C.A.R. 4000 (English)
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Digital in and out.
The optical digital output.
Optical Out (TOS Link)
The digital output is on the back of the C.A.R. 4000. You can connect an optical cable (also
known as a fiber optic cable) for a device such as a digital amplifier. One of the advantages of
digital transmission of the audio signal from the C.A.R. 4000 to an amplifier is that interfer-
ence cannot affect the signal and reduce the quality as can occur with analog transmission.
You can also connect the optical input of a minidisk recorder to this output to save the C.A.R.
4000 playback on MD.
This output uses the
S/PDIF
(Sony / Philips Digital Interface) protocol. If this term does not
mean anything to you, don't worry; it is
THE
standard protocol for digital transmission of au-
dio signals and almost all devices with digital interfaces support it.
At this point please note that you must switch on the digital output separately. For quality
reasons you must switch the audio output between analog and digital modes with the device
menu. Check this setting if you cannot hear anything. To make this setting, press “MENU” to
open the main menu, then select “Settings” with the selection wheel and press the wheel to
open the submenu. Here select “Playback”, then “Output menu”. You can select the desired
output here. The factory setting is “Line (analog)”—select “S/PDIF (digital)” to activate the
digital output. Please ensure that playback is not active during this process. If you acciden-
tally change the language settings, see page 64 for instructions on resetting the language to
the desired setting.
