Owner's Manual
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Connecting the AV Receiver—Continued
■ CD Player or Turntable (MM) with Built-in Phono Preamp
• With connection  , you can listen to and record audio from the CD player and listen in Zone 2.
• To connect the CD player digitally, use connection   or  . (To record or listen in Zone 2 as well, use   and 
, or and .)
■ Turntable (MM) with no Phono Preamp 
Built-in 
A phono preamp is necessary to connect a turntable that 
doesn’t have a phono preamp built-in.
■ Turntable with an MC (Moving Coil) Cartridge
An MC head amp and phono preamp are necessary to 
connect a turntable with an MC (Moving Coil) cartridge.
Connecting a CD Player or Turntable
Connection  AV receiver Signal flow CD or turntable
CD IN L/R ⇐ Analog audio L/R output
DIGITAL IN COAXIAL 1 (DVD/BD) ⇐ Digital coaxial output
DIGITAL IN OPTICAL 2 (CD) ⇐ Digital optical output
IN 
L 
R 
L 
R 
CD 
AUDIO 
OUTPUT 
OPTICAL 
OUT 
AUDIO 
OUT 
L R 
COAXIAL 
OUT 
L 
R 
IN 
(DVD/BD) 
1
COAXIAL 
2 
(CD) 
OPTICAL 
CD 
b 
a 
a 
c 
Step 1:
Choose a connection that matches your CD player ( ,  , or  ). Use connection   for a turntable with a built-in 
phono preamp.
a b c a
Turntable (MM) with 
built-in phono preamp
CD player
Connect one or 
the other Con-
nection must 
be assigned 
(see page 41)
b
a
b c a
b a c
a
b
c
IN
L
R
CD
AUDIO
OUTPUT
AUDIO
OUTPUT
AUDIO
INPUT
L
R
L
R
L
R
Phono preamp
IN
CD
L
R
AUDIO
OUTPUT
AUDIO
INPUT
AUDIO
OUTPUT
AUDIO
OUTPUT
AUDIO
INPUT
L
R
L
R
L
R
L
R
L
R
MC head amp or 
MC transformer
Phono 
preamp










