Connecting Digital Audio Components - Pioneer Elite VSX-43TX Operating Instructions Manual

Connecting Digital Audio Components

Before making or changing the connections, switch off the power and disconnect the power cord from
the AC outlet.
Connect your digital components as shown below. The VSX-43TX has two coaxial, two optical inputs for a
total of four digital inputs. In order to use digital soundtracks like Dolby Digital 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 receiver).
Hook up your digital equipment in accordance with this receiver's default settings (see next page) unless
you want to, or need to, change them. To do this see "Assigning the Digital Inputs" on page 76.
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 page 19) in order to
make recordings because some digital sources may be protected against making digital copies.
*The arrows indicate the direction of the audio signal.
ASSIGNABLE
PCM/
AM LOOP
2DIGITAL / FM UNBAL
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DTS
IN
OUT1
CONTROL
OUT
OUT2
MONITOR OUT
R L
1
IN
PLAY
(TV/
SAT)
IN
2
CD-R/
IN
TAPE1
(CD-R/
TAPE1)
OUT
REC
3
PLAY
IN
(DVD/ IN
LD)
MD/
TAPE2
4
IN
OUT
(CD)
REC
CD
IN
DIGITAL
LINE
IN
R L R
AUDIO AUDIO
7 Coaxial cords/Optical cables
Commercially available digital audio coaxial
cords (standard video cords can also be used) or
optical cables (not supplied) are used to connect
digital components to this receiver.
Be sure to insert completely and in the case of
the optical cable, right-side up. If it is inserted
improperly it can break the shutter on the
optical terminal (this won't, however, affect the
connection or insertion of an optical cable).
PRE OUT
ANTENNA
SUB
WOOFER
CENTER
FRONT
R L
SUR-
ROUND
IN
R L
VCR1/
(Single)
DVR SUR-
ROUND
OUT
BACK
R L
FRONT
IN
R L
VCR2
SUR-
ROUND
OUT
R L
SUB CEN-
TV/
WOOF- TER
SAT
ER
IN
SUR-
DVD/
ROUND
LD
BACK
IN
R L
L
VIDEO S VIDEO
VIDEO MULTI CH IN
Connecting Your Equipment
DIGITAL
OUTPUT
DIGITAL DIGITAL
OUTPUT INPUT
(PLAY) (REC)
DIGITAL
OUTPUT
(not a PCM-only output)
DIGITAL
OUTPUT
Coaxial cord
(
or standard [composite]
video cord)
Satellite tuner
CD recorder
DVD player
CD player
Optical cable
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