JVC RX-8000VBK manual Digital connections, Digital input terminals, Digital output terminal

Digital connections

This receiver is equipped with four DIGITAL IN terminals — one digital coaxial terminal and three digital optical terminals, and one DIGITAL OUT terminal.

You can connect any digital equipment such as —

•DBS tuner,

•Digital TV broadcast tuner,

•DVD player,

•CD player,

•CD recorder, and

•MD recorder.

IMPORTANT:

•When connecting the DVD player, digital TV broadcast tuner or DBS tuner using the digital terminals, you also need to connect it to the video jack (either composite video terminal or S-video terminal) on the rear. Without connecting it to the video jack, you can view no playback picture.

•After connecting the components using the DIGITAL IN terminals, set the following correctly if necessary.

–Set the digital input (DIGITAL IN) terminal setting correctly. For details, see “Digital Input (DIGITAL IN) Terminal Setting” on page 16.

–Select the digital input mode correctly. For details, see “Selecting the Analog or Digital Input Mode” on page 16.

Digital input terminals

Notes:

•When shipped from the factory, the DIGITAL IN terminals have been set for use with the following components.

–DIGITAL 1 (coaxial): For DVD player

–DIGITAL 2 (optical): For CD player

–DIGITAL 3 (optical): For digital TV broadcast tuner

–DIGITAL 4 (optical): For CD recorder

•When you want to operate the CD player, CD recorder, or MD recorder using the COMPU LINK remote control system, connect the target component also as described in “Analog connections” (see pages 5 and 6).

•When you want to operate the DVD player using the AV COMPU LINK remote control system, connect the DVD player also as described in “Analog connections” (see page 7).

Digital output terminal

CD recorder MD recorder

Digital optical cable (not supplied) between digital optical terminals

DBS tuner DVD player

DBS

DVD

CD player

CD recorder MD recorder

When the digital recording equipment such as an MD recorder has a digital optical input terminal, connecting it to the DIGITAL OUT terminal enables you to perform digital-to-digital recording.

DIGITAL OUT

PCM/DOLBY DIGITAL/DTS

Digital coaxial cable (not supplied) between digital coaxial terminals

Digital optical cable (not supplied) between digital optical terminals

When the component has a digital coaxial output terminal, connect it to the DIGITAL 1 (DVD) terminal, using the digital coaxial cable (not supplied).

When the component has a digital optical output terminal, connect it to the DIGITAL 2 (CD), DIGITAL 3 (TV) or DIGITAL 4 (CDR) terminal, using the digital optical cable (not supplied).

Before connecting a digital optical cable, unplug the protective plug.

DIGITAL IN

PCM / DOLBY DIGITAL

/ DTS

DIGITAL 1 (DVD)

DIGITAL 2 (CD)

DIGITAL 3 (TV)

DIGITAL 4 (CDR)

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