4 Overview
DCP501 User Guide
The DCP501 allows you to listen to your favorite digital and analog music in surround sound
from selectable multiple audio sources, including:
Digital audio on the CD player
Digital or analog audio on TV channels tuned with the digital cable TV receiver feature*
Digital audio on the digital audio tuner provided on your cable system*
Local analog AM and FM stations with the DCP501 AM/FM tuner
External analog audio cassettes
External MiniDisc digital audio
External digital audio tape (DAT)
Video game audio
* Digital Cable TV and interactive services are subscription services offered by most cable service providers.
DCP501 Video/TV features include:
Tuning and watching either digital or analog cable TV channels on your cable system
Viewing digital programs and movies played on your DCP501 DVD player
Viewing analog programs and movies played on your analog VCR or analog video camera
Viewing digital movies played on your digital VCR or digital video camera
Viewing movies and programs recorded with a personal video recorder (PVR)
Viewing and playing video games
After connecting a VCR, video recording capabilities include:
Using the DCP501 to record DVD movies to video tape (unless the DVD has Macrovision
anti-taping control)
With a second VCR, transferring movies or home video played on one VCR to a second VCR
With a personal video recorder (PVR), transferring movies from your PVR to a VCR
Audio and video inputs and outputs provide both S-video and phono connections.