Connections

Information on HDMI™

This unit has four HDMI input jacks and two HDMI output jacks for digital audio and video signal input/output.

■HDMI jack and cable plug

HDMI

HDMI cable plug

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•We recommend that you use a commercially available HDMI cable shorter than 5 meters (16 feet) with the HDMI logo printed on it.

•Use a conversion cable (HDMI jack ↔ DVI-D jack) to connect this unit to other DVI components.

•You can check the potential problem about the HDMI connection (page 44).

•If you set “Mode” in “Standby Through” to “Last” or “Fix”, this unit allows the HDMI signals input at an HDMI IN jack to pass through this unit and output at an HDMI OUT jack (page 101).

•This unit is equipped with two HDMI OUT jacks. You can select the active HDMI OUT jack(s) (page 43).

•This unit is equipped with the video conversion function (page 22).

Notes

•Do not disconnect or connect the cable or turn off the power of the HDMI components connected to the HDMI OUT jacks of this unit while data is being transferred. Doing so may disrupt playback or cause noise.

•The HDMI OUT jacks output the audio signals input at the HDMI input jacks only.

•If you turn off the video monitor connected to the HDMI OUT jacks via a DVI connection, the connection may fail.

■HDMI signal compatibility with this unitAudio signals

Audio signal

Audio signal

Compatible

types

formats

media

 

 

 

2ch Linear

2ch, 32-192 kHz,

CD, DVD-Video,

PCM

16/20/24 bit

DVD-Audio, etc.

 

 

 

Multi-ch

8ch, 32-192 kHz,

DVD-Audio, etc.

Linear PCM

16/20/24 bit

 

 

 

 

DSD

2/5.1ch,

SA-CD, etc.

 

2.8224 MHz,1 bit

 

 

 

 

Bitstream

Dolby Digital,

DVD-Video, etc.

 

DTS

 

 

 

 

Bitstream (High

Dolby TrueHD,

Blu-ray Disc,

definition audio)

Dolby Digital Plus,

HD DVD, etc.

 

DTS-HD Master

 

 

Audio, DTS-HD

 

 

High Resolution

 

 

Audio

 

 

 

 

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•If the input source component can decode the bitstream audio signals of audio commentaries, you can play back the audio sources with the audio commentaries mixed down by using the following

connections:

–multi-channel analog audio input (page 27)

–DIGITAL INPUT OPTICAL (or COAXIAL)

•Refer to the instruction manuals of the input source component, and set the component appropriately.

Notes

•When CPPM copy-protected DVD audio is played back, video and audio signals may not be output depending on the type of the DVD player.

•This unit is not compatible with HDCP-incompatible HDMI or DVI components.

•To decode the audio bitstream signals on this unit, set the input source component appropriately so that the component outputs the audio bitstream signals directly (does not decode the bitstream signals on the component).

•This unit is not compatible with the audio commentary features (for example, the special audio contents downloaded via Internet) of Blu-ray Disc or HD DVD. This unit does not play back the audio commentaries of the Blu-ray Disc or HD DVD contents.

Video signalsThis unit is compatible with the video signals of the following resolutions:–480i/60 Hz–576i/50 Hz–480p/60 Hz–576p/50 Hz–720p/60 Hz, 50 Hz–1080i/60 Hz, 50 Hz–1080p/60 Hz, 50 Hz, 24HzCompatibility with Deep Color and x.v.Color video signals

This unit accepts Deep Color (30 or 36-bit) and x.v.Color video signals. To output those video signals from the HDMI OUT jacks without any processing, set “HDMI ` HDMI” (page 99) to “Through”.

Note

If the video monitor is not compatible with Deep Color or x.v.Color video signals, the video source may not be played back correctly.

■Default input assignment of HDMI input jacks

HDMI input jack

Assigned input source

 

 

IN1

BD/HD DVD

 

 

IN2

DVD

 

 

IN3

CBL/SAT

 

 

IN4

DVR

 

 

Front HDMI IN jack

V-AUX

 

 

PREPARATION

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