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Laser Disc Player without a Digital Output (or 2nd Laser)
The Cinema Reference is preprogrammed to permit you to easily
connect a laser disc player that does not have a digital audio output.
This laser disc may or may not have an AC-3 RF output. If it does
have an AC-3 RF output, you will need to make two audio connec-
tions in for this unit to play the following:
Dolby Digital Laser Discs, Pro Logic Laser Discs, and Stereo CDs.
If you are using this input for a second laser disc that has a digital
audio output (to also play DTS laser discs and CDs), you will need
to custom configure this input. This is discussed at the bottom of
the following page.
All connections should use a 75 Ohm coaxial cable. If none are
available, standard RCA video interconnects will work.
Connection 1 - Laser Disc Player’s Stereo Audio Output - You will
need to connect the laser disc player’s stereo (analog) audio output
(R&L RCA type) to the Cinema Reference’s Audio Input #2.
Connection 2 - Laser Disc Player’s Video Output - You will need to
connect the laser disc player’s video output (Composite Video) to
the Cinema Reference’s #2 Video Input.
Connection 3 (Optional) - Laser Disc Player’s AC-3 RF Output - You
will need to connect the Laser disc players “AC-3•RF Output” (LD
for Laser Disc) to the Cinema Reference’s Laser Disc Player #2 “RF
IN”. This connects the laser disc’s AC-3 RF output to the Cinema
Reference’s internal AC-3 RF Demodulator.
Connection 4 (Must Accompany Step 3, May already be in place if
you also connected a laser disc or combi-player as described on the
previous page) - Cinema Reference’s RF Demodulator’s Output -
You will need to connect the Cinema Reference’s Laser Disc Player’s
Digital Output (Black RCA Connector) to the Cinema Reference’s
#4 Digital Audio Input (Orange RCA Connector). This “Laser Disc
AC-3 Loop Cable” passes the demodulated laser disc AC-3 signal
to a digital audio input which will then decode it.
If this is a second laser disc player, chances are it may have a digital
audio input, either Coax (RCA) or optical (TOS-Link). You will most
likely wish to connect this laser disc player to either Digital Input #2
or Optical Input #2 on the Cinema Reference. This would free up
one analog audio input for an eleventh component as the “Out Of
The Box” setup permits for connection of only ten devices (without
going into the “Custom Setup”.)
Follow the steps on the bottom of the next page to alter the audio
input from Analog 2 to either Digital 2 or Optical 2.
The “Out Of The Box” setup
presumes that for the
LASERDISC input, you wish
to connect a laser disc player
that does not have either a
digital coax or digital optical
audio output. You can also
use this input for a second
laser disc player that has a
digital audio output however
you will need to custom
program this input using the
steps discussed on the
bottom of the following page.
For laser disc players that do
not have a digital audio
output, you will use the
following laser disc outputs
Stereo Audio (R&L) Output
AC-3•RF Output (LD)
(May or May Not Exist)
Video Output
(Composite RCA Type)
Your laser disc player may
also include an S-Video
output. Please note, the
Cinema Reference does not
cross mix video signals. As
such, if you wish to use a
component’s S-Video output,
you will need to connect an S-
Video cable from the Cinema
Reference to the TV or
Projector.
Use the diagram on the
following page to make your
laser disc player connections.
ADA suggests using a quality
75
Ω
Coaxial cable. In the
event that none are available,
you can use standard RCA
interconnects.
