Hooking Up Your Dvd Player & Tv - Pioneer Elite VSX-49TX Operating Instructions Manual

Before making or changing the connections, switch off the power and disconnect the power cord from
the AC outlet.
Instruction for i.LINK interface are explained on pages 30-31.
1 1 1 1 1 Hooking Up Your DVD Player & TV
In order to use Dolby Digital/DTS soundtracks 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 detail on cords/cables See page 26.
If you want to record from a DVD player, you should also connect analog audio connectors. 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. It is important
that you hook up your TV (or monitor) in order to see a video image as well as the on screen displays (OSDs)
shown by this receiver (for more see page 19).
Digital Connections
Some DVD players have both coaxial and optical terminals, but there is 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 using DIGITAL IN 1. 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.
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 4-7 (for example, DIGITAL IN 4). 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 15 for
this.
RCA video cord
4
(SAT)
IN
3
(CD)
IN
DIGITAL
PCM/2DIGITAL /DTS
2
OUT
1
OUT
2
IN (TV)
7
(CD-R/
TAPE1
/MD)
IN
6
(VCR2)
IN
5
(VCR1
(DVD
/DVR)
1 IN
IN
/LD) 4
(SAT)
IN
3 IN (CD)
2RF (DVD
2
IN (TV)
IN
/LD)
(DVD
1
IN
/LD)
(For LD)
2RF (DVD
IN
/LD)
ASSIGNABLE
(For LD)
ASSIGNABLE
R
MONITOR
OUT
CONTROL
MONITOR
OUT OUT
IN
S400 (AUDIO)
MULTI-
OUT
ROOM &
AUDIO SOURCE
R L
PHONO
DVD
IN DVD
/LD IN
/LD
IN
IN Y
AUDIO
1
CD
POWER
TV
IN AMP
IN
IN
IN
R L
P B
FRONT
SAT
IN
IN
R L
R L
P R
OUT
CENTER
IN
REC
OUT OUT 2
CD-R/
TAPE1 VCR1 Y
SUB W.
/MD /DVR
IN
PRE OUT IN IN
PLAY
1 2
P
(Single) B
SUR-
OUT
ROUND
REC
OUT OUT
TAPE2 R L
P R
MONITOR
VCR2
SUR- COMPONENT VIDEO
ROUND
IN
BACK IN IN
PLAY
R L
(Single)
FRONT SUB W. CENTER
OUT OUT
R L
VCR3
SUR- SUR-
ROUND ROUND
BACK IN IN
R L R L (Single)
RS-232C
MULTI CH INPUT R L
AUDIO VIDEO S2 VIDEO
Quick Start Guide Part1
RCA stereo cord
L
DVD
IN
/LD
IN
· ª
Å
ANTENNA
L
REMOTE IN
AC OUTLET
MULTI-
RCA video cord
ROOM &
FRONT
SOURCE
AM LOOP
R
ANTENNA
Y
FM
MONITOR
75Ω UNBAL
OUT
P CENTER
B
AC IN
P R
IN
L
3
Y
SUR-
ROUND
P R SPEAKERS
B
ª ·
ı
P R
ASSIGNABLE
L L
(Single)
SUR-
ROUND
BACK
R R
SPEAKERS
coaxial cord
optical cord
ANALOG
AUDIO
OUT
R R
L
L
VIDEO
VIDEO
OUT
DVD player
DIGITAL
OUTPUT
(not a PCM-only
output)
You only need to make
one DIGITAL connection.
VIDEO INPUT
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