections

Connecting components
: Audio
TV, projector, etc.
• Before making any connections, read the manuals supplied with your components.
• Don't connect the power cord until you've completed and double-checked all connections.
• Push plugs in all the way to make good connections
(loose connections can cause noise or malfunctions).
• To prevent interference, keep audio cable away from power cords and speaker cables.
Cables and Jacks
Signal Cable
Optical digital audio
(European model only)
Coaxial digital audio
Audio
(European model only)
Analog audio (RCA)
Notes:
• The receiver does not support multichannel audio input. The PCM signal can be input only to digital input terminals.
Make sure that PCM is selected on the playback component.
• The receiver's optical digital jacks 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.
Receiver
Blu-ray Disc/
DVD player
Right!
Wrong!
Jack Description
Optical digital connections allow you to enjoy digital
sound. The audio quality is the same as coaxial.
OPTICAL
COAXIAL
Coaxial digital connections allow you to enjoy digital
Orange
sound. The audio quality is the same as optical.
White Analog audio connections (RCA) carry analog audio.
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R Red
CD player
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