Connecting Digital Components - Pioneer VSX-D812 Operating Instructions Manual

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 both the VSX-D812 and VSX-D912 have 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 digital audio signal.
CD recorder
Satellite tuner
CD player
DVD player
* The illustration shows the VSX-D812/D912, but connections for the VSX-D712 are the same.
DIGITAL DIGITAL
IN
OUT
VSX-D912/D812 only
DIGITAL
OUT
DIGITAL OUT
COAX
DIGITAL OUT
COAX
This receiver*
AM
LOOP
AUX
IN
DIGITAL
OUT
CD
OPT IN
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
/ LD
2
DIGITAL
OUT
FRONT
IN IN
(CD)
D V D
7.1CH
SUB
COAX
INPUT
REC
WOOFER
1
IN
CD-R
OUT PREOUT
(DVD
/ TAPE
/LD)
/ MD
IN PLAY
R AUDIO L
CEN-
FM UNBAL SUB WOOFER
TER
75
Ω
SURROUND
R L
MONITOR OUT
SURROUND
BACK
R L
DVD 7.1CH INPUT
OUT
VCR /
FRONT
S R L
DVR
IN
P
E
T V /
SAT
A
IN
A
K
DVD /
E
LD
IN
R
S-VIDEO
S
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