McIntosh MVP871 owner manual Disc Information, Connector and Cable Information, XLR Connectors

PIN 1 PIN 3

Disc Information, Connector and Cable Information

Disc Information

1. Compact Discs that are not round (e.g. Novelty discs
with octagonal or heart shapes) will not play properly in
the MVP871 and should not be tried, as possible damage
may occur.
2. The MVP871 Audio Video Player is designed to play
all standard CD Audio Discs that conform to the Of-
ficial Compact Disc Standards which is indicated by the
Symbol	.
3. The MVP871 will play most of the following discs, how-
ever some recorded discs may not be able to play due to
the condition of the recording:
Super Audio CD (SACD), HDCD, CD-R, CD-RW,
Video CD, Picture CD (Kodak), Fujicolor CD,
WMA(Windows), DVD-Audio, DVD-Video, DVD-R,
DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW and DivX.
4. The MVP871 plays DivX Videos including DivX 3, 4, 5
and 6 as well as purchased or rented DivX Movies.
5. CD Audio Discs recorded in the MP3 Format will play-
back on the MVP871 except discs that contain multi-
session recordings.

Connector and Cable Information

XLR Connectors

Below is the Pin configuration for the XLR Balanced Output Connectors on the MVP871. Refer to the diagram for connection:

PIN 1: Shield/Ground

PIN 2: + Output

PIN 3: - Output

PIN 2

Power Control Connector

The MVP871 Power Control Input/Output Jacks receive/

send Power On/Off Signals when con-
nected to other McIntosh Components.	Power
	Control
A 1/8 inch stereo mini phone plug is
	N/C
used for connection to the Power Con-	Ground
trol Input/Output on the MVP871.

Note: The Data ad Power Control Connecting Cable is avail- able from the McIntosh Parts Department:

Data and Power Control Cable Part No. 170-202

Six foot, shielded 2 conductor, with 1/8 inch stereo mini phone plugs on each end.

6. The CD audio side of the Dual Disc does not meet the

Compact Disc Digital Audio specifications found in the

industry “Redbook”; the MVP871 may not read the CD

side of a Dual Disc.

7. Several of the DVD, DVD-Audio and SACD perfor-

mance features available on the MVP871 are active only

if the Disc includes the supporting encoded information.

8. DVD-Video Discs are designed to only play in certain

region(s) of the world. A region may be a single country

or a group of countries. Usually on the back cover of

Data and IR Input Port Connectors The MVP871 Data In Port receives Re- mote Control Signals. A 1/8 inch stereo mini phone plug is used for connection. The IR Ports also use a 1/8 inch stereo mini phone plug and allow the connec- tion of other brand IR Receivers to the MVP871.

Data

Signal

N/C

Data

Ground

IR Data

Control

N/C

Ground

the DVD-Video Disc container is a Globe Symbol with

“Number(s)” or the word “All” inside it. The MVP871 is

designed to play discs for Regions “1” and “All”.

9. Certain Dolby Digital and DTS Encoded Discs display

their own unique Audio Mode Selection menu, every

time the disc is loaded into the player. If you do not

make a choice from this menu, the disc will revert to its

default Audio Mode when play is started.

RS232 DB9 Connector Pin Layout

1. N/C		6. N/C
2. Data Out (TXD)		7. N/C
3.	Data In (RXD)	8. N/C
4. N/C		9. N/C
5.	Gnd.

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