Preparation

General Notes on connections

Never make or change connections with the power switched on.

Depending on the equipment you wish to connect, there are various ways you could connect this unit. Possible connections are shown in the following drawings.

Please refer to the manuals of other equipment as necessary to make the best connections.

Do not connect this unit via your VCR. The video quality could be distorted by the copy protection system.

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

Digital Connections

This unit has COAXIAL and OPTICAL digital out jacks. Connect one or both of them to your AV receiver equipped with Dolby digital, DTS, or MPEG decoder using each specific cable (separate purchase).

Notes:

If the audio format of the digital output does not match the capabilities of your receiver, the receiver will produce a strong, distorted sound or no sound at all. Make sure to select the appropriate audio format at menu screen included on the disc. Pressing AUDIO once or more may change not only audio languages but also audio formats, and the selected format appears for several seconds on the status window.

SA-CD audio signal is not output from DIGITAL OUT jacks.

If you wish to enjoy Dolby digital, DTS, and MPEG you must connect this unit to the AV receiver that support those.

Analog Connections

This player has two types of analog output jacks.

6CH DISCRETE jacks

To reproduce multi-channel Super audio CD and DVD-Audio, connect these jacks to your AV receiver’s multi channel input jacks using commercially available audio pin cables.

CO

AV receiver

COAXIAL OPTICAL

IN IN

Speakers

You will need to set this unit’s digital output to ALL (see page 24 “DIGITAL OUTPUT”).

FRONT

CENTER SUBWOOFER SURROUND

R

L

R

L

AV receiver

Speakers

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