Onkyo Connecting Components with HDMI TX-SR803/803EOnly, About HDMI, Supported Audio Formats

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Connecting Components with HDMI (TX-SR803/803E Only)

About HDMI

Designed to meet the demands of digital TV, HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) is a new digital interface standard for connecting TVs, projectors, DVD players, set-top boxes, and other video components. Until now, several separate video and audio cables have been required to connect AV components. With HDMI, a single cable can carry control signals, digital video, and up to eight channels of digital audio (2-channel PCM, multichannel digital audio, and multichannel PCM).

The HDMI video stream (i.e., video signal) is compatible with DVI (Digital Visual Interface),*1 so TVs and displays with a DVI input can be connected by using an HDMI-to-DVI adapter cable. (This may not work with some TVs and displays, resulting in no picture.)

The TX-SR803/803E uses HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection), so only HDCP-compatible components can display the picture.

The TX-SR803/803E’s HDMI interface is based on the following standard:

High-Definition Multimedia Interface Specification Informational Version 1.1

Supported Audio Formats

•2-channel linear PCM (32–192 kHz, 16/20/24 bit)

•Multichannel linear PCM (5.1 ch, 32–96 kHz, 16/20/24 bit)

•Bitstream (Dolby Digital, DTS)

Your DVD player must support HDMI Version 1.1.

About Copyright Protection

The TX-SR803/803E supports HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection),*2 a copy-protection system for digital video signals. Other devices connected to the TX-SR803/803E via HDMI must also support HDCP. Commercially available HDMI cables (supplied with some components) should be used to connect the TX-SR803/803E’s HDMI OUT to the HDMI input on your TV or projector.

*1 DVI (Digital Visual Interface): The digital display interface standard set by the DDWG*3 in 1999.

*2 HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection): The video encryption technology developed by Intel for HDMI/DVI. It’s designed to protect video content and requires a HDCP-compatible device to display the encrypted video.

*3 DDWG (Digital Display Working Group): Lead by Intel, Compaq, Fujitsu, Hewlett Packard, IBM, NEC, and Silicon Image, this open industry group’s objective is to address the industry's requirements for a digital connectivity specification for high-performance PCs and digital displays.

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