Preparation, General Notes on connections

Preparation

General Notes on connections

Never make or change connections with the power switched on.

●Depending on the equipment you wish to connect, there are various ways you could connect this unit. Possible connections are shown in the following drawings.

●Please refer to the manuals of other equipment as necessary to make the best connections.

●Do not connect this unit via your VCR. The video quality could be distorted by the copy protection system.

●Do not connect this unit’s audio out jack to the phono in jack of your audio system.

Digital Connections

This unit has COAXIAL and OPTICAL digital out jacks. Connect one or both of them to your AV receiver equipped with Dolby digital, DTS, or MPEG decoder using each specific cable (separate purchase).

		Y	VIDEO
					L
					R
S VIDEO	PR	PB	COAXIAL	OPTICAL
	COMPONENT		PCM	DIGITAL
	COMPONENT		DTS MPEG
	VIDEO OUT		DIGITAL OUT		AUDIO OUT
		C			O
AV receiver			COAXIAL	OPTICAL
AV receiver			IN	IN

Subwoofer

			Center speaker

	Left main		Right main
		speaker		speaker


Left rear				Right rear
speaker				speaker

You will need to set this unit’s digital output to All (see ‘Digital Output’).

Note:

–If the audio format of the digital output does not match the capabilities of your receiver, the receiver will produce a strong, distorted sound or no sound at all. Make sure to select the appropriate audio format at menu screen included on the disc. Pressing AUDIO once or more may change not only audio languages but also audio formats, and the selected format appears for several seconds on the status window.

Analog Connections

Use audio/video cable supplied with this unit to connect AUDIO OUT L (left) and R (right) jacks of this unit to corresponding input jacks of your audio equipment such as Stereo amplifier.

		Y	VIDEO
				L
				R
S VIDEO	PR	PB	COAXIAL	OPTICAL

COMPONENT	PCM	DIGITAL
COMPONENT	DTS MPEG
VIDEO OUT	DIGITAL OUT		AUDIO OUT
			R	L

(supplied)

R L

1 CD/DVD

Stereo

amplifier

Left Right

speaker speaker

DVD-S540 specifications

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