Owner's Manual

CONNECTION
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PREPARATIONS
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Make sure you refer the following illustration carefully so that connections between this unit and your TV are properly
made.
Do not connect the power cable of this unit until all connections are completed.
1 Connect your TV using an HDMI cable (commercially available). The digital video signal is output from this unit to
your TV. If your TV’s HDMI terminal is ARC (audio return channel) supported, steps 2 to 3 are not necessary since
digital audio signal is output from the TV to the unit through the HDMI cable.
2 Connect your TV using an optical cable (commercially available) to play back TV digital audio through this unit.
3 If an HDMI connection is unavailable, connect your TV using a video pin cable. Analog video signal is output from
this unit to your TV.
■ HDMI connection
• You can enjoy high quality digital picture and sound
through the HDMI terminals.
• Firmly connect an HDMI cable (commercially
available) to the HDMI terminal of this unit.
• Use HIGH SPEED HDMI cables that have the HDMI
logo (p. 53).
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• When you use the HDMI control function, refer to “Operating
this unit by TV remote control (the HDMI control function)”
(p. 31) and “[HDMI Control]” (p. 36).
• For information on the output mode of the HDMI terminal,
refer to “[HDMI]” (p. 40).
• When no picture is displayed, refer to
“TROUBLESHOOTING” (p. 43).
■ Connection for the playback of Blu-ray
3D discs
You need the following equipment and connections to
enjoy BD 3D discs on this unit:
–a TV that has 3D functionality.
– a TV and this unit must be connected with HDMI
cables.
– a BD disc should contain 3D images.
■ About audio return channel (ARC)
supported TV
• You can connect an HDMI cable to the audio return
channel supported terminal (the terminal with “ARC”
indicated) on the TV. In this case, you do not need to
connect an optical cable.
• You need to activate the HDMI control function of this
unit so as to activate audio return channel (ARC) (
p. 36).
What is audio return channel (ARC)?
This function allows digital audio signal to be output from
a TV to this unit through an HDMI cable, without using an
optical cable.
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If your TV is not ARC supported, connect the TV and this unit
via the OPTICAL jack on the unit.
Connecting to a TV
CAUTION
VIDEO
AV INPUT
1 2 3
HDMI IN
(ARC)
DIGITAL AUDIO OUT
OPTICAL
This unit
2 Optical cable
(commercially available)
TV
1 HDMI cable
(commercially available)
3 Composite video cable
(supplied)