Connecting
Connecting 13
Connecting the Amplifier
For a full home theater sound experience, an external
Dolby Digital* decoder and a multichannel amplifier
must be connected to the Digital Audio Out terminal on
the TV.
*Dolby Digital 5.1 channel surround sound delivers digital-quality
sound. Dolby Digital provides five discrete full bandwidth channels
for front left, front right, center, surround left and surround right, plus
a LFE (Low Frequency Effect) subwoofer channel.
Procedure
1 Select Off for Speakers Off in Audio menu (see
“Speakers” under “Other Adjust (Audio)” on
page 32).
2 Adjust the amplifier volume to the desired level.
n
The S-video input overrides the composite
video signal when S-video cable is
connected. Connect either S-video cable or
video cable.
L
R
OUTPUT
AUDIO OUT
SERVICE ONLY
ANT
R L
AUDIO IN
S VIDEO
VIDEO
L
R
Y
VIDEO
AUDIO
PB
PR
PB
PR
Y
Y
PROGOUTCOMPONENT VIDEO
INPUT
12
INPUT 2 INPUT 1
TO AUDIO AMP
DIGITAL
AUDIO OUT
L
R
OPTICAL IN
DIGITAL
AUDIO OUT
AUDIO INPUT
R
L
Back of the TV
Amplifier
Optical digital audio cable
Audio cable
or
n
■ Depending on your DVD player and
DVD-audio software, the copyright
protection function may operate and
disable optical output.
■ External speakers cannot be connected
directly to Output terminals.
■ With an ATSC channel, the output from
the Digital Audio Out is Dolby Digital.
With an NTSC channel, the output is PCM.
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