Connecting Digital Audio Components - Pioneer Elite VSX-49TX Operating Instructions Manual

Connecting Digital Audio Components

Connect your digital components as shown below. The VSX-49TX has three coaxial, five optical (four rear,
one front) and one 2 RF input for a total of nine 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.93.
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.23) 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
S400
2
OUT
AUDIO
R L
PHONO
1
OUT
IN
7 CD
(CD-R/
TAPE1
IN
/MD)
R
IN
6
(VCR2)
R
IN
R L
5
OUT
(VCR1
REC
/DVR)
CD-R/
IN
TAPE1
4
/MD
(SAT) IN
PLAY
1
IN
(Single)
OUT
3
(CD) REC
IN
TAPE2 R
MONITOR
2 IN
IN (TV)
PLAY
R
FRONT
SUB W.
(DVD
1
IN
/LD)
R L
SUR-
ROUND
2RF (DVD
IN
/LD)
R L R
(For LD)
MULTI CH INPUT
ASSIGNABLE
CONTROL
MONITOR
OUT OUT
IN
(AUDIO)
MULTI-
OUT
ROOM &
SOURCE
DVD
/LD
IN
AUDIO
POWER
TV
AMP
IN
IN
L
FRONT
SAT
IN
L
CENTER
OUT
OUT
VCR1
SUB W.
/DVR
PRE OUT IN
2
SUR-
ROUND
OUT
OUT
L
VCR2
SUR-
ROUND
BACK IN
L
(Single)
CENTER
OUT
OUT
VCR3
SUR-
ROUND
IN
BACK
(Single)
L
R L
AUDIO VIDEO
Connecting Your Equipment
OUTPUT
(PLAY)
IN
IN
IN
IN
IN
IN
S2 VIDEO
(not a PCM-only output)
DIGITAL
INPUT
(REC)
CD recorder
DIGITAL
DIGITAL
OUTPUT
CD player
DIGITAL
OUTPUT
TV tuner
DIGITAL
OUTPUT
DVD player
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