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Operating additional equipment
Connecting devices to the HDMI (DVI)
connections and playback
The HDMI connections (High Definition Multimedia In-
terface) permit digital video and audio transmission via
a connection cable from a player, e.g. from the Loewe
Centros 2102/2172 HD DVD recorder.
The digital picture and sound data are transmitted without data compres-
sion and therefore lose none of their quality. Analogue/digital conversion
is no longer necessary in the connected devices, which also would result
in quality losses.
Using a DVI/HDMI adapter cable, the digital video signals of a DVI player
can also be played via the compatible HDMI connection. The sound must
be fed in additionally.
HDMI and DVI both use the same copy protection method HDCP.
Connecting the device
Call
TV menu
.
Select
Connections
,
go to the menu line below.
Select
New devices/modifications
.
OK
calls the wizard.
OK
Go to the
AV equipment selection
menu.
Select device on
HDMI1/DVI
or
HDMI2/DVI
.
Yellow button:
Activate
HDMI1/DVI
or
HDMI2/DVI
.
Connect the device by an HDMI cable (type A, 19 pole)
to the
HDMI1/DVI
or
HDMI2/DVI
socket of the TV set.
If a DVI/HDMI adapter cable is used, the appropriate
sound can be fed in via the audio input socket
AUDIO IN2
(analogue) or
AUDIO DIGITAL IN
(digital) on the TV set.
See also page 45.
Playback from the device
Call
AV selection
.
Select
HDMI1/DVI
or
HDMI2/DVI
socket,
OK
to switch over.
Start playback on the connected device.
The best possible format for the picture will be detected
and set automatically.
Connecting devices to the PC IN connection
and playback
You can connect a PC or a SetTopBox (STB) to the
PC
IN
socket and thus use the screen of the TV set as an
output device.
When connecting the TV set to a PC, first set your PC to one of the
following screen resolutions:
800 x 600 60 Hz
(SVGA)
1024 x 768 60 Hz
(XGA)
1280 x 1024 60 Hz
(SXGA)
1360 x 768 60 Hz
(WXGA)
When connecting a SetTopBox set the following screen resolutions
according to the possibilities of the SetTopBox:
SDTV:
720 x 576i
720 x 480i
720 x 576p
720 x 480p
HDTV:
1280 x 720p
1920 x 1080i
Connecting the device
Connect the device to the
PC IN
socket of the TV set via
the VGA cable. See page 38 for the sound connection.
Registration in the connection wizard is not necessary.
Playback from the device
Call
AV selection
.
Select
PC IN
socket,
OK
to switch over.
Adapting the geometry (only possible with certain signals)
This is where the picture can be properly positioned and the position
of the picture (horizontal and vertical) can be moved so that it fills the
entire screen.
Call
TV menu
.
Selecting and adjusting the
Geometry
.
Setting the colour standard (only possible with certain signals)
Call
TV menu
.
Select
Picture
,
go to the menu line below.
Select and set
colour standard
:
for PCs:
RGB
,
für STB:
Ycc
(rare:
Ypp
or
RGB
)
If the wrong standard is set then the colours will not be
displayed correctly.
OK
DVD
HDMI1/DVI
AV selection
VGA
HDMI2/DVI
VIDEO
COMP. IN
VCR
OK
PC IN
AV selection
HDMI2/DVI
VIDEO
COMP. IN
AVS
HDMI1/DVI