Preparation

General Notes

Depending on the equipment you wish to connect, there are various ways you could connect the player. 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 the player via your VCR.The video quality could be distorted by the copy protection system.

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

Digital Connections

The player 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).

Analog Connections

Use RCA audio cable supplied with the player to connect AUDIO OUT L (left) and R (right) jacks of the player to corresponding input jacks of your audio equipment such as Stereo amplifier.You can connect a subwoofer to the player’s SUBWOOFER (AUDIO OUT) jack.

AUDIO OUT

PCM DIGITAL

DTS MPEG

1

2

COAXIAL

OPTICAL SUBWOOFER

R

L

VIDEO

R L

(supplied)

Subwoofer

English

A

Stereo

R L

1 CD/DVD

 

PCM

DIGITAL

 

DTS MPEG

 

COAXIAL

OPTICAL SU

 

C

O

AV receiver

COAXIAL

OPTICAL

IN

IN

 

 

Subwoofer

 

Center speaker

Left main

Right main

speaker

speaker

Left rear

Right rear

speaker

speaker

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

Note:

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.

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RL

Video Connections

If your AV receiver has video output jacks, connect your receiver (and then to your TV) so that you can use one TV for several different video sources (LD,VCR etc.) by simply switching the input source selector of your receiver.

The player has three types of video output jacks. Use one of them in accordance with the input jacks of the equipment to be connected.

OUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

 

VIDEO OUT

 

 

 

2

 

2

 

 

 

 

OFER

R

L

VIDEO

PR

PB

Y

S VIDEO

 

 

 

 

COMPONENT VIDEO

 

 

(supplied)

V <C>

<A>

<B>

 

 

 

S

 

 

Y PBCB

PRCR

VIDEO

 

COMPONENT S VIDEO

 

 

VIDEO IN

INPUT

 

 

AV receiver

VIDEO

COMPONENT

S VIDEO

OUT

VIDEO OUT

OUT

VIDEO

COMPONENT

S VIDEO

IN

VIDEO IN

IN

PREPARATION 5