Connecting Your Equipment
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Connecting Video Components
Before making or changing the connections, switch off the power and disconnect the power cord from the AC
outlet.
Connect your video components as shown on this and the following page. For video components (for
example, a DVD player) there are two types of connections to make, video and audio. Hook up your video
signal with either component video, S video or composite video cords (the quality descends in this order)
but
you must use the same type of cord as you used to hook up your TV.
For the audio signal, in order to use digital soundtracks like Dolby Digital or DTS you must hook up a digital
input, with either a coaxial or optical cord (see page 23). It is also a good idea to hook up your components
with analog audio connections as well.
If you want to record from your DVD player composite (or S video) cord connections and analog audio
connections are necessary.
Connecting a DVD player
Before making or changing the connections, switch off the power and disconnect the power cord from the AC
outlet.
Hook up your audio signal with either a coaxial or optical digital cords (you don't need to do both). If you hook
up your DVD/LD player using component video cable connections you might need to setup your DVD player
for component video output as well. See your DVD manual for details. If you have a DVD-Audio or Super
Audio CD (SACD) compatible player, see page 21.
You need to hook up your audio with analog connections as well.
*The arrows indicate the direction of the signal.
Memo:
• Be sure to make either a digital coaxial or digital optical connection (pictured in this diagram as DIGITAL
jack 3 or DIGITAL jack 2) but you don't need to make both.
• If your digital connections are different than the default settings (see page 23) you will need to assign the
digital jacks to the proper component(s).
1
2
3
DIGITAL OUT
COMPO-
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VIDEO
OUT
VIDEO
S-VIDEO
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(not a PCM-only output)
DVD player
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