LaCinema HD Connect

User Manual

Setting Up: Connecting to TV page 17

3. Setting Up: Connecting to TV & Network

This chapter explains how to connect your LaCinema HD Connect to your television and network. If you would also like to connect a USB hard drive in order to play its files on the TV, see section 4. Setting Up: Connecting USB Hard Drive.

This section consists of these steps:

3.1.STEP 1: Connect HDMI or Composite Cables

3.2.STEP 2: Connect to the Network

3.3.STEP 3: Connect the Power Supply

3.4.STEP 4: Complete the Installation Wizard

3.1.STEP 1: Connect HDMI or Composite Cables

Router

Ethernet

Composite

Power

The LaCinema HD Connect supports different ways of connecting to televisions. From the following methods, choose the setup that matches the ports on your television or receiver:

■■ HDMI (section 3.1.1. HDMI (High-Definition) Connection)

■■ Composite (section 3.1.2. Composite Video & Stereo Audio Connection)

In each of the above connection methods, it is possible to connect the LaCinema HD Connect to home theater systems by plugging the S/PDIF cable (not included) to your digital amplifier via the digital optical audio connector (see section 3.1.3. Optical Audio (S/PDIF) Connection for details. The chart at right illustrates the qualities made possible by the different connection methods.

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Fig. 14

 

Connection

Maximum

 

Resolution

 

 

High

HDMI

1080p

Definition

 

 

Standard

Composite

576p

Definition

 

 

TECHNICAL NOTE: The connectors on the rear of your TV may not appear exactly as shown in the following pages. Please read the labels next to the connectors carefully to ensure correct connections.

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