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5 minute guide
Chapter 2:
5 minute guide
Introduction to home theater
You are probably used to using stereo equipment to listen to music, but may not be used to home theater systems that
give you many more options (such as surround sound) when listening to soundtracks.
Home theater refers to the use of multiple audio tracks to create a surround sound effect, making you feel like you're
in the middle of the action or concert. The surround sound you get from a home theater system depends not only on
the speakers you have set up in your room, but also on the source and the sound settings of the receiver.
DVD-Video has become the basic source material for home theater due to its size, quality, and ease of use. Depending
on the DVD, you can have up to seven different audio tracks coming from one disc, all of them being sent to different
speakers in your system. This is what creates a surround sound effect and gives you the feeling of 'being there'.
This receiver will automatically decode Dolby Digital, DTS, or Dolby Surround DVD-Video discs, according to your
speaker setup. In most cases, you won't have to make changes for realistic surround sound, but other possibilities (like
listening to a CD with multichannel surround sound) are explained in Listening to your system on page 30.
Listening to Surround Sound
This receiver was designed with the easiest possible setup in mind, so with the following quick setup guide, you should
have your system hooked up for surround sound in no time at all. In most cases, you can simply leave the receiver in
the default settings. Note that the illustrations below show the VSX-2014i-G however, connections for the VSX-1014-S are
the same.
Important
• Before making or changing any connections, switch off the power and disconnect the power cord from the AC outlet.
1
Hook up your DVD player.
For surround sound, you'll want to hook up using a digital connection from the DVD player to the receiver. You can do
this with either a coaxial (recommended), or an optical connection (you don't need to connect both). If you hook up
using an optical cable, you should refer to The Input Assign menu on page 63 to assign the optical input to DVD.
Use a video cord to connect the video output on your DVD player to the receiver using the jacks shown below.
2
Hook up your TV.
Use a video cord to connect your receiver to the TV using the jacks as shown below.
Optical cable
DIGITAL OUT
DVD player
VIDEO OUT
S
8
En
IN
2
R/ TAPE/MD )
Coaxial
cable
OUT
3
REC
IN
( DVD/
LD )
TV/
SAT
IN
4
IN
( CD )
DVD/
LD
ASSIGNABLE
Video cord
Video
cord
IN
1
OUT
( TV/SAT )
AM LOOP
ASSIGNABLE
FM UNBAL 75
MONITOR OUT
1
4
Y
(CD-R/
ANTENNA
IN
2
IN
1
OUT
TAPE/MD)
(TV/SAT)
DIGITAL
IN
OUT
OUT
CONTROL
CD
12V
IN
P
TRIGGER
B
MULTI-ROOM & SOURCE
MULTI-ROOM & SOURCE
S400
(DC OUT12V/
R
L
100mA MAX)
PRE
PLAY
OUT
MONITOR
IN
P
CEN-
OUT
R
PRE
CD-R/
TER
SUBW.
TAPE/MD
OUT
MONITOR
OUT
OUT
S400
FRONT
Y
CEN-
REC
R
L
MULTI-
ROOM &
TER
VIDEO1
SOURCE
SUR-
VIDEO1
IN
P
IN
ROUND
IN
B
R
L
I R
IN
1
SUR-
OUT
PLAY
ROUND
BACK
IN
IN
P
R
L
DVR /
R
(Single)
DVR /
FRONT
VCR
VCR
OUT
CEN-
OUT
TER
Y
IN
3
REC
(DVD/
SUBW.
LD)
TV/
T V /
SAT
SAT
FRONT
P
IN
B
IN
R
L
SUR-
4
2
IN
IN
RS - 232C
(CD)
ROUND
DVD/
SUR-
DVD/
LD
P
ROUND
LD
R
VCR
ASSIGNABLE
ASSIGNABLE
IN
IN
R
L
1
2
R
L
COMPONENT
MULTI CH IN
VIDEO
S-VIDEO
VIDEO
DIGITAL
AUDIO
OUT
VIDEO
T V /
SAT
FRONT
IN
L
DVD/
SUR-
LD
ROUND
IN
L
VIDEO
S-VIDEO
VIDEO
VIDEO IN
TV
TWO VOLTAGE SELECTORS
AC IN
220 V
230-240 V
120-127 V
110V
MONITOR
110V
220V
OUT
120-127V
230-240V
SPEAKERS
FRONT
CENTER
SURROUND
SURROUND BACK /
MONITOR
A
B
R
L
R
L
R
L
(Single)
OUT
SELECTABLE
VIDEO1
SELECTABLE
IN
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