Connecting the Amplifier

For a full home theater sound experience, an external Dolby Digital* decoder and a multichannel amplifier must be connected to the Digital Audio Out terminal on the TV.

OPTICAL IN

Optical digital audio cable

 

 

 

 

 

(TOS Link)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DIGITAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUDIO OUT

 

 

Back of the TV

Amplifier

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Or

 

 

 

AV IN

R L

 

 

 

 

Y

Y

AUDIO IN

 

D I G I TA L

C a b l e C A R D T M

 

 

 

AUDIO OUT

ANTENNA

 

 

 

 

 

 

C a b l e I n

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PB

PB

S VIDEO

AUDIO INPUT

 

 

VIDEO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L

 

L

 

PR

PR

 

 

PC

 

 

VIDEO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L

R

 

R

 

L

 

 

Audio cable

AUDIO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OUTPUT

AUDIO

R

 

 

 

 

IN

 

 

 

 

 

 

R

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUDIO OUT

 

1

2

TO AUDIO AMP

 

 

 

COMPONENT VIDEO INPUT 1

INPUT 2 PROGOUT

 

 

 

INPUT

 

∗Dolby Digital 5.1 channel surround sound delivers digital-quality sound. Dolby Digital provides five discrete full bandwidth channels for front left, front right, center, surround left, and surround right, plus a Low Frequency Effect (LFE) subwoofer channel.

1Select Off for Speakers in the Audio menu; see “Speakers” under “Other Adjust” on page 40.

2Adjust the amplifier volume to the desired level.

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Depending on your DVD player and DVD- audio software, the copyright protection function may operate and disable optical output.

External speakers cannot be connected directly to Output terminals.

With an ATSC channel, the output from Digital Audio Out is Dolby Digital. With an NTSC channel, the output is PCM.

Connecting

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