CONNECTING THE EQUIPMENT (cont.)
About Setup H: Using component-video cables to connect a DVD player and an HDTV
In this setup, a DVD player is added to Setup G.
As the HDTV has component video inputs, you can loop the DVD player’s video through the set-top, using cables 9 and 12, as shown.
The set-top must be turned off for loopthrough to occur.
If the DVD player does not have component video outputs, then you can connect it directly to the HDTV using any spare baseband
video or S-video input jacks that the HDTV may have.
The audio connection from the DVD player could go directly to the HDTV (provided that there are enough input jacks on the HDTV).
If the HDTV’s audio inputs are limited, you can use the set-top’s baseband audio loopthrough feature to loop the audio through the
set-top (cables 10 and 3) as shown. The set-top must be turned off for this audio loopthrough to occur.
To enhance the sound, you can connect a home theater receiver, in which case baseband audio cables 3 and 10 are not needed.
There is a choice of two S/PDIF inputs and outputs on the set-top: (i) electrical (labeled DIGITAL AUDIO), which are shown
connected, by cables 8 and 11 in the diagram, opposite, and (ii) optical (labeled OPTICAL AUDIO).
Audio from the set-top reaches the home theater receiver via cable 8 when the set-top is on.
Audio from the DVD player loops through the set-top to the home theater receiver via cables 11 and 8 (for this to occur, the set-top
must be turned off).
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