Pioneer VSA-E08 - Manual (Page 13)

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Connecting Your Equipment
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 amplifier). The VSA-E08 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 amplifier'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.
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 amplifier.
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
CD
IN
R L
R L
MD /
TAPE1/
CD-R
PLAY
REC
TAPE2
MONITOR
PLAY
REC
IN
PHONO MONITOR
OUT 2
MONITOR
OUT 1
SURR-
OUND
SUB
WOOFER
CENTER
FRONT
MULTI CH IN
SURR-
OUND
FRONT
SUB
WOOFER
PRE OUT
CENTER
R L
L R
R
L
R
L
R
R L
L (Songle)
COMPONENT VIDEO
DVD/LD
IN
TV/SAT
IN
Y
P B
P R
MONITOR
OUT
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
PCM / 2 / DTS/ MPEG
DIGITAL
IN 5 IN 4 IN 3 2 RF IN
(AC-3)
IN 2 IN 1
LINE/
TUNER
IN
AUDIO
OUT OUT 2 1
MD recorder
OUTPUT
(PLAY)
INPUT
(REC)
DIGITAL
TV tuner
DVD player
OUTPUT
DIGITAL
OUTPUT
DIGITAL
CD player
OUTPUT
DIGITAL
(not a PCM-only output)