Connecting a Digital Tuner/Set Top Box

Connecting Your Equipment

Before making or changing the connections, switch off the power and disconnect the power cord from the AC wall outlet.

If you have an external digital tuner (like a set top box for satellite or cable TV) you need to connect it and your TV to the jacks shown below in order to play MPEG signals (which most digital satellite broadcasting uses). Make sure you use a digital connection as well as an analog one for the audio on the satellite tuner, as pictured below.

Optical cable (sold separately, don’t pinch or bend cable sharply)

R		ANTENNA
DVD	1	AM LOOP FM UNBAL 75Ω
IN

	MONITOR
TV/	OUT
SAT	2
IN

		R		L
VCR		VCR
IN		OUT
R	L			SUB
	AUDIO	VIDEO	AUDIO	WOOFER
	AUDIO	VIDEO	AUDIO	OUT
				OUT

	FRONT	SPEAKERS CENTER R	SURROUND
R	L	SPEAKERS CENTER R	L

Video cord (sold separately)

Audio cord (sold separately)

Match the shape of terminal and the optical plug.

R L

DIGITAL OUT

VIDEO OUT

AUDIO OUT

Digital Set Top Box

Why you need an analog connection as well as a digital one:

•If you don’t have an optical output on your TV tuner you will need to use an of analog connection.

•If the program you want to watch isn’t output from the optical terminal you need an analog connection.

•If you want to get a signal from a video deck instead of a TV tuner you need an analog connection.

Connecting a TV with an Internal Digital Tuner

If you have an TV with an internal digital tuner you need to connect it to the jacks shown below in order to play MPEG signals (which most digital satellite broadcasting uses). Make sure you use a digital connection as well as an analog one for the audio, as pictured below.

Match the shape of terminal and the optical plug.

Optical cable (sold separately, don’t pinch or bend cable sharply)

R	L		ANTENNA		FRONT	SPEAKERS CENTER R	SURROUND
DVD			FM UNBAL 75Ω	R	L	SPEAKERS CENTER R	L
IN
		MONITOR
TV/		OUT
SAT		2
IN
		R	L
VCR		VCR
IN		OUT

R		SUB
VIDEO	AUDIO	WOOFER
VIDEO	AUDIO	OUT
		OUT

Audio cord	Video cord
(sold separately)	(sold separately)

DIGITAL OUT

ANALOG OUT

MONITOR IN

TV with an

internal digital tuner

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