Connecting to an A/V Receiver or Amplifier via S/PDIF (Coaxial / Optical)
Rear Panel
Coaxial In 
Optical In 
Connect one of these cables:
Coaxial Digital Audio Cable
Optical Digital Audio Cable
Receiver/Amplifier with Dolby Digital or DTS Decoder
ξPlease use either a 75-Ohm coaxial digital audio cable with RCA-style connectors or an S/PDIF optical digital audio cable to connect one of the digital audio outputs to the corresponding input terminal on your A/V receiver. For detailed setup of coaxial/optical signals, refer to page 68.
NOTE
ξDue to bandwidth limitations, high resolution audio formats such as Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD High Resolution and DTS-HD Master Audio cannot be sent through the coaxial or optical digital audio output. A reduced resolution version of the same audio track will be output instead. To listen to high resolution audio formats in their best quality, please use the HDMI connection if you have a receiver that handles HDMI audio (see page 11) or use the multi-channel analog outputs if you do not (see page 18).
ξDue to copyright restrictions, SACD audio cannot be sent through the coaxial or optical digital audio output. To listen to SACDs, please use the HDMI or analog audio connections.
ξDue to copyright restrictions and bandwidth limitations, full resolution audio from DVD-Audio discs cannot be sent through the coaxial or optical digital audio output. To listen to DVD- Audio in full resolution, please use the HDMI or analog audio connections.
