Connecting A Digital Tuner/Set Top Box; Connecting A Tv With An Internal Digital Tuner - Pioneer VSX-C300 Operating Instructions Manual

Connecting Your Equipment
Before making or changing the connections, switch off the power and disconnect the power cord from the AC wall
outlet.

Connecting a Digital Tuner/Set Top Box

If you have an external digital tuner (like a set top box for satellite or cable TV) you need to connect it and your TV
to the jacks shown below in order to play MPEG signals (which most digital satellite broadcasting uses). Make sure
you use a digital connection as well as an analog one for the audio on the satellite tuner, as pictured below.
Optical cable (sold
separately, don't pinch
or bend cable sharply)
Match the shape
of terminal and
the optical plug.

Connecting a TV with an Internal Digital Tuner

If you have an TV with an internal digital tuner you need to connect it to the jacks shown below in order to play
MPEG signals (which most digital satellite broadcasting uses). Make sure you use a digital connection as well as an
analog one for the audio, as pictured below.
Match the shape
of terminal and
the optical plug.
Optical cable (sold
separately, don't pinch
or bend cable sharply)
12
En
R L
DVD
IN
TV/
SAT
IN
DIGITAL
(OPTICAL)
VCR
IN
R L
AUDIO VIDEO
Video cord (sold separately)
R L
DIGITAL OUT VIDEO OUT AUDIO OUT
Digital Set Top Box
R L
DVD
1
IN
MONITOR
OUT
TV/
SAT
2
IN
DIGITAL
(OPTICAL)
VCR VCR
IN OUT
R L
AUDIO VIDEO
Audio cord
(sold separately)
DIGITAL OUT
ANALOG OUT
ANTENNA
1 AM LOOP
FM UNBAL 75Ω
MONITOR
OUT
2
R L
VCR
OUT
SUB
WOOFER
AUDIO
OUT
Audio cord
(sold separately)
Why you need an analog connection as well as a
digital one:
• If you don't have an optical output on your TV tuner
you will need to use an of analog connection.
• If the program you want to watch isn't output from
the optical terminal you need an analog connection.
• If you want to get a signal from a video deck instead
of a TV tuner you need an analog connection.
ANTENNA
AM LOOP
FM UNBAL 75Ω
R L
SUB
WOOFER
AUDIO
OUT
MONITOR IN
TV with an
internal digital tuner
FRONT
SPEAKERS
CENTER
R L
FRONT SURROUND
SPEAKERS CENTER
R L R
Video cord
(sold separately)
SURROUND
R L
L