Connecting Digital Audio Components - Pioneer Elite VSX-47TX Operating Instructions Manual

Connecting Your Equipment

Connecting Digital Audio Components

Connect your digital components as shown below. The VSX-47TX has two coaxial, three optical and one
2 RF inputs for a total of six 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). A DVD/LD player
or LD player should also be connected to the special 2 RF jack (if the LD has one).
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 p.88 .
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 p.20) in order to make
recordings (some digital sources may be protected against making digital copies).
Before making or changing the connections, switch off the power and disconnect the power cord from
the AC outlet.
*The arrows indicate the direction of the audio signal.
DIGITAL
PCM/2DIGITAL/DTS
2
OUT
AUDIO
R
PHONO
1
IN
OUT
CD
DIGITAL
IN
PCM/2DIGITAL/DTS
5
(CD-R/
TAPE1
/MD)
IN
R
4
OUT
(VCR1
REC
/DVR)
IN
CD-R/
TAPE1
3
/MD
IN
(SAT)
IN
PLAY
OUT
(CD)
2
IN REC
TAPE2
MONITOR
(DVD
1 IN
IN
/LD)
PLAY
FRONT
R
SUR-
ROUND
(DVD
2RF
/LD)
IN
R
(For LD)
ASSIGNABLE
22
CONTROL
OUT
L
AUDIO
POWER AMP
IN
R L
FRONT
L R L
CENTER
SUB W.
PRE OUT
1 2
(Single)
SUR-
ROUND
R L
SUR-
ROUND
BACK
R L (Single)
R L
AUDIO
SUB W. CENTER
L
SUR-
ROUND
BACK
L R L (Single)
MULTI CH INPUT
MONITOR
OUT
IN
MULTI-
OUT
ROOM &
SOURCE
DVD
IN
/LD
IN
TV
IN
IN
SAT
IN
IN
OUT OUT
VCR1
/DVR
IN
IN
OUT OUT
VCR2
IN IN
VIDEO S VIDEO
(not a PCM-only output)
DIGITAL
OUTPUT INPUT
(PLAY) (REC)
CD recorder
DIGITAL
DIGITAL
OUTPUT
Satellite tuner
DIGITAL
OUTPUT
CD player
OUTPUT
DVD player