Digital Connections - B&K AVR101 Series Owner's Manual

DIGITAL CONNECTIONS

Connect digital inputs (DVD, VLD, etc.) to the receiver. You will need either coaxial or optical digital inputs to play
Dolby Digital (AC-3) or DTS surround sound processing. Digital connections are also recommended for PCM
sources. If your source has both optical and coaxial outputs connect only one.
Coaxial digital inputs
connectors. Attach one end of your digital coaxial
cable to your source coaxial digital out and the other
end to the appropriate receiver coaxial digital (orange)
input.
DIGITAL OUTPUTS
3.5mm
OPTICAL COAX
3.5 mm digital input
from PC or portable
V3
3.5mm
COAX INPUT
Optical digital inputs - First, remove the cap on
the optical digital input. Save the cap. Attach one
end of your digital optical cable to your source
and the other end to the appropriate digital input
on the back of the receiver.
Receiver
C O A X D I G I T A L I N P U T S
T V - V 3 V 2 V 1
S A T C D D V D / V L D
Connect the laserdisc's AC3-RF output to the DT-1's AC-3 RF input. Connect either the laserdisc player's PCM
coaxial or optical digital output (not both) to the DT-1's coaxial or optical input. Connect the DT-1's coaxial output
to the desired coaxial digital input on your receiver.
Optical digital output DIGITAL OUTPUTS
to digital recorder
V3
3.5mm
COAX INPUT
- standard RCA
3.5
coaxial digital input - You may connect the V3 coaxial input using a
3.5 mm mono jack instead of the RCA type jack. This input works the
same as the other digital inputs but uses a 3.5 mm mono jack instead
of an RCA. The plug must be wired as tip (+) and the long barrel
section (-).
DT-1
M A I N C O A X
O U T P U T I N P U T
Coax digital input
from VLD output
AC-3 RF input
from VLD output
3.5mm
OPTICAL COAX
3.5 mm digital output
to digital recorder
C O A X D I G I T A L I N P U T S
T V - V 3 V 2 V 1
type
S A T C D D V D / V L D
mm
OPTICAL DIGITAL INPUTS
SAT CD DVD V2 V1
Connecting A Laserdisc Player - Dolby Digital
(AC-3) laserdiscs use a special technique called
AC-3 RF to encode the Dolby Digital bitstream. If the
laserdisc player is capable of playing back Dolby
Digital discs it will have a separate output for this
bitstream in addition to the normal coaxial and/or
optical outputs. Do not connect the AC3-RF output
directly to your receiver. The AC-3 RF bitstream
A C - 3 R F must first be converted to a normal (non-RF) Dolby
I N P U T
Digital type signal. It is recommended that a B&K
DT-1 be used to convert and select between the
Laser's AC-3 RF and PCM/DTS signals. The output
from a DT-1 will automatically select between the
connected PCM/DTS bitstreams and the converted
AC-3 RF Dolby Digital signal. Other AC-3 RF to
Dolby Digital decoders may not make this switch
automatically.
Digital Outputs - Connect to a digital recorder (CD-R,
minidisc, DAT, personal computer, etc.) This signal is
the same as the incoming digital signal from the
selected source. If your digital recorder has both
optical and coaxial inputs you need only connect one.
The receiver converts optical to coaxial and coaxial to
optical. You can connect one digital recorder to the
optical output and another recorder to the coaxial. The
coaxial connector is a 3.5 mm type for direct
connection to a personal computer. You will need an
adapter to connect the 3.5mm type to a standard RCA
type coaxial input
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Coax digital input
from DVD output
Optical digital output
from source
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