CONNECTIONS
Identifying your DVD player
Model 421 features -
Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo (two channels of recorded digital audio - left and right channels)
Model 451 features -
Dolby Digital 5.1 (surround sound) the standard discrete surround-sound configuration of three full-range front channels
(front R/L and centre channels) two full-range surround channels (rear R/L) and a bass-only LFE (Low Frequency Effects ) or Sub Woofer
channel.
Connecting your DVD player into your Audio/Video system
SCART Lead:
The all-in-one connection (DVD 421 and 451) SCART lead - contains:
• Composite video signal
• RGB video signal
• Stereo sound (non-decoded sound from the 451 player)
The simplest installation to most TVs, giving picture and sound from the TV set only.
Individual video outputs:
• Composite video (CVBS) using single RCA video connector (usually a yellow lead and connector) to send digital video signals to a TV
with a digital video input (some TVs have A/V IN sockets - connect V IN to the video output socket on the DVD player).
Note -
to get best picture quality use only a digital RCA lead not an audio RCA lead.
• S-video - (4-pin connector) Provides separate video signals (brightness Y and two colour signals C). For TVs with S-video socket.
Individual audio outputs:
• Analogue (decoded) outputs:
DVD 421 -
two phono sockets for Right and Left audio channels. Connect to a stereo Hi Fi system, the A IN sockets on a TV set with
A/V IN sockets, or the stereo inputs of a Home Theatre System (to produce stereo or simulated surround sound).
DVD 451 -
six phono sockets for each of the decoded 5.1 channels. Connect to the 6 input sockets on a suitable 5.1 (6 channel) Hi Fi
amplifier, or connect to the 6 channel inputs of a Home Theatre System.
Note:
If you have a 451 player but do not yet own a Home Theatre System or suitable 6 channel amplifier, you can connect the audio
outputs “Front Left and Right” into a conventional stereo Hi Fi amplifier, and setting the DVD player audio to “stereo” (see Set Up
menus, page 10) you will enjoy the full DVD sound track in stereo only.
• Digital Audio (RCA coaxial) - all 6 channels (non-decoded) output as one digital audio stream using an RCA lead. Connect to a suitable
amplifier with a digital input and a Dolby Digital 5.1 decoder to enjoy full surround sound, or an amplifier with a digital input (no decoder)
to enjoy the full sound track in stereo only.
• Digital Audio (Optical) - all 6 channels (non-decoded) output as one digital audio stream. Connect to a suitable amplifier with an optical
input and a Dolby Digital 5.1 decoder to enjoy full surround sound.
CAUTION:
• Do not connect to an amplifier with an optical digital input connector which does not contain a Dolby Digital decoder.
• Audio CDs can be played as they are normally played.
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