Connection

Notes when connecting the optical digital cable

ÁRemove the dust protection cap from the connector and connect the cable firmly so that configurations of both the cable and the connector match.

ÁKeep the dust protection cap and always reattach the cap when not using the connector to protect against dust.

Dust protection cap

Concerning the audio output from the unit’s optical/coax- ial digital audio output connector

Disc

Sound

Optical/coaxial digital

 

recording

audio output from

 

format

connector

 

 

 

DVD

Dolby Digital

Dolby Digital bitstream

 

(AC-3)

(2–5.1ch) or PCM (2ch)

 

 

(48 kHz/16 bit)\1

 

Linear PCM

Linear PCM (2ch)

 

(48/96 kHz

(48 kHz sampling/16 bit

 

16/20/24 bit)

only)\2 or no output\1

 

MPEG

MPEG audio bitstream or

 

 

PCM (2ch) (16 bit)\1

Video

MPEG 1

PCM

CD

 

(44.1 kHz sampling)

 

 

 

CD

Linear PCM

Linear PCM

 

 

(44.1 kHz sampling)

 

 

 

Caution for the optical/coaxial digital audio output connector:

ÁDo not connect an amplifier (with an optical/coaxi- al digital input connector) which does not contain the Dolby Digital (AC-3) or MPEG audio decoder.

ÁOtherwise any attempt to play DVDs may cause to such a high level of noise that it may be harmful to your ears and damage your speakers.

ÁVideo CDs and CDs can be played as they would normally be played.

Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. “Dolby” and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. Confidential Unpublished Works.

j1992–1997 Dolby Laboratories, Inc. All rights re- served.

\1The type of audio output from the connector can be selected by the initial settings. (See page 37.)

\2Sound having 96 kHz sampling converted into 48 kHz sampling when it is output from the unit’s optical/coaxial digital audio output connector.

For your reference:

ÁDolby Digital (AC-3) is a digital sound compression technique developed by the Dolby Laboratories Licensing Cor- poration.

Supporting 5.1-channel surround sound, as well as stereo (2-channel) sound, this technique enables a large quantity of sound data to be efficiently recorded on a disc.

ÁLnear PCM is a signal recording format used in CDs. While audio CDs are recorded in 44.1 kHz/16 bit, DVDs are recorded in 48 kHz/16 bit up to 96 kHz/24 bit.

ÁIf you have a Dolby Pro Logic Surround decoder, you will obtain the full benefit of Pro Logic from the same DVD movies that provide full 5.1-channel Dolby Digital soundtracks, as well as from titles with the Dolby Surround mark.

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