Chapter One : Connecting Your Devices

Connecting Your Laser Disc Player (without AC-3 RF Output), continued

Connections

Do not plug in the receiver to AC power until you have connected all your devices.

These instructions describe how to connect a laser disc player with a PCM Digital Output. If your player has a Dolby Digi- tal (AC-3) RF Out, see “Connecting Your Laser Disc Player (with AC-3 RF Output)” on pageÊ 26. This configuration does not allow Dolby Digital laser discs to be played. Please re- fer to your laser disc player’s instructions for more detail about its connection jacks and capabilities.

The instructions in this section show one of several pos- sible variations on connecting your laser disc player. For further assistance on optional configurations, contact the store where you purchased your receiver.

To Connect a PCM Digital Output Laser Disc Player:

1.Review the information under “Before You Begin” on pageÊ 1. It contains important notes about the types of video connections you can make.

2.Connect the audio cables from the laser disc player’s Audio OUT jacks to the receiver’s AUDIO jacks (VIDEO3 PLAY IN)as shown to the left.

3.Connect the video cable from the laser disc player’s Video OUT jack to the receiver’s VIDEO PLAY IN jack as shown to the left.

Note that the jack sets are linked, even though they are not adjacent. You must connect all of the cables from your laser disc player to a linked jack set. If you connect the analog cables to VIDEO2 and the digital cable to VIDEO3,Ê your laser disc player will not work correctly.

4.Connect the digital cable from the laser disc player’s digital jack to the appropriate digital jack on the receiver as shown to the left.

5.Go to “Noting Your Devices” on pageÊ 3 and note which jacks you used to connect your laser disc player. In ad- dition, note the brand name and model number of the laser disc player.

When playing DTS-encoded software in multichannel con-

 

figuration, the connected audio signal should be the digi-

 

tal signal.

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KRF-X7775D specifications

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