17
Making Connections
MAKING CONNECTIONS
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Digital Audio Connections
DIGITAL OUT (Coaxial)
The digital signal is transmitted electronically through a
coaxial cable.
• Use a coaxial cable (not supplied) to connect the
coaxial digital output on the player to the coaxial
digital input on an AV amplifier or receiver.
You can enjoy the digital audio recorded on DVD discs from both optical digital and coaxial digital output jacks.
When making digital audio connections, do not make connections from both the coaxial and optical digital outputs to the
same component.
• When a DVD recorded in Dolby Digital, DTS, or MPEG is loaded, noise will be output if you have made connections via
the digital audio jacks to a receiver or amplifier that cannot decode a Dolby Digital, DTS, or MPEG digital bitstream. In this
case, be sure to set up the Setup Navigator audio settings to best reflect the type of system you are using (
page 22
).
Additionally, the digital audio settings can be adjusted manually in the Setup screen
Audio 1
menu (
pages 29 and 30
).
• When recording digitally to an MD, CD recorder, DAT, etc., using a digital connection, we recommend using to the 1
COAX PCM jack.
• To enjoy Dolby Digital or DTS 5.1 channel audio, use the OPT (optical) or the 2 COAX jack. In addition to an AV amplifier
with built-in Dolby Digital/DTS decoder, you’ll need a surround sound speaker system (main left/right, center, surround
left/right and subwoofer).
R
L
SURROUND
SUB
WOOFER
CENTER
CONTROL
IN
OUT
AUDIO OUT
BALANCE
1 - GND
2 - HOT (+)
3 - COLD (-)
FRONT
OPT
2COAX 1COAX
PCM
R
L
DIGITAL OUT
PDIF
OFF ON
2
1
Y
P
B
P
R
525i
(480i)
525p
(480p)
2
1
menu
select
VIDEO OUT
COMPONENT VIDEO OUT
S-VIDEO OUT
OPT
2COAX 1COAX
PCM
DIGITAL OUT
DIGITAL IN
PDIF
AV amplifier
or receiver
with coaxial
digital input
R
L
SURROUND
SUB
WOOFER
CENTER
CONTROL
IN
OUT
AUDIO OUT
BALANCE
1 - GND
2 - HOT (+)
3 - COLD (-)
FRONT
OPT
2COAX 1COAX
PCM
R
L
DIGITAL OUT
PDIF
OFF ON
2
1
Y
P
B
P
R
525i
(480i)
525p
(480p)
2
1
menu
select
VIDEO OUT
COMPONENT VIDEO OUT
S-VIDEO OUT
OPT
2COAX 1COAX
PCM
DIGITAL OUT
PDIF
DIGITAL IN
R
L
SURROUND
SUB
WOOFER
CENTER
CONTROL
IN
OUT
AUDIO OUT
BALANCE
1 - GND
2 - HOT (+)
3 - COLD (-)
FRONT
OPT
2COAX 1COAX
PCM
R
L
DIGITAL OUT
PDIF
OFF ON
2
1
Y
P
B
P
R
525i
(480i)
525p
(480p)
2
1
menu
select
VIDEO OUT
COMPONENT VIDEO OUT
S-VIDEO OUT
OPT
2COAX 1COAX
PCM
DIGITAL OUT
PDIF
Connecting to the C-AX10 using
PDIF
When connecting to the optional C-AX10 Digital Control
Amplifier, use the PDIF cable supplied with the C-AX10
together with 2 commercially available coaxial digital
cables for a total of 3 connections.
DIGITAL OUT (Optical)
The digital signal is transmitted as light pulses through a
fiber-optic cable.
• Use a fiber-optic cable (not supplied) to connect the
digital optical output on the player to the digital
optical input on an AV amplifier or receiver.
Notes
• The PDIF connection can transmit up to 2 channels of
192kHz/24-bit audio; 4 channels of 96kHz/24-bit audio; 6
channels of 96kHz/16-bit audio; or 6 channels of 48kHz/
24-bit audio.
• Some discs may be copy protected: audio output from
the
PDIF
jacks will be 48kHz or 44.1kHz/16-bit (2 channel)
only. For 96kHz/24-bit and 192kHz/24-bit audio, connect
the analog jacks in addition to the
PDIF
jacks (page 18).
• Some DVD-Audio discs are copy protected: no digital
audio is output from the
PDIF
jacks when these discs are
played.
“PDIF PROHIBIT”
appears in the display when
these discs are played. In this case, connect using the
analog outputs and switch the
[Audio Out]
setting on
this player accordingly (
page 31
).
• When connected using PDIF, the speaker settings of this
player are ignored (
page 32
).
AV amplifier
or receiver
with optical
digital input
C-AX10
