Connecting Your Components; About Av Connections - Onkyo PR-SC885 Instruction Manual

Connecting Your Components

About AV Connections

• Before making any AV connections, read the manuals
supplied with your other AV components.
• Don't connect the power cord until you've completed
and double-checked all AV connections.
Optical Digital Jacks
The AV controller'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.
AV Cables and Jacks
Video
HDMI
Y
Component
P
video cable
P
S-Video cable
Composite
video cable
Audio
Optical digital
audio cable
Coaxial digital
audio cable
Balanced XLR
cable
Analog audio
cable (RCA)
Multichannel
analog audio
cable (RCA)
Note: The AV controller does not support SCART connections.
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Cable
Y
P
B B
P
R R
AV Connection Color Coding
RCA-type AV connections are usually color coded: red,
white, and yellow. Use red plugs to connect right-
channel audio inputs and outputs (typically labeled "R").
Use white plugs to connect left-channel audio inputs and
outputs (typically labeled "L"). And use yellow plugs to
connect composite video inputs and outputs.
Left (white)
Right (red)
(Yellow)
• Push plugs in all the way to make
good connections (loose connections
can cause noise or malfunctions).
• To prevent interference, keep audio
and video cables away from power
cords and speaker cables.
Jack
HDMI connections can carry uncompressed stan-
HDMI
dard- or high-definition digital video and audio and
offer the best picture and sound quality.
Component video separates the luminance (Y) and
Y
color difference signals (P
C /P
B B
picture quality. (Some TV manufacturers label their
component video jacks slightly differently.)
C R /P R
S-Video separates the luminance and color signals and
S
provides better picture quality than composite video.
Composite video is commonly used on TVs, VCRs,
V
and other video equipment.
This offers the best sound quality and allows you to
OPTICAL
enjoy Dolby Digital and DTS. The audio quality is the
same as for coaxial.
This offers the best sound quality and allows you to
COAXIAL
enjoy Dolby Digital and DTS. The audio quality is the
same as for optical.
This cable carries analog audio. Balanced XLR
cables are used for better noise immunity and longer
cable runs.
INPUT PREOUT
This cable carries analog audio. It's the most common
L
connection format for analog audio and can be found
R
on virtually all AV components.
This cable carries multichannel analog audio and is
typically used to connect DVD players with a 7.1-
FRONT CENTER SURR SURR BACK
channel analog audio output. Several standard analog
audio cables can be used instead of a multichannel
SUBWOOFER
MULTI CH
cable.
Analog audio
Composite video
Description
, P ), providing the best
R B
Left (white)
Right (red)
(Yellow)
Right!
Wrong!