Connecting a dvd player/set-top box via hdmi, Connecting a digital audio system – Samsung LNS3238DX-XAA User Manual
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Connecting a DVD Player/Set-Top Box via HDMI
This connection can only be made if there is an HDMI Output connector on the external device.
1. Connect an HDMI Cable
between the HDMI/DVI 1
or HDMI/DVI 2 connec-
tor on the TV and the
HDMI connector on the
DVD player/Set-Top Box.
DVD Player / Set-Top Box
TV Rear Panel
HDMI Cable (Not supplied)
What is HDMI?
• HDMI, or high-definition multimedia interface, is a next-generation interface that enables the
transmission of digital audio and video signals using a single cable without compression.
• “Multimedia interface” is a more accurate name for it especially because it allows multiple channels of
digital audio (5.1 channels).
The difference between HDMI and DVI is that the HDMI device is smaller in size, has the HDCP
(High Bandwidth Digital Copy Protection) coding feature installed, and supports multi-channel
digital audio.
Each DVD player/Set-top box has a different back panel configuration.
When connecting a DVD player/Set-top box, match the color of the connection terminal to the cable.
Connecting a Digital Audio System
The rear panel jacks on your TV make it easy to connect a Digital Audio System to your TV.
1. Connect an Optical
Cable between the DIGI-
TAL AUDIO OUT
(OPTICAL) jacks on the
TV and the Digital Audio
Input jacks on the Digital
Audio System.
When a Digital Audio
System is connected to
the “DIGITAL AUDIO
OUT (OPTICAL)” termi-
nal: Decrease the gain
(volume) of the TV, and
adjust the volume level
with the system’s vol-
ume control.
Digital Audio System
TV Rear Panel
Optical Cable (Not supplied)
What is OPTICAL?
• Converts the electric signal into an optical light signal, and transmits it through glass fibers. S/PDIF
is a transmission system of digital audio in the form of a light wave that uses a glass conductor.
5.1CH audio is possible when the TV is connected to an external device supporting 5.1CH.
Each Digital Audio System has a different back panel configuration.
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