Introduction - Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin Connectivity Manual

Introduction

When AUX is selected, Zeppelin's LED glows green.
Zeppelin™ is far more than just a simple iPod
docking speaker. You can connect a wide range
of products to expand and enhance your listening
experience.
Whether you want to share audio from a device
that you normally listen to on headphones, improve
the quality of sound from your TV, or watch your
favourite iPod videos on a larger screen, Zeppelin
provides an effective, compact and stylish solution.
In this guide, we show you some of the
options you may like to try – how to connect the
components and how to control them.
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In cases where you want to connect an alterna-
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tive audio source, you will be using the AUX input
at the back of Zeppelin. If you have been playing an
iPod/iPhone™, you will need to switch to this input
by either pressing the
remote or pressing and holding down for 3
seconds the button on Zeppelin itself. The AUX
input will only select when a cable is connected to
the AUX input. If no cable is connected the Zeppe-
lin indicator will illuminate red. When Zeppelin's AUX
input is selected, the indicator will illuminate green
as opposed to blue when playing an iPod/iPhone.
The Zeppelin AUX input socket can accept either
analogue or optical digital mini jack plugs.
In cases where you want to replay video stored
on an iPod to a TV or computer monitor you will
need to connect the TV or monitor to one of Zep-
pelin's video output sockets.
Zeppelin has no coaxial digital input so RCA
Phono coaxial digital cables cannot be used.
Zeppelin cannot reproduce Dolby Digital or
DTS encoded digital audio. When connecting
to Zeppelin using any of the digital options
described in the following pages you should
ensure any such encoded material is "down-
mixed" to stereo PCM format. If this is not
possible, use an analogue connection option
instead. See the audio source component's
user manual for more information.
button on Zeppelin's
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