Connecting Digital Audio Components - Pioneer VSA-AX10 Operating Instructions Manual

Connecting Your Equipment

Connecting Digital Audio Components

Connect your digital components as shown below. The VSA-AX10 has three coaxial, four optical and one
2 RF inputs for a total of eight 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.80.
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 DIGITAL
PCM/2DIGITAL
/DTS/MPEG
2 2
OUT OUT
AUDIO
R
PHONO
1 1
OUT OUT
IN
7 7
CD
(CD-R/ (CD-R/
TAPE1 TAPE1
IN
/MD) /MD)
IN IN
6 6
TUNER
(VCR2) (VCR2)
IN
IN IN
5 5
OUT
(VCR1 (VCR1
REC
/DVR) /DVR)
CD-R/
IN IN
TAPE1
4 4
/MD
(SAT) (SAT)
IN
PLAY
IN IN
OUT
3 3
IN IN (CD) (CD) REC
TAPE2
MONITOR
2 2 (TV) IN
IN IN
PLAY
FRONT
(DVD (DVD
1 1
IN IN
/LD) /LD)
R
SUR-
ROUND
2RF 2RF (DVD (DVD
IN IN
/LD) /LD)
R
(For LD) (For LD)
ASSIGNABLE ASSIGNABLE
24
En
OUT IN
CONTROL
L
AUDIO
POWER AMP
IN
R L
FRONT
R L
CENTER
SUB W.
PRE OUT
1 2
(Single)
SUR-
ROUND
R L
SUR-
ROUND
BACK
R L (Single)
CENTER
SUB W.
L
SUR-
ROUND
BACK
L R L (Single)
R AUDIO L
MULTI CH INPUT
MONITOR
OUT
MONITOR
OUT
DVD
IN
/LD
IN
TV
IN
IN
SAT
IN
IN
OUT OUT
VCR1
/DVR
IN IN
OUT
OUT
VCR2
IN
IN
OUT OUT
VCR3
IN IN
VIDEO S2 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