Back Panel - Pioneer Elite VSX-47TX Operating Instructions Manual

Displays & Controls

Back Panel

All the terminals on the back panel are explained and/or referenced here.
5: U-shaped
connectors
Don't remove the U-
shaped connectors
unless you plan to
connect an external
amp to this receiver.
1 DIGITAL OUT terminals (see p.22)
Use these terminals to output the signal from a
DVD, CD player or any other kind of digital
player.
2 DIGITAL IN terminals (see p.22)
Use these terminals to input the signal from a
DVD, CD player or any other kind of digital
player. To be able to play Dolby Digital and
other surround soundtracks you need to make
digital connections. To do this use the digital
terminals here. If you don't connect as per the
default settings (see p.23) you need to com-
plete "Assigning the Digital Inputs" (see p.84).
3 MULTI CH INPUT terminals (see p.21)
Use these terminals to input a multichannel
surround signal (for example, a DVD-Audio
signal) in an analog fashion. These are analog
jacks.
4 Analog input/output terminals
(connect analog components here, see
p.20)
Use these terminals to input/output the audio
signal from analog components (like a cassette
deck or turntable). These are analog jacks.
30
1 4
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
2 (CD)
IN REC
TAPE2
MONITOR
(DVD
1
IN
IN
/LD)
PLAY
FRONT
R
SUR-
ROUND
(DVD
2RF
/LD)
IN
R
(For LD)
ASSIGNABLE
2 3
5 6 9
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
SUB W. CENTER
L
SUR-
ROUND
BACK
R L (Single)
L
MULTI CH INPUT
7
5 U-shaped connectors
6 POWER AMP IN terminals (see p.73)
Use this terminal to connect an external power
amp to this receiver. Remove the U-shaped
connectors only if you plan to do so.
7 PRE OUT analog terminals (connect an
amplifier here, see p.72, 73)
Use these terminals to output the audio signal
from this amplifier to a different amplifier if
that's how you choose to set up your system.
Remove the U-shaped connectors only if you
plan to do so.
8 Video components in/out terminals
Input/output signals from you video compo-
nents (DVD, VCR, TV tuners, SAT tuners, etc.)
here. (see number 2 here and p.17-19).
9 MULTI-ROOM & SOURCE OUT
terminals (see p.74-78).
These terminals output the audio & video signal
to a sub-system in a secondary room. These
are analog jacks.
10 CONTROL IN/OUT terminal
You can use this jack to hook up other PIO-
NEER equipment, that bears the Î
10 11
CONTROL
MONITOR
OUT
IN
MULTI-
ROOM & OUT
SOURCE
DVD
IN
/LD
IN
TV
IN
IN
SAT
IN
IN
OUT OUT
VCR1
/DVR
IN
IN
OUT OUT
VCR2
IN
IN
L
AUDIO VIDEO S VIDEO
8
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