Connecting Digital Audio Components - Pioneer VSA-AX10I-S Operating Instructions Manual

Connecting Your Equipment

Connecting Digital Audio Components

Connect your digital components as shown below. The VSA-AX10i-S has three coaxial, five optical (four
rear, one front) and one 2 RF input for a total of nine digital inputs. In order to use digital soundtracks like
Dolby Digital, MPEG or DTS (among others) you need to make 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 digital components only have one type of digital terminal, it is a
matter of matching like with like (for example, the coaxial out from the component to coaxial in on the
amplifier). A DVD/LD player or LD player should also be connected to the special 2 RF jack (if the LD has
one).
Hook up your digital equipment in accordance with this amplifier's default settings (see next page) unless
you want to, or need to, change them. To do this see "Assigning the Digital Inputs" on p.85.
There are two optical digital out jacks (the CD recorder is connected to one in the diagram below). If you
connect this to the optical input on a digital recorder (currently these include MD, DAT and CD-R) you can
make direct digital recordings with this unit.
We also recommend hooking up your digital components to analog audio jacks (see p.22) in order to make
recordings (some digital sources may be protected against making digital copies).
Before making or changing the connections, switch off the power and disconnect the power cord from
the AC outlet.
*The arrows indicate the direction of the audio signal.
DIGITAL
PCM/2DIGITAL
/DTS/MPEG
2
OUT
AUDIO
R
PHONO
1
OUT IN
7
CD
(CD-R/
TAPE1
IN
/MD)
IN
6
TUNER
(VCR2)
IN
IN
5
OUT
(VCR1
REC
/DVR)
CD-R/
IN
TAPE1
4
/MD
(SAT) IN
PLAY
IN
OUT
3
(CD) REC
IN
TAPE2
MONITOR
2 IN
IN (TV)
PLAY
FRONT
(DVD
1
IN
/LD)
R
SUR-
ROUND
2RF (DVD
IN
/LD)
R
(For LD)
MULTI CH INPUT
ASSIGNABLE
24
En
CONTROL
S400 (AUDIO)
OUT IN
L
DVD
AUDIO
POWER
AMP
IN
R L
FRONT
R L
CENTER
VCR1
SUB W.
PRE OUT
1
2
(Single)
SUR-
ROUND
R L
VCR2
SUR-
ROUND
BACK
R L
(Single)
SUB W. CENTER
L
VCR3
SUR-
ROUND
BACK
L R L (Single)
R L
AUDIO
MONITOR
OUT
MONITOR
OUT
/LD IN
IN
TV
IN
IN
SAT
IN
IN
OUT OUT
/DVR
IN IN
OUT OUT
IN
IN
OUT
OUT
IN IN
VIDEO S VIDEO
(not a PCM-only output)
DIGITAL
OUTPUT INPUT
(PLAY) (REC)
CD recorder
DIGITAL
DIGITAL
OUTPUT
CD player
DIGITAL
OUTPUT
TV tuner
DIGITAL
OUTPUT
DVD player