Quick Start Guide Part1

Before making or changing the connections, switch off the power and disconnect the power cord from the AC outlet.

1Hooking Up Your DVD Player & TV

In order to use Dolby Digital, MPEG or DTS soundtracks you need to hook up your DVD player with digital audio connections. You can do this by either a coaxial or an optical connection, you don’t need to do both. The quality of these two types of connections is the same but since some DVD players only have one type of digital terminal you need to figure out which yours has and hook it up to the appropriate terminal on the Amplifier. In order to do this you will need the proper cable. For coaxial connections you can use a regular Phono video cord or the specially-made coaxial cords, they have the same type of plugs. For optical connections you will need a special optical cable which you can buy at your local stereo store. For more detail on cords/cables see page 25. You should also hook up your DVD player with analog audio connections. Use regular Phono stereo cords for these connections. Also hook up the video connection on your DVD player and your TV to this Amplifier. For your TV it's easiest to use a regular composite Phono video cord, as shown below. It is important that you hook up your TV (or monitor) in order to see a video image as well as the on screen displays (OSDs) shown by this Amplifier (for more see page 18).

Digital Connections

Some DVD players have both coaxial and optical terminals, but there is is no need to connect both. If your DVD player has a coaxial terminal (not a PCM-only output) for the audio out hook it up using this terminal. Follow the diagram below using DIGITAL IN 1. This is the best scenario, as you will be able to follow the default settings of this amplifier and won't need to assign the digital inputs.

If your DVD player only has an optical terminal for the audio output you can hook it up using one of the DIGITAL IN terminals between 4-7 (for example, DIGITAL IN 4). In this case, you will need to assign the digital input (which means tell the amplifier which input you used for your DVD digital audio). See page 13 for this.

QUICK START GUIDE

Phono video cord

4

 

MONITOR

 

(SAT)

OUT

 

 

IN

 

Phono stereo cord

ANALOG

 

 

 

 

 

 

STEREO

 

 

R

R

 

 

L

L

R

L

 

VIDEO

 

 

 

 

 

 

VIDEO

 

 

 

OUT

 

DVD

IN

 

 

/LD

 

 

IN

 

 

DVD player

IN 3

(CD)

IN 2

(TV)

1(DVD

IN/LD)

2RF(DVD

IN/LD) (For LD)

ASSIGNABLE

DIGITAL

PCM/2DIGITAL /DTS/MPEG

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

OUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PHONO

R

AUDIO L

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

OUT

IN

 

 

 

 

7

(CD-R/

CD

 

 

 

AUDIO

 

 

 

POWER AMP

 

TAPE1

IN

 

 

 

IN

IN

/MD)

 

 

 

R

L

6

(VCR2)

TUNER

 

 

 

FRONT

 

IN

 

 

R

L

IN

 

 

 

 

5

(VCR1

OUT

 

 

 

CENTER

 

REC

 

 

 

 

IN

/DVR)

CD-R/

 

 

 

 

4

 

TAPE1

 

 

 

SUB W.

 

/MD

 

 

 

 

(SAT)

IN

 

 

 

PRE OUT

IN

 

PLAY

 

 

1

2

 

 

 

 

(Single)

SUR-

IN 3

(CD)

OUT

 

 

 

ROUND

REC

 

 

 

 

 

 

TAPE2

 

 

R

L

 

 

MONITOR

 

 

 

SUR-

IN 2

(TV)

IN

 

 

 

ROUND

 

 

 

BACK

 

 

PLAY

 

 

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L (Single)

 

(DVD

FRONT

 

 

SUB W.

CENTER

IN 1

 

 

 

 

 

/LD)

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SUR-

 

 

 

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2RF

(DVD

ROUND

 

 

 

ROUND

IN

/LD)

R

 

L

R

BACK

 

(For LD)

 

L (Single)

ASSIGNABLE

 

 

MULTI CH INPUT

 

 

 

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DIGITAL

 

 

MONITOR

 

 

 

 

 

 

OUT

IN

 

 

 

 

L

 

 

AC OUTLET

 

OUTPUT

 

CONTROL

MONITOR

 

 

Phono video cord

 

 

DVD

OUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FRONT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IN

 

AM LOOP

R

 

 

 

 

 

 

/LD

IN

1

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ANTENNA

 

 

 

 

 

 

IN

 

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MONITOR

ANTENNA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TV

 

 

OUT

FM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IN

PB

 

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PB

 

CENTER

 

 

 

 

 

 

SAT

IN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(not a PCM-only

 

IN

2

3

 

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AC IN

 

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PR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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IN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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/DVR

 

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PB

 

 

 

 

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COMPONENT VIDEO

 

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(Single)

 

 

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IN

 

 

 

 

 

You only need to make

 

OUT

OUT

 

 

 

SUR-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ROUND

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BACK

 

 

 

 

 

 

VCR3

 

 

 

 

R

 

 

 

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one DIGITAL connection.

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AUDIO L

VIDEO

S2 VIDEO

RS-232C

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IN

IN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

coaxial cord

 

 

 

optical cord

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