Sony STR-VA333ES User Manual

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Getting Started
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1b: Connecting components with multi channel output
jacks
1 Connect the audio jacks.
If your DVD/LD and CD/Super Audio CD players are equipped with multi channel decoder, you can
connect them to this receiver’s MULTI CHANNEL IN jacks to enjoy the sound of the connected
component’s multi channel decoder. Alternatively, the multi channel input jacks can be used to
connect an external multi channel decoder.
For details on the required cords (A–H), see page 7.
DVD/LD player,
CD/Super Audio CD player,
Multichannel decoder, etc.
Tips
• This connection also allows you to enjoy software with multi-channel audio recorded in formats other than the
Dolby Digital, DTS and MPEG-2.
• Make connections to either the MULTI CHANNEL IN 1 or 2 jacks according to the number of audio output
jacks of the component.
Note
DVD and Super Audio CD players do not have SURR BACK terminals.
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MD/DAT
TAPE
PHONO
IN
OUT
IN
OUT
IN
OUT
IN
OUT
IN
OUT
IN
OUT
IN
SIGNAL GND
U
 FRONT
SURROUND CENTER
SUB WOOFER
SUB WOOFER
L
L
R
L
R
L
R
R
AUDIO
IN
VIDEO
IN
VIDEO
IN
VIDEO
VIDEO
AUDIO
IN
AUDIO
AUDIO
 FRONT
SURROUND SURR BACK CENTER
SUB WOOFER
CENTER
VIDEO
OUT
PRE OUT
 FRONT
SURROUND SURR BACK
TV/SAT IN DVD/LD IN MONITOR OUT
COMPONENT VIDEO
Y
75
Ω 
COAXIAL
FM
AM
U
CTRL
A1    
ANTENNA
CD
/SACD
IN
MD/DAT
OPTICAL
OUT
MD/DAT
OPTICAL
IN
TV/SAT 
OPTICAL
IN
DVD/LD 
OPTICAL
IN
CD
/SACD
COAXIAL
IN
DVD/LD 
COAXIAL
IN
CD
/SACD
OPTICAL
IN
DIGITAL
ASSIGNABLE
RS232C
OUT
IN
OUT
IN
S2 VIDEO
IN
S2 VIDEO
IN
S2 VIDEO
S2 VIDEO
S2 VIDEO
OUT
TV/SAT DVD/LD
VIDEO 2
VIDEO 1
MONITOR
MULTI CHANNEL IN 1
MULTI CHANNEL IN 2
P
B
/C
B
/B-Y
P
R
/C
R
/R-Y
L
R
MULTI CH OUT
 FRONT
SURROUND
MULTI CHANNEL IN 2
A A G G
CENTER
MULTI CHANNEL IN 1
SUB
WOOFER