Connecting A Satellite/Cable Receiver Or Other Set-Top Box - Pioneer VSX-C501-S Operating Instruction

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Connecting a satellite/cable receiver or other set-top box

Satellite and cable receivers, and terrestrial digital TV
tuners are all examples of so-called 'set-top boxes'.
1 Use a 3-pin AV cable to connect the TV/SAT IN
jacks to a set of audio/video outputs on the set-top
box component.
This carries video and analog stereo audio signals from
the set-top box component to this receiver.
2 Use an optical digital audio cable to connect the
TV/SAT(DVD) OPT1 jack to an optical digital audio
output on the set-top box component.
This connection carries stereo and multichannel digital
audio.
VSX-C501
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En
ANTENNA
AM LOOP FM UNBAL 75
+
DIGITAL IN
–
R L CENTER R L SURROUND
FRONT SURROUND
BACK SUB TV/SAT DVR/VCR
SPEAKERS
(DVD)
WOOFER
OUT OPT1 OPT2
DIGITAL OUT
STB
If your set-top box component doesn't have an optical
digital audio out jack, it is possible to use a coaxial
connection to the DVD(TV/SAT) COAX jack. However,
since by default this input is assigned to the DVD input,
you will need to reassign it to the TV/SAT input before
you can use it. After connecting up everything else see
Coaxial input setting on page 36 for how to do this.
Note
• If your satellite/cable receiver doesn't have a digital
audio output, omit step 2 above.
• For recording to a DVR/VCR, you must have the set-
top box connected to this receiver using the standard
video and analog audio TV/SAT IN jacks.
VIDEO
OUT
IN
CONTROL
IN IN IN OUT IN
CENTER SURROUND FRONT
L L L
R R R
DVD SUB WOOFER
DVD TV/SAT DVR/VCR VIDEO
(TV/SAT)
AUDIO IN (5.1CH)
COAX
AUDIO
VIDEO L AUDIO R
AV OUT
TWO VOLTAGE SELECTORS
AC IN
MONITOR
OUT
220 -230V 240V
110V 120-127V
110V 220 -230V
120 -127V 240V