Philips LX3000D manual Connecting the speakers, Connecting a TV and additional components, or or

Connecting the speakers

Connect the supplied speaker systems using the supplied speaker cables by matching the colours of the jacks and speaker cables.

1Press up (or down) the speaker’s jack and fully insert the stripped portion of the speaker cable into the jack, then release.

	12 mm
a	b	c

2Connect the subwoofer’s audio input to the WOOFER LINE OUT jack and the speakers as follows :

Speakers	-	+
Front Left (FL)	black	white
Front Right (FR)	black	red
Centre (C)	black	green
Surround Left (SL)	black	blue
Surround Right (SR)	black	grey

Notes:

–Ensure that the speaker cables are correctly connected. Improper connections may damage the system due to short- circuit.

–For optimal sound performance, use the supplied speakers.

–Do not connect more than one speaker to any one pair of +/- speaker jacks.

–Do not connect speakers with an impedance lower than the speakers supplied. Please refer to the SPECIFICATIONS section of this manual.

Connecting a TV and additional components

You must connect a TV to the DVD system in order to use the DVD player. You can connect other audio and audio/ visual components to the DVD system in order to use the Home Cinema Audio System’s surround sound capabilities.

IMPORTANT!

–There are various ways to connect the system to a TV (as shown in the illustration).You only need to make one of the best connections, depending on the capabilities of your TV system.

–Always refer to the instruction manual of the connected equipment to make an optimal connection.

–Some DVD discs have anti-copying devices, so

you will not able to record the disc through a VCR.

● Use the supplied audio cables to connect AUDIO IN jacks	h
to the corresponding AUDIO OUT jacks on the TV,VCR or	lis
other audio/visual components.	g
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● Use the supplied Pr/Cr Pb/Cb Y cables to connect
Pr/Cr Pb/Cb Y jacks to the corresponding video input
jacks on a TV.
If your TV is not equipped with Pr/Cr Pb/Cb Y video input
jacks, you can select one of the following alternative
connections :
Option 1
Connect the S-VIDEO OUT jack to the S-Video input
jack on the TV using a S-Video cable (not supplied) .
Option 2
Connect the VIDEO OUT jack to the video input jack on
the TV using a video cable (not supplied).

Use the AUDIO OUT jacks

–for connecting to an amplifier, audio system or TV with analogue audio inputs.

–for connecting to a CD or Tape recorder to make an analogue recording.

Use the OPTICAL or COAXIAL jacks

–for connecting to an amplifier with DTS, Dolby Digital decoder or CD recorder.

You will need to set the DVD system’s digital output to “ALL” (refer to “Preparations - System setup (DVD)”).

Notes:

–MP3 audio is not available on the digital output.

–Digital recording is only possible on a CD or VCD.

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COMPONENT		Pr/Cr	Pb/Cb	Y
VIDEO OUT
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MW
CENTER	AUDIO OUT		AUDIO IN	OFF ON S-VIDEO	VIDEO
LINE OUT
				OUT	OUT

LDIGITAL OUT

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MW/FM	WOOFER	TV	AUX	OPTICAL	COAXIAL
ANTENNA	LINE OUT

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