Kenwood MD-R2 Connections, Jacks to be connected, Cables used, Digital and analog connections

CONNECTIONS

■Digital and analog connections

This unit can be connected to your equipment by making a digital or analog connection.

●When recording the playback signals from other equipment using this unit

Digital connection

Digital equipment with an optical output jack or a coaxial output jack

Stereo system, CD player, MD player, MD recorder, DAT, DSS tuner, etc.

Can be recorded with high fidelity, without converting the original digital signals.

Analog connection

Equipment with line output jacks or a head- phone jack

CD player, headphone stereo, radio cassette player, stereo system, video, etc.

Digital signals, such as those from a CD player, can be recorded as analog signals.

●When listening to a recording on this unit or recording its output on other equipment

Digital connection

Digital equipment with an optical input jack

Stereo system, MD recorder, DAT, etc.

Can be played back or recorded from with high fidelity, without converting the original digital signals.

Analog connection

Equipment with line input jacks

Stereo system, radio cassette recorder, video, etc.

Played back or recorded from with analog signals.

●Depending on the digital equipment, the sampling frequency may be different (DAT etc.) from this unit's sampling frequency. This unit supports these digital devices using an automatic switching function (Sampling rate converter: 32 kHz, 48 kHz → 44.1 kHz automatically switched).

■About the connecting cables

The type of cables required to make connections depends on the type of signal (digital/analog) and input/output jacks on the equipment being connected to the MD recorder.

Check the shape of the jacks carefully before making connections.

Jacks to be connected		Cables used		Jacks on this unit
Digital connection		Square plug	Square plug
		Model: AD-M3DC		OPTICAL
Optical input/output,
		(available separately)			OPTICAL
digital input/output, etc.
				OUT	IN 1
		Round plug	Square plug
Optical input/output,		Model: AD-M1DC
digital input/output, etc.		(available separately)
		Yellow	Yellow	COAXIAL
					COAXIAL
Digital output etc.		Pin plug	Pin plug		IN 2
		Commercially available video coaxial cable
Analog connection		Pin plug	Pin plug
L	R			LINE OUT LINE IN
Line input/output,
		Connecting cable included with this unit		L	L
AUX input/output, etc.
		Stereo mini-plug	Pin plug
	PHONES			R	R

Headphones etc.	Commercially available audio
	connecting cable

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