Onkyo TX-SR8450 - Manual (Page 21)

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Connecting Your Components —Continued
By connecting both the audio and video outputs of your DVD player and other AV components to the AV receiver, you
can switch the audio and video signals simultaneously simply by changing the input source on the AV receiver.
The AV receiver supports several connection formats for compatibility with a wide range of AV equipment. The format
you choose will depend on the formats supported by your other components. Use the following sections as a guide.
For video components, such as a DVD player, you must make an audio connection and a video connection.
Video Connection Formats
When choosing a connection format, bear in mind that
the AV receiver doesn’t convert between formats, so only
outputs of the same format as the input will output the
signal.
Video Signal Flow Chart
Audio Connection Formats
When choosing a connection format, bear in mind that
the AV receiver doesn’t convert between formats.
For example, audio signals connected to an OPTICAL or
COAXIAL digital input are not output by the analog
TAPE OUT, so if you want to record from, for example,
your CD player, in addition to connecting it to a digital
input, you must also connect it to the analog CD IN.
Audio Signal Flow Chart
Connecting Audio and Video Signals to the AV Receiver
Which Connections Should I Use?
: Signal Flow
Video
Video
Audio
Speakers (see page 17 for
hookup details)
DVD player, etc.
TV, projector,
etc.
Audio
DVD player,
etc.
AV Receiver
TV,
projector,
etc.
Composite
IN
Input
Composite
Composite
S-Video
S-Video
S-Video
Component
Component
Component
OUT
Output
CD player,
etc.
AV Receiver
Cassette
recorder, etc.
Optical
Optical
Coaxial
Coaxial
Analog
Analog
Analog
Multi-
channel
Multi-
channel
IN
Input
OUT
Output