Home Theater Connections; Basic Connections; Connecting Equipment With Hdmi Terminal (Tv, Dvd Recorder, Etc.) - Panasonic SC-ZT2 Operating Instructions Manual

Home Theater connections

Basic connections

Connection cable
HDMI cable (not supplied)

Connecting equipment with HDMI terminal (TV, DVD recorder, etc.)

Easy connection using ARC (Audio Return Channel) (➜ below): The conventional setting has required 2 cables
to connect this system and a TV: HDMI cable and optical fi bre or stereo phono cable. Now, with the ARC
technology, all you need is 1 HDMI cable to connect to an ARC compatible TV.
The recommended HDMI cable is ARC compatible.
This connection is
necessary to connect
with TV incompatible
with ARC.
In order to enjoy TV
sounds.
Connecting the optical
fi bre cable
Insert the cable
so its shape fi ts
correctly into
Do not bend!
the terminal.
ARC (Audio Return Channel)
This function was added to HDMI
Ver.1.4.
This sends digital audio signals
from the HDMI input terminal of
the TV, etc. to the HDMI output
terminal of this system.
• For ARC compatibility of the
connected TV, see operating
instructions of the TV.
HDMI cable notes
• It is recommended that you use Panasonic's HDMI cables.
• Please use High Speed HDMI Cables that have the HDMI logo (as shown on the cover).
• Using the High Speed HDMI cable is recommended for viewing HD picture (1080p).
Enjoying only with TV speaker
• When image equipment such as TV and Blu-ray Disc player/DVD recorder, etc. is connected to HDMI terminal (➜ above, page 13)
of this system, images/audio signals from the Blu-ray Disc player/DVD recorder, etc. go through this system and are transmitted to
TV even if this system is turned off using the standby/on button of this system. (Standby through function) This is convenient to
enjoy only with TV speaker.
Note
When you turn this system off using the standby/on button of this system, the audio/video signals from equipment connected to
HDMI input are output through the television, even if you have set input on this system to anything other than HDMI input ("BD/DVD "
or "AUX 1 ") before turning off this system. (The selector returns to the previous setting when you turn this system on again.)
When equipment is connected to both BD/DVD IN terminal and AUX1 IN terminal, images/audio signals of equipment whose input is
lastly selected are output.
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Stereo phono cable (not supplied)
Audio out
R L
If connection A
is not possible,
make connection
B. When both are
already connected,
connection A
takes priority over
connection B.
Blu-ray Disc player/
DVD recorder, STB, etc.
Digital audio
HDMI
out (optical)
input
Optical fi bre cable (not supplied)
TV
Make sure to connect to
TO TV (ARC) .
When connecting with the ARC
compatible TV, connect the
[TO TV (ARC)] terminal of this
system and the HDMI input
terminal (ARC compatible) of TV.
(If the TV has ARC compatible
and incompatible terminals,
connect to the ARC compatible
HDMI input terminal.)
HDMI
Video/Audio
out
Main unit