Philips DVD951/691 manual Preparation, General notes, Connecting to a TV

Preparation

General notes

¶Depending on your TV and other equipment you wish to connect, there are various ways you could connect the player.

¶Please refer to the manuals of your TV,VCR, Stereo System or other devices as necessary to make the best connections.

¶For better sound reproduction, connect the player’s audio out jacks to the audio in jacks of your amplifier, receiver, stereo or audio/video equipment. See ‘Connecting to optional equipment’.

Caution:

–Do not connect the player’s audio out jack to the phono in jack of your audio system.

–Do not connect your DVD-player via your VCR. The DVD image could be distorted by the copy protection system.

Connecting to a TV

Component Video (Y CB CR) connection

Connecting to optional equipment

Connecting to an amplifier equipped with two channel analog stereo or Dolby Surround

1Connect the Left and Right audio out jacks of the DVD player to the audio left and right in jacks on your amplifier, receiver or stereo system, using the optional audio cable

(A).

Connecting to an amplifier equipped with two channel digital stereo (PCM) or to an Audio/Video receiver equipped with a multi-channel decoder (Dolby Digital™, MPEG 2 and DTS)

1Connect the player’s digital audio out jack (optical G or coaxial F) to the corresponding in jack on your amplifier. Use an optional digital (optical G or coaxial F) audio cable.

2You will need to activate the player’s digital output (see ‘Personal Preferences’).

E n g l i s h

1Connect the Y, CB, CR out jacks on the DVD-player to the corresponding in jacks on the TV using optional Y, CB, CR cable (Z).

2Connect the Left and Right audio out jacks to the audio left/right in jacks on the TV (A).

S-Video (Y/C) connection

1Connect the S-Video out jack on the DVD-player to the S- Video in jack on the TV using an optional S-Video cable (Y).

2Connect the Left and Right audio out jacks to the audio left/right in jacks on the TV (A).

Video CVBS connection

1Connect the Video out (CVBS) jack on the player to the video in jack on the TV using the video cable supplied (X).

2Connect the Left and Right audio out jacks to the audio left/right in jacks on the TV (A).

TV

A X Y Z

	SURROUND	CENTER	FRONT
DIGITAL AUDIO OUT	L		L	L	1
PCM/MPEG2/AC3/DTS
	R		R	R	2
MAINS
	SURROUND	SUB WF	FRONT	CVBS	S-VIDEO	CR	CB	Y

OPTICAL	COAXIAL	AUDIO OUT
	MULTICHANNEL AUDIO OUT	VIDEO OUT

Digital Multi-channel sound

The digital multi-channel connection provides the best sound quality. For this you need a multi-channel A/V receiver that supports one or more of the audio formats supported by your DVD player (MPEG 2, Dolby Digital™ and DTS). Check the receiver manual and the logos on the front of the receiver.

AMPLIFIER

TV

G	F	A	X	Y	Z
	SURROUND CENTER	FRONT
DIGITAL AUDIO OUT	L	L	L	1
PCM/MPEG2/AC3/DTS

R R R 2

MAINS			SURROUND	SUB WF	FRONT		CVBS	S-VIDEO	CR	CB	Y
	OPTICAL	COAXIAL				AUDIO OUT
			MULTICHANNEL AUDIO OUT					VIDEO OUT

Warning:

Due to DTS Licencing agreement, the digital output will also be in DTS digital out when DTS audio stream is selected.

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