Pioneer VSX-421: Connecting a satellite receiver or other digital set-top box Connecting an HDD/DVD recorder, Blu-ray Disc recorder and other video sources Connecting other audio components
Connecting a satellite receiver or other digital set-top box Connecting an HDD/DVD recorder, Blu-ray Disc recorder and other video sources Connecting other audio components: Pioneer VSX-421
Table of contents
- AUDIO/VIDEO MULTI-CHANNEL RECEIVER
- IMPORTANT IMPORTANT: THE MOULDED PLUG VENTILATION CAUTION
- WARNING
- Contents
- Before you start
- Remote control
- Connecting your equipment
- Connecting the speakers
- Making cable connections HDMI cables
- Analog audio cables Digital audio cables Video cables About video outputs connection
- Connecting your component with no HDMI terminal Connecting a TV and playback components Connecting using HDMI
- Connecting a satellite receiver or other digital set-top box Connecting an HDD/DVD recorder, Blu-ray Disc recorder and other video sources Connecting other audio components
- Using the component video jacks Connecting antennas
- Using external antennas Plugging in the receiver Canceling the demo display
- Basic playback

Connecting your equipment
Connecting a satellite receiver or other digital
set-top box
Satellite and cable receivers, and terrestrial digital TV tuners
are all examples of so-called ‘set-top boxes’.
• If the set-top box or video component also has an HDMI
or a component video output, you can connect this too.
See Connecting using HDMI on page 11 or Using the
component video jacks on page 13 for more on this.
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En
Note
Connecting an HDD/DVD recorder, Blu-ray Disc
recorder and other video sources
This receiver has audio/video inputs and outputs suitable for
connecting analog or digital video recorders, including HDD/
DVD recorders and Blu-ray Disc recorders.
• Only the signals that are input to the VIDEO IN terminal
can be output from the VIDEO OUT terminal.
• Audio signals that are input through the digital terminal
will not be output from the analog terminal.
• In order to listen to the audio from the source component
that is connected to this receiver using a coaxial cable,
first, switch to the TV/SAT, then press SIGNAL SEL to
choose the audio signal C1 (COAXIAL1).
Note
Connecting other audio components
The number and kind of connections depends on the kind of
component you’re connecting. Follow the steps below to
connect a CD-R, MD, DAT, tape recorder or other audio
component.
• Note that you must connect digital components to analog
audio jacks if you want to record to/from digital
components (like an MD) to/from analog components.
• In order to listen to the audio from the source component
that is connected to this receiver using an optical cable,
first, switch to the DVR/BDR input, then press SIGNAL
SEL to choose the audio signal O2 (OPTICAL2).
Note
DVR/BDR IN
DVD IN
BD IN
OUT
COAXIAL
IN
1
IN
IN
OPTICAL
1
2
ASSIGNABLE
ASSIGNABLE
(
CD
)
(
TV/SAT
)
(
CD-R/TAPE
)
VIDEO
AUDIO
DVR/ BDR
CD-R/TAPE
SURR BACK
L
MONITOR
TV/SAT
BD
(
Single
)
OUT
IN
IN
OUT
PRE OUT
R
ANTENNA
FM
DVR /
CD
UNBAL
BDR
75
L
AM LOOP
OUT
IN
DVD IN
IN IN
RL
FRONT
IN
1
R
CEN
(
DVD
)
ASSIGNABLE
IN
2
L
(
DVR /
BDR
)
IN
IN
R
MONITOR
SUBWOOFER
OUT
YP
B
P
R
TV/SAT
BD
DVD
COMPONENT
VIDEO
PRE OUT
SPEAKERS
A
• In order to listen to the audio from the CD player that is
connected to this receiver using a coaxial cable, first,
switch to the CD-R input, then press SIGNAL SEL to
choose the audio signal C1 (COAXIAL1).
T
RL
OPTICALCOAXIAL
DIGITAL AUDIO OUTANALOG AUDIO OUT
VIDEO OUT
Select one
Set-top box, etc.
HDMI
DVR/BDR IN
DVD IN
BD IN
OUT
COAXIAL
IN
1
IN
IN
OPTICAL
1
2
ASSIGNABLE
ASSIGNABLE
(
CD
)
(
TV/SAT
)
(
CD-R/TAPE
)
VIDEO
AUDIO
DVR/BDR
CD-R/TAPE
SURR BACK
L
MONITOR
TV/SAT
BD
(
Single
)
OUT
IN
IN
OUT
PRE OUT
R
ANTENNA
FM
DVR /
CD
UNBAL
BDR
75
L
AM LOOP
OUT
IN
DVD IN
IN IN
RL
FRONT
IN
1
R
CEN
(
DVD
)
ASSIGNABLE
IN
2
L
(
DVR /
BDR
)
IN
IN
R
MONITOR
SUBWOOFER
OUT
YP
B
P
R
TV/SAT
BD
DVD
COMPONENT
VIDEO
PRE OUT
SPEAKERS
A
T
RL
OPTICAL
RL
ANALOG AUDIO OUT
DIGITAL AUDIO OUT
ANALOG AUDIO IN
VIDEO IN
VIDEO OUT
Select one
HDD/DVD recorder, Blu-ray
Disc recorder, etc.
HDMI
DVR/BDR IN
DVD IN
BD IN
OUT
COAXIAL
IN
1
IN
IN
OPTICAL
1
2
ASSIGNABLE
ASSIGNABLE
(
CD
)
(
TV/SAT
)
(
CD-R/TAPE
)
VIDEO
AUDIO
DVR/BDR
CD-R/TAPE
SURR BACK
L
MONITOR
TV/SAT
BD
(
Single
)
OUT
IN
IN
OUT
PRE OUT
R
ANTENNA
FM
DVR /
CD
UNBAL
BDR
75
L
AM LOOP
OUT
IN
DVD IN
IN IN
RL
FRONT
IN
1
R
CE
(
DVD
)
ASSIGNABLE
IN
2
L
(
DVR /
BDR
)
IN
IN
R
MONITOR
SUBWOOFER
OUT
YP
B
P
R
TV/SAT
BD
DVD
COMPONENT
VIDEO
PRE OUT
SPEAKERS
A
N
RL
OPTICALCOAXIAL
RL
REC
DIGITAL AUDIO OUTANALOG AUDIO OUT
ANALOG AUDIO IN
Select one
CD-R, MD, DAT,
Tape recorder, etc.
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