Connecting your equipment
03
16
En
About the video converter
The video conve
r
te
r
ensu
r
es that all video sou
r
ces a
r
e
out
p
ut th
r
ough all of the
MONITOR VIDEO OUT
jacks.
The only exce
p
tion is HDMI: since this
r
esolution cannot
be downsam
p
led, you must connect you
r
monito
r
/TV to
the
r
eceive
r
’s HDMI video out
p
uts when connecting this
video sou
r
ce.
1
If seve
r
al video com
p
onents a
r
e assigned to the same
in
p
ut function (see
The Input Setup menu
on
p
age 89),
the conve
r
te
r
gives
pr
io
r
ity to HDMI, com
p
onent, S-
Video, then com
p
osite (in that o
r
de
r
).
• Fo
r
o
p
timal video
p
e
r
fo
r
mance, THX
r
ecommends
switching Digital Video Conve
r
sion (in
Setting the
Video options
on
p
age 95)
OFF
.
Connecting using HDMI
If you have an HDMI o
r
DVI (with HDCP) equi
pp
ed
com
p
onent, you can connect it to this
r
eceive
r
using a
comme
r
cially available HDMI cable.
2
The HDMI connection t
r
ansfe
r
s uncom
pr
essed digital
video, as well as almost eve
r
y kind of digital audio that the
connected com
p
onent is com
p
atible with, including
DVD-Video, DVD-Audio, SACD, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby
T
r
ueHD, DTS-HD Maste
r
Audio (see below fo
r
limitations), Video CD/Su
p
e
r
VCD, CD and MP3. See
About the video converter
above fo
r
mo
r
e on HDMI
com
p
atibility.
SC-LX81 only:
When connecting to an HDMI/DVI-
com
p
atible monito
r
o
r
a flat sc
r
een TV using the
HDMI
OUT2
te
r
minal, switch the HDMI out
p
ut setting to
HDMI
OUT2
o
r
HDMI OUT ALL
. See
Switching the HDMI
output
on
p
age 97.
Note
1 If the video signal does not a
pp
ea
r
on you
r
TV o
r
flat sc
r
een TV, t
r
y adjusting the
r
esolution settings on you
r
com
p
onent o
r
dis
p
lay. Note that
some com
p
onents (such as video game units) have
r
esolutions that may not be conve
r
ted. In this case, t
r
y switching Digital Video Conve
r
sion
(in
Setting the Video options
on
p
age 95)
OFF
.
HDMI IN
S-VIDEO IN
VIDEO IN
P
R
P
B
Y
P
R
P
B
Y
HDMI OUT
S-VIDEO
MONITOR OUT
VIDEO
MONITOR OUT
COMPONENT VIDEO IN
COMPONENT VIDEO
OUT
Hi
gh
p
ic
tu
r
e quality
Te
r
minal fo
r
connection
with sou
r
ce device
Te
r
minal fo
r
connection
with TV monito
r
Video signals can be out
p
ut
2 • An HDMI connection can only be made with DVI-equi
pp
ed com
p
onents com
p
atible with both DVI and High Bandwidth Digital Content
P
r
otection (HDCP). If you choose to connect to a DVI connecto
r
, you will need a se
p
a
r
ate ada
p
to
r
(DVI
HDMI) to do so. A DVI connection,
howeve
r
, does not su
pp
o
r
t audio signals. Consult you
r
local audio deale
r
fo
r
mo
r
e info
r
mation.
• If you connect a com
p
onent that is not com
p
atible with HDCP, an
HDCP ERROR
message is dis
p
layed on the f
r
ont
p
anel dis
p
lay. Some
com
p
onents that a
r
e com
p
atible with HDCP still cause this message to be dis
p
layed, but so long as the
r
e is no
pr
oblem with dis
p
laying video
this is not a malfunction.
• De
p
ending on the com
p
onent you have connected, using a DVI connection may
r
esult in un
r
eliable signal t
r
ansfe
r
s.
• This
r
eceive
r
su
pp
o
r
ts SACD, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby T
r
ueHD and DTS-HD Maste
r
Audio. To take advantage of these fo
r
mats, howeve
r
,
make su
r
e that the com
p
onent connected to this
r
eceive
r
also su
pp
o
r
ts the co
rr
es
p
onding fo
r
mat.
This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is
protected by method claims of certain U.S. patents and other
intellectual property rights owned by Macrovision Corporation and
other rights owners. Use of this copyright protection technology
must be authorized by Macrovision Corporation, and is intended
for home and other limited viewing uses only unless otherwise
authorized by Macrovision Corporation. Reverse engineering or
disassembly is prohibited.
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