Mitsubishi Electronics 838 SERIES manual Before You Begin, DVD player

6. NetCommand Control of an A/V Receiver (838 Series) 73

Setting Up A/V Receiver Control, continued

Before You Begin

To complete these steps you will need:

•The remote controls for both the TV and the A/V receiver.

•An IR emitter cable available from Mitsubishi.

•An HDMI-to-HDMI cable to connect the A/V receiver to the TV and cables necessary to connect devices to the A/V receiver.

1.Connect the A/V receiver to the TV with an HDMI- to-HDMI cable. Do not connect the optional audio cable at this time.

2.If desired, enable HDMI Control of a CEC-enabled A/V receiver. See Appendix C, “HDMI Control of CEC Devices.”

3.Connect your audio/video devices to the A/V receiver. Note the name of the device connected

		DIGITAL	DVI/PC AUDIO			AUDIO	ANT
		AUDIO			R		L
		OUTPUT	R INPUT	L		OUTPUT
	HDMI		Y/ VIDEO	Pb		Pr	2
							GLASSESAUDIO
			DIGITAL				3D
		LAN					INPUTR EMITTER	L
1	2	3	AUDIO				OUTPUT
							1
			OUTPUT				INPUT
			Y/ VIDEO	Pb		Pr
		R AUDIO	L	(480i / 480p / 720p / 1080i)

TV

	Optional
HDMI cable	analog or
	digital audio
	connection

A/V receiver with	HDMI OUT	DIGITAL	R	L
		AUDIO IN	ANALOG AUDIO IN
HDMI output

Any connection	VCR
types
High-definition
DVD player	DVD player
	Cable box

Multiple video inputs through a single HDMI cable. The optional audio connection allows you to hear, through the A/V receiver, devices connected to the TV only, e.g., an antenna on the ANT input.

to each A/V receiver input. This information will be needed later to set up NetCommand’s automatic input switching.

4.If using an optional audio cable between the TV and A/V receiver, connect it. Set up NetCommand control of the A/V receiver’s TV audio input when setting up automatic switching in the next procedure.

5.Connect the IR emitter cable to the TV and position the IR emitter where it can send signals to the A/V receiver. See “IR Emitters,” page 65.

Setup to Control Automatic Audio and Video Switching via HDMI

When this setup is complete, the “learned” A/V receiver input will appear in the TV’s Input Selection menu as a selectable input.

1.Set the TV’s remote control to TV mode.

2.Navigate to the Inputs > AVR menu.

To set up A/V switching over HDMI, choose your A/V receiver input from a list.

3.In the Inputs > AVR menu, highlight the name of the A/V receiver input to control. In this example, it is the DVD input.

4.Press ENTER on the TV’s remote control.

5.While the text DVD is flashing, press and hold the DVD INPUT key on the A/V receiver’s remote control.

6.When a check appears next to DVD, release the DVD INPUT key.

•If the text stops flashing before the check mark appears, repeat this step.

•To erase the IR code just “learned,” press CANCEL while the name is highlighted.

7.If using an optional audio cable between the TV and A/V receiver, “learn” the TV AUDIO OUT key to enable automatic switching of audio from sources con- nected to the TV only.

8.If there are no more devices to set up, highlight EXIT and press ENTER or continue to set up addi- tional A/V receiver audio/video sources.

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