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Getting Started
zIf you have a digital component such as a receiver

(amplifier) with a digital connector, DAT or MD

Connect the component via the DIGITAL OUT OPTICAL
or COAXIAL connector using an optical or coaxial digital
connecting cord (not supplied).
When you play a DVD, set the items in “INITIAL SETUP
3” in the setup display as follows (page 38):
•DIGITAL OUT : ON
•DOLBY DIGITAL : D-PCM
•DTS : OFF.

pWhen using an optical digital connecting cord

Take off the cap and plug in the optical digital connecting
cord.

pWhen using a coaxial digital connecting cord

Notes
• Refer to the instructions supplied with the component
to be connected.
• You cannot make digital audio recordings of discs
recorded in DTS and Dolby Digital (AC-3) format
directly using an MD deck or DAT deck.
When you make the connections above, do not set
the items in “INITIAL SETUP 3” in the setup display
as follows:
•DOLBY DIGITAL : DOLBY DIGITAL
•DTS : ON.
If you set even one of them, a loud noise will
suddenly come out from the speakers, affecting
your ears or causing the speakers to be damaged.
zIf you have a digital component with a built-in DTS or

Dolby Digital (AC-3) decoder

Connect the component via the DIGITAL OUT OPTICAL
or COAXIAL connector using an optical or coaxial digital
connecting cord (not supplied). For details on hookups
and settings, see page 32.
Optical digital connecting cord
(not supplied)
CD/DVD player
Receiver (Amplifier)
with a digital
connector, MD deck,
DAT deck, etc.
OPTICAL COAXIAL
DIGITAL IN
OPTICAL
DIGITAL OUT
PCM/DTS/
DOLBY DIGITAL (AC-3)
Coaxial digital connecting cord
(not supplied)
CD/DVD player
Receiver (Amplifier)
with a digital
connector, MD deck,
DAT deck, etc.
DIGITAL IN
COAXIAL
OPTICAL COAXIAL
DIGITAL OUT
PCM/DTS/
DOLBY DIGITAL (AC-3)