Philips PCA532K - Manual (Page 13)

Video Connection
Your REALmagic Hollywood Plus DVD/MPEG-2 Playback Card must be connected to
your VGA card or your PC’s VGA output port in order to display MPEG video on your VGA
monitor. (Refer to Figure 1 earlier in this Chapter for reference.) Follow the steps to connect
the DVD/MPEG-2 Playback Card to your VGA output (see Figure 2).
1. Attach the round 9-pin DIN connector of the provided External VGA Pass-Through
Cable to the VGA IN connector at the back of the REALmagic Hollywood Plus
DVD/MPEG-2 Playback Card (refer to Figure 1).
2. Attach the other end (15-pin “D” shape) of the cable to the output port on your VGA
card or your PC’s VGA output port.
3. Connect the VGA cable from your VGA monitor to the VGA OUT of the DVD/
MPEG-2 Playback Card.
Connect to VGA Card
or PC Display Output Port
Audio Connections
There are two audio outputs on the REALmagic Hollywood Plus DVD/MPEG-2 Playback
Card: the Stereo Out and the S/PDIF connector. The Stereo Out outputs a standard analog
stereo signal that can be used by virtually any stereo receivers or amplified speakers. It also
contains the Pro Logic Surround Sound encoding that allows you to achieve surround sound
by attaching this signal to a Pro Logic receiver.
If you have installed the REALmagic Hollywood Plus DVD/MPEG-2 Playback Card as
described above, then the Stereo Out signal is passed internally to the sound card. This elimi­
nates the external audio cable that normally goes from the DVD/MPEG-2 Playback Card to
your sound card. (If you are not using the above solution, we recommend attaching the
Stereo Output signal to the LINE-IN port on your sound card. A standard mini jack audio
cable can be used for this audio connection.)
Attach the Pro Logic receiver to the LINE-OUT or SPEAKER port on your sound card to
obtain the surround sound signal.. This will allow you to use one set of speakers to listen to
both DVD/MPEG-2 audio as well as other types of audio from your sound card. It will also
allow you to control the volume by using the mixer program provided with your sound card.
Of course, you can always attach the Stereo Out signal from the REALmagic Hollywood Plus
DVD/MPEG-2 Playback Card directly to a Pro Logic receiver or speakers.