Pioneer VSX-909RDS - Manual (Page 13)

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Digital Connections
In order to use Dolby Digital/DTS soundtracks which are at the heart of home theater 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). The receiver has two coaxial and three optical inputs for a total of five digital inputs. A
DVD/LD player or LD player should be connected to a digital jack and the special 2 RF jack (if the LD has one)
as well as a pair of analog jacks (see the next page). If possible, hook up your digital equipment in accordance
with this receiver's default settings. See “Digital Input Assignment“ below left, in order to do this.We also
recommend hooking up your digital components to analog audio jacks in order to make recording from some
digital sources which may be copy protected.
Connect your digital components as shown below.
There are two optical digital out jacks (the MD 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.
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.
CD
IN
SURR-
OUND
SUB
WOOFER
CENTER
FRONT
MULTI CH IN
SURR-
OUND
R L
R L
R L
R L
R L (Single)
R
R
L
L
R
L
R L
FRONT
AUDIO
SUB
WOOFER
PRE OUT
CENTER
COMPONENT VIDEO
DVD/LD
IN
TV/SAT
IN
Y
P B
P R
MONITOR
OUT
MONITOR
OUT 1
MONITOR
OUT 2
P B
P R
Y
MULTI CH IN
SURROUND
BACK
SURROUND
BACK
PRE OUT
DVD /
LD
IN
S VIDEO VIDEO VIDEO AUDIO
IN
TV /
SAT
IN
IN
OUT
IN
VCR1 /
DVR
OUT
IN
OUT
IN
VCR2
OUT
IN
CONTROL
IN
OUT
MD /
TAPE1/
CD-R
PLAY
REC
TAPE2
MONITOR
PLAY
REC
PCM/
2 /
DTS/
MPEG
DIGITAL
IN 5 IN 4 IN 3 2 RF IN
(AC-3)
IN 2 IN 1
IN
PHONO
FM UNBAL
75‰
FM
ANTENNA
AM LOOP
ANTENNA
OUT OUT 2 1
MD recorder
OUTPUT
(PLAY)
INPUT
(REC)
DIGITAL
TV tuner
DVD player
OUTPUT
DIGITAL
OUTPUT
DIGITAL
CD player
OUTPUT
DIGITAL
Connecting Your Equipment
7 Coaxial cords/Optical cables
Commercially available digital audio coaxial
cords (standard video cords can also be
used) or optical cables (not supplied) are
used to connect digital components to this
receiver.
When you use optical digital input or output
terminals, pull off the caps and insert the
plugs. Be sure to insert completely.
Coaxial cord
(or standard video cord) Optical cable
(not a PCM-only output)