Onkyo SP504 Connecting your HDTV or AV receiver with an HDMI Input, What is HDMI?, Using HDMI

Connecting the DVD player—Continued

Connecting your HDTV or AV receiver with an HDMI Input

This section shows how to connect the DVD player to a AV receiver, HDTV, or projector that has an HDMI input socket.

What is HDMI?

HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) is a new connection format that can carry uncompressed, stan- dard or high definition digital video and digital audio. Until now, several separate video and audio cables have been required to connect AV components together. With HDMI, a single cable is all that’s necessary to achieve the best picture and audio quality.

HDMI video is compatible with DVI (Digital Visual Interface). To send HDMI video to a DVI input requires an HDMI-to-DVI cable. The DVD player supports HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection), and for an HDMI-to-DVI connection to work, the other component must also support it. Note that this may not work with some DVI components.

Using HDMI

Use the HDMI cable (not supplied) to connect the DVD player’s HDMI OUT to an HDMI input on your AV receiver. Alternatively, you can connect the DVD player directly to the HDMI input on your TV.

Notes:

•The DVD player supports HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection), a protection system for digital video. HDMI components that you connect to the DVD player must also support HDCP.

•The DVD player supports High-Definition Multime- dia Interface Specification Information Version 1.0.

HDMI & the DVD player

■Video

The DVD player’s HDMI OUT supports the following video resolutions:

•720 x 480p (progressive), 60 Hz

•720 x 576p (progressive), 50 Hz (not North American and Korean models)

•1280 x 720p (progressive), 50/60 Hz

•1920 x 1080i (interlaced), 50/60 Hz

If the connected HDTV or projector doesn’t support a resolution, you may get no picture.

On the DVD player, you can select a resolution suitable for use with the connected HDTV or projector (see page 43).

■Audio Formats

The DVD player’s HDMI OUT supports the following audio formats:

•PCM (96 kHz, 48 kHz, 44.1 kHz)

•Dolby Digital

•DTS

Signal flow

HDMI

HDMI

IN

HDMI cable (not supplied)

HDTV,

projector

or

AV receiver

If your HDMI-compatible TV or projector doesn’t sup- port Dolby Digital and DTS, the HDMI OUT will not output digital audio in that format. In this case, set the Digital/HDMI Audio Out setting to PCM (see page 48). If your TV doesn’t support digital audio at high sampling rates, set the Linear PCM Out setting to Down Sample On, so that it’s down sampled to below 48 kHz (see page 48).

Note that audio from SACD discs is not output by the HDMI OUT. For this format, you need to use the analog multichannel output (see page 23).

HDTV,

projector

HDMI

IN

HDMI

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