Motorola DCH3200 installation manual Installation Overview, Audio Connection Options

3 INSTALLATION

Audio Connection Options

When connecting to a home theater receiver, depending on its inputs, you can use the following DCH3200 audio outputs:

Digital audio optical	If the receiver supports it, use the digital audio optical (S/PDIF) or digital
(S/PDIF) or digital audio	audio coaxial (S/PDIF) audio output to deliver Dolby AC-3 audio to a Dolby
coaxial (S/PDIF)	Digital home theater receiver.
	• For an HDMI or IEEE-1394 video connection, no additional audio
	connections to the TV are required.
	• For RF output, no further audio connection is required.
Baseband Audio L and R	If the audio receiver does not support Dolby Digital, use the baseband
	AUDIO L and R outputs to connect to the audio receiver.

Connect the stereo audio cable to the AUDIO L and R connectors on the DCH3200 and the audio left and right connectors on the TV. If the equipment supports it, use the optical SPDIF or coaxial digital SPDIF output instead of the AUDIO L and R outputs. In most cases, these outputs offer better audio quality, including support for 5.1 Surround Sound.

The cabling diagrams show sample audio/video (A/V) connections to an audio receiver, where the receiver functions as an A/V router. When connecting to an audio receiver, reference its installation instructions for directions on connecting to baseband and digital audio (S/PDIF) ports.

The VCR and TV receive their A/V signals from the currently selected input device on the audio receiver. This is important when the subscriber has another A/V device such as a DVD player, a secondary VCR, a CD player, or other electronic component. We recommend connecting the TV to the monitor output so on-screen menus for the receiver can be displayed. (In many cases, the receivers themselves have interactive on-screen menus.)

Installation Overview

1. Determine if you are connecting to a:

High-Definition	Use the component video (YPbPr), HDMI, or IEEE-1394 outputs. No other video
TV or monitor	connection supports HDTV.
	If your TV has a DVI input, connect a DVI-to-HDMI adapter or cable to the HDMI out
	connector on the DCH receiver instead of the IEEE-1394 connection, and the
	DVI-HDTV connector on your TV.
Standard	Connect the S-Video connector using an S-video cable or connect the composite
Definition TV	video connector using a composite (RCA phono) cable. If the TV only has a coaxial
	RF input, connect it to the DCH3200 RF OUT connector.

2.Determine if you are connecting the audio to a home theater receiver or directly to the TV:

•For an HDMI or IEEE-1394 video connection, no additional audio connections to the TV are required.

•If the receiver or TV has a digital audio (S/PDIF) input, use the digital audio

OPTICAL (S/PDIF) or COAXIAL (S/PDIF) outputs.

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