Listening To Surround Sound - Pioneer VSX-D812 Operating Instructions Manual

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Listening to Surround Sound

This receiver was designed with the easiest possible setup in mind, so with the following quick
setup guide, you should have your system hooked up for surround sound in no time at all. In
most cases, you can simply leave the receiver in the default settings.
Be sure to complete all connections before connecting this unit to the AC power source.
1 Hook up your DVD player.
For surround sound, you'll want to hook up using a digital connection from the DVD player to
the receiver. You can do this with either a coaxial, or an optical connection (you don't need to
connect both). If you hook up using an optical cable, you should refer to Digital input settings
on page 48 to assign the optical input to DVD.
Use a video cord to connect the video output on your DVD player to the receiver using the jacks
shown below.
2 Hook up your TV.
Use a video cord to connect your receiver to the TV using the jacks as shown below.
Optical cable
DIGITAL OUT
STANDBY/ON
0
DVD player
* The illustration shows the VSX-D812/D912, but connections for the VSX-D712 are the same.
8
En
Coaxial
cable
DVD PLA YER
7 8 Î
4 1 ¡ ¢
3
VIDEO OUT
S
TV
DIGITAL
OUT
OPT
OPT
AM
2
LOOP
AUX
IN
(CD-R/TAPE/MD) DIGITAL
OUT
IN CD
OPT ANTENNA
OPT
1
OPT
OUT VCR /
OUT
(TV / 2
DVR
SAT)
(CD-R/TAPE/MD)
IN
OPT VIDEO
ASSIGNABLE
COAX
1
IN
TV /
2
DIGITAL (TV / SAT
IN
SAT)
IN
IN
(CD)
ASSIGNABLE
COAX DVD
2 / LD
DIGITAL
FRONT
IN IN
(CD)
COAX D V D
7.1CH
COAX
1
REC INPUT
1
IN
CD-R
(DVD OUT
(DVD
/ TAPE
/LD)
/ MD
/LD)
IN PLAY
R AUDIO L
IN
DVD
/ LD
FRONT
D V D
7.1CH
REC INPUT
IN
CD-R
/ TAPE
/ MD
Video cord
VIDEO IN
Video cord
This receiver*
CEN-
SUB WOOFER
FM UNBAL
TER
75
Ω
SURROUND
R L
MONITOR OUT
SURROUND
BACK
R L
IN
DVD 7.1CH INPUT
CONTROL
OUT FRONT
VCR /
FRONT CENTER SURROUND BACK
S R L R L
DVR
OUT
VIDEO
IN
P
E
MONITOR T V /
OUT
OUT SAT
A
S I N G L E
IN
A
SEE INSTRUCTION
K
SUB MANUAL
WOOFER DVD /
E
LD IN
PREOUT
IN MONITOR
R
S-VIDEO
OUT
S
SUB
WOOFER
PREOUT
PREOUT
L L SURROUND
BACK
R R
SURROUND CENTER
SURROUND FRONT
R L R L
B