Motorola DCX3200 Installation Overview

3 INSTALLATION

Audio Connection Options

When connecting to a home theater receiver, depending on its inputs, you can use the following DCX3200 audio outputs:

HDMI	Unlike a DVI connection, an HDMI™ connection is capable of carrying
	digital video and audio signals to the TV or a home theater receiver
	equipped with HDMI™ switching support.
	The HDMI™ connection can deliver Dolby® Digital Plus, Dolby® Digital,
	Linear PCM, and other digital audio formats to a compatible TV or home
	theater receiver.
Digital audio	If the TV or home theater receiver supports it, use either the S/PDIF
optical (S/PDIF) or	digital audio optical or S/PDIF digital audio coaxial outputs to deliver
digital audio	Dolby® Digital and Linear PCM audio to a Dolby® Digital home theater
coaxial (S/PDIF)	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	If the audio receiver does not support Dolby® Digital, use the baseband
L / R	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 DCX3200 and the audio left and right connectors on the TV. If the equipment supports it, use either the optical S/PDIF or coaxial digital S/PDIF output (there is no difference in audio quality between the two) instead of the AUDIO L and R outputs. These outputs offer better audio quality, including support for Dolby® Digital 5.1 Surround Sound.

The cabling diagrams show 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 guide for directions on connecting to baseband and digital audio 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. Motorola recommends connecting the TV to the monitor output so on-screen menus for the receiver can be displayed. (Receivers themselves often 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
TV or monitor	video connection supports HDTV.
	If the TV has a DVI input, connect a DVI-to-HDMI adapter or cable to the
	HDMI™ out connector on the DCX set-top instead of the IEEE-1394
	connection and the DVI-HDTV connector on the TV.
Standard-	Connect the S-Video connector using an S-video cable or connect the
Definition TV	composite video connector using a composite (RCA phono) cable. If the
	TV only has a coaxial RF input, connect it to the DCX3200 RF OUT
	connector.
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