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Connecting the DPS-6.5
white plugs to connect left-channel audio inputs and out-
Before Making Any Connections
puts (typically labeled OL�). And use yellow plugs to
Y Read the manuals supplied with your AV components.connect composite video inputs and outputs.
Y DonOt connect the power cord until youOve completed The supplied AV cable is made up of an analog audio
all audio and video connections.cable and a composite video cable.
Analog audio
Optical Digital Outputs
Right (red)Right (red)
The DPS-6.5Os optical digital connectors have a shutter-Left (white)Left (white)
type cover that opens when an optical plug is inserted,
(Yellow)(Yellow)
and closes when itOs removed. Push the plug in all the
Composite video
way.
Caution: To prevent shutter damage, hold the optical Y Push each plug in all the way to Right!
plug straight when inserting and removing.make a good connection (loose
connections can cause noise or
RCA AV Connection Color Codingmalfunctions).
YTo prevent interference, keep
RCA AV connections are usually color coded: red, Wrong!
audio and video cables away from
white, and yellow. Use red plugs to connect right-chan-
power cords and speaker cables.
nel audio inputs and outputs (typically labeled OR�). Use
AV Cables & Connectors
Video
YYComponent video separates the luminance (Y) and
COMPONENT 1
YPBPRcolor difference signals (PR, PB), providing the best
PB /CBPB/CB
picture quality. Some TV manufacturers label their
P/R CRPR/CR
component video inputs differently.
Component
The DPS-6.5 has RCA and BNC component video
video
YYoutputs.
COMPONENT 2
YPBPR
PB /CBPB/CB
P/R CRPR/CR
S Video provides better picture quality than com-
S Videoposite video.
S VIDEO
Composite video can be found on virtually all TVs,
Composite VIDEO
VCRs, and video equipment.
video
Audio
Optical digital audio connections provide better
Optical digitalaudio quality than analog connections.
OPTICAL
COAXIALCoaxial digital audio connections provide better
Coaxial digitalaudio quality than analog connections.
1RCA analog audio connectors can be found on vir-
Ltually all AV components.
Analog
R
This cable carries multichannel analog audio and
FRONT/D. MIX
Multichannel 12SURRCENTERitOs typically used to connect DPS-6.5s with indi-
analog audio vidual 5.1 channel analog audio outputs. Several
cable (RCA)standard analog audio cables can be used instead of
WOOFERSUB
a multichannel cable.
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