Pioneer VSA-AX10 - Manual (Page 11)

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QUICK ST
AR
T GUIDE
Before making or changing the connections, switch off the power and disconnect the power cord from
the AC outlet.
Instruction for i.LINK interface are explained on pages 29-31.
1 1 1 1 1 Hooking Up Your DVD Player & TV
In order to use Dolby Digital, MPEG or DTS soundtracks you need to hook up your DVD player with 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 DVD players only have one type of digital
terminal you need to figure out which yours has and hook it up to the appropriate terminal on the amplifier. In
order to do this you will need the proper cable. For coaxial connections you can use a regular RCA video cord or
the specially-made coaxial cords, they have the same type of plugs. For optical connections you will need a
special optical cable which you can buy at your local stereo store. For more detail on cords/cables See page 25.
If you want to record from a DVD player, you should also connect analog audio connectors. Use regular RCA
stereo cords for these connections. Also hook up the video connection on your DVD player and your TV to this
amplifier. For your TV it's easiest to use a regular composite RCA video cord, as shown below. It is important
that you hook up your TV (or monitor) in order to see a video image as well as the on screen displays (OSDs)
shown by this amplifier (for more see page 18).
Digital Connections
Some DVD players have both coaxial and optical terminals, but there is no need to connect both. If your DVD
player has a coaxial terminal (not a PCM-only output) for the audio out hook it up using this terminal. Follow
the diagram below using DIGITAL IN 1. This is the best scenario, as you will be able to follow the default
settings of this amplifier and won't need to assign the digital inputs.
If your DVD player only has an optical terminal for the audio output you can hook it up using one of the
DIGITAL IN terminals between 4-7 (for example, DIGITAL IN 4). In this case, you will need to assign the
digital input (which means tell the amplifier which input you used for your DVD digital audio). See page 13 for
this.
Quick Start Guide Part1
(not a PCM-only
output)
R L
VCR1 /DVR
OUT
DVD
/LD
IN
TV
IN
SAT IN
IN
IN
IN
IN
OUT
OUT
OUT
IN
IN
IN
VCR2
OUT
IN
VCR3
OUT
IN
OUT
MONITOR OUT
MONITOR OUT
PHONO
CD
OUT
PLAY
PLAY
IN
IN
IN
IN
R
R L
R L
1 2
R L
R L
R L
R L
R L
L AUDIO
S400
AUDIO
FRONT
FRONT
CENTER
CENTER
SUB W.
SUB W.
SUR- ROUND
SUR- ROUND
SUR- ROUND BACK
SUR- ROUND BACK
(Single)
(Single)
(Single)
1
OUT
2
OUT
(CD-R/ TAPE1 /MD)
CD-R/ TAPE1 /MD
TAPE2 MONITOR
(VCR2)
(VCR1 /DVR)
(CD)
(TV)
2RF (DVD /LD)
(For LD)
(SAT)
4
IN
5
IN
6
IN
7
IN
3 IN
2 IN
(DVD /LD) 1 IN
IN
REC
OUT
REC
POWER
AMP IN
MULTI CH INPUT
DIGITAL
PRE OUT
(AUDIO) IN
CONTROL
AUDIO VIDEO S VIDEO
PCM/2DIGITAL /DTS/MPEG
TUNER
IN
FRONT
CENTER
SUR-
ROUND
SUR-
ROUND
BACK
(Single)
L
R
L
R
L
R
L
R
AC IN
ı
SPEAKERS
SPEAKERS
RS-232C
·
·
ª
ª
Å AC OUTLET
Y
Y
P B
P R
P B
P R
P B
P R
P B
P R
2 IN
1 IN
3 IN
Y Y
MONITOR OUT
COMPONENT VIDEO
ASSIGNABLE
ASSIGNABLE
DVD player
OUTPUT
DIGITAL
AUDIO
OUT
L
R
ANALOG
VIDEO
OUT
VIDEO
(CD)
(TV)
2RF (DVD
/LD)
(For LD)
(SAT)
4
IN
3 IN
2 IN
(DVD
/LD)
1 IN
IN
ASSIGNABLE
VIDEO INPUT
DVD
/LD
IN
IN MONITOR
OUT
R L
L
R
RCA video cord
RCA video cord RCA stereo cord
coaxial cord
optical cord
You only need to make
one DIGITAL connection.