Before Making Any Connections - Onkyo DV-SP503E Instruction Manual

Connecting the DV-SP503E

Before Making Any Connections

• Read the manuals supplied with your AV components.
• Don't connect the power cord until you've completed
all audio and video connections.
Optical Digital Outputs
The DV-SP503E's optical digital connectors have a shut-
ter-type cover that opens when an optical plug is
inserted, and closes when it's removed. Push the plug in
all the way.
Caution: To prevent shutter damage, hold the optical
plug straight when inserting and removing.
RCA AV Connection Color Coding
RCA AV connections are usually color coded: red,
white, and yellow. Use red plugs to connect right-chan-
nel audio inputs and outputs (typically labeled "R"). Use
AV Cables & Connectors
Video
Component
video
S Video
Composite
video
Scart
(European
model only)
Audio
Optical digital
Coaxial digital
Analog
Multichannel
analog audio
cable (RCA)
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Y Y
/ /
P C P C
B B B B
P / C P / C
R R R R
white plugs to connect left-channel audio inputs and out-
puts (typically labeled "L"). And use yellow plugs to
connect composite video inputs and outputs.
The supplied AV cable is made up of an analog audio
cable and a composite video cable.
Right (red)
Left (white)
(Yellow)
• Push each plug in all the way to
make a good connection (loose
connections can cause noise or
malfunctions).
• To prevent interference, keep
audio and video cables away from
power cords and speaker cables.
Component video separates the luminance (Y) and
Y P
B
color difference signals (P
picture quality. Some TV manufacturers label their
component video inputs differently.
P
R
S Video provides better picture quality than com-
S VIDEO
posite video.
Composite video can be found on virtually all TVs,
VCRs, and video equipment.
VIDEO
SCART connections carry audio and video (com-
AV CONNECTOR
posite, S Video, RGB) all in one cable.
Optical digital audio connections provide better
audio quality than analog connections.
OPTICAL
Coaxial digital audio connections provide better
COAXIAL
audio quality than analog connections.
RCA analog audio connectors can be found on vir-
1
tually all AV components.
L
R
This cable carries multichannel analog audio and
it's typically used to connect DV-SP503Es with
FRONT/D. MIX
1 2 SURR CENTER
individual 5.1 channel analog audio outputs. Sev-
eral standard analog audio cables can be used
SUB
instead of a multichannel cable.
WOOFER
Analog audio
Right (red)
Left (white)
Composite video
(Yellow)
Right!
Wrong!
, P ), providing the best
R B