Connecting Digital Components - Pioneer VSX-D712 Operating Instructions Manual

03 Connecting up

Connecting digital components

The easiest way to hook up this receiver for surround sound is to use a digital input. You can do
this by either coaxial or optical connections (you do not 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 output from the
component to coaxial input on the receiver). The VSX-D712 has three digital inputs on the rear
panel (two coaxial inputs and an optical input) and the VSX-D812 has four (two coaxial inputs
and two optical inputs). Connect your digital components to the rear panel as shown below.
There is one digital output jack which is marked DIGITAL OUT . 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.
When connecting your equipment, always make sure the power is turned off and the power cord
is disconnected from the AC outlet.
• The arrows indicate the direction of the signal.
CD recorder
Satellite tuner
CD player
DVD player
* The illustration shows the VSX-D812, but connections for the VSX-D712 are the same.
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DIGITAL DIGITAL
IN
OUT
VSX-D812 only
DIGITAL
OUT
DIGITAL OUT
COAX
DIGITAL OUT
COAX
This receiver*
AM
LOOP
AUX
IN
DIGITAL
OUT
CD
IN
OPT ANTENNA
OPT
OUT VCR /
OUT IN
2
DVR
CONTROL
(CD-R/TAPE/MD)
IN
VIDEO
OPT
1 IN
TV /
OUT
SAT
(TV /
IN
SAT)
IN
ASSIGNABLE
COAX DVD
MONITOR
2 / LD
DIGITAL
OUT
IN FRONT
IN
(CD)
D V D
7.1CH
SUB W.
COAX
REC INPUT
1
IN
CD-R
OUT
(DVD PREOUT
/ TAPE
/LD)
/ MD
IN PLAY
AUDIO
R L
CEN-
SUB W.
FM UNBAL D V D
TER
7.1CH
75
Ω
INPUT
COMPONENT
VIDEO
SURROUND
MONITOR O
R L
MONITOR OUT
R L
Y P
B
SURROUND BACK
OUT
VCR /
FRONT
S R L
DVR
IN
P
E
T V /
SAT
A
IN
A
K
DVD /
E
LD
IN
R
S
S-VIDEO