Pioneer Elite VSX-53TX - Manual (Page 16)

Connecting Your Equipment
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Connecting your TV
Before making or changing the connections, switch off the power and disconnect the power cord from the AC
outlet.
Connect your TV to the jacks as shown below. Hook up with either component video, S video, or composite
video cords (the quality descends in this order)
but you must use the same type of video cords to hook
up your DVD player (and all other video components) as you use to hook up your TV. If you plan to
hook up your DVD player with component video cords hook up your TV with them as well. Composite video
cords, which look just like regular RCA audio cords (see page 20) but have only one cable are the most
common.
Component Video Input Default Settings
If you use component video cords to hook up your video equipment it is easiest to do so following the default
settings, which are listed below. Remember you must use component video cords from your video source (for
example, a DVD player) to the receiver and from the receiver to your TV (or monitor). If you don't follow the
default settings below you must assign the inputs you used with the "Assigning the Component Video Inputs"
procedure (see page 82).
The default settings are:
COMPONENT VIDEO IN 1: DVD/LD
COMPONENT VIDEO IN 2: TV/SAT
CAUTION:
Don't confuse the
MONITOR OUT for
your TV with the
MULTI ROOM &
SOURCE MONI-
TOR OUT (for the
MULTI ROOM fea-
ture only).
S video cables produce
clearer picture
reproduction by sending
separate signals for the
luminance and the color.
The video signal is
divided into the
luminance (Y) signal and
the color (P
B and P R )
signals. In this way,
interference between
the signals is avoided.
S Video Component video
Composite Video
Composite video cords are the most common or standard video cord but also
the lowest quality. The color on the connector is yellow to distinguish it from
regular RCA audio cords which have white and red connectors (see page 20). It
is important to use a true composite video cord and not an audio cord (though
they look exactly the same) because the impedance is different and this will
affect the picture quality.
TV/monitor
Connecting Your Equipment
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