Side Connections; Connecting Hdmi Or Dvi Devices - Toshiba 40VL20 Series Owner's Manual

Connecting an amplifi er equipped with a Dolby
Digital decoder
TV back view
Front speaker Surround speaker
Centre speaker
You can enjoy dynamic realistic sound by
connecting the TV to an amplifi er equipped with a
Dolby Digital decoder or Dolby Digital processor.
When using this setup, select Auto in the Digital
Output menu (- page 20).
Connecting an amplifi er equipped with a digital
audio (optical) input
TV back view
Front speaker
You can enjoy the dynamic sound of a 2-channel
digital stereo by connecting the TV to an amplifi er
equipped with a digital audio (optical) input and
speaker system (right and left front speakers). When
using this setup, select PCM in the Digital Output
menu (- page 20).

Side connections

You can connect a wide variety of auxiliary
equipment via the terminals located on the left side
of the TV o (2).
Please always refer to the owner's manual of the
equipment to be connected for full details.
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Connecting your TV
Amplifier equipped with
Dolby Digital decoder
To Optical type
digital audio input
Optical digital cable
(not supplied)
To Digital Audio
output terminal
Sub woofer
Signal flow
Amplifier equipped with
digital audio input
To Optical type
digital audio input
Optical digital cable
(not supplied)
To Digital Audio
output terminal
Signal flow
Connection example
Left side of the TV
Video Games
• To select the side inputs, press o until the video
input mode list appears on the screen, then press
or to select VIDEO2 (- page 29), then
press Q.
• Before connecting any external equipment, turn
off all main power switches.
• If you connect mono sound equipment to o (2),
connect the audio output of the equipment to the
L/MONO jack on the TV.
• You can enjoy Video Games with this TV. However
shooting games, where the player shoots at a
target on the TV screen with a light gun, may not
work because of the LED LCD TV properties.

Connecting HDMI or DVI devices

• When turning on your electronic components,
turn on the TV fi rst, and then the HDMI and DVI
device.
• When turning off your electronic components,
turn off the HDMI and DVI device fi rst, and then
the TV.
• This TV may not be compatible with features and/
or specifi cations that may be added in the future.
• This TV is only operable with L-PCM and Dolby
Digital on 32/44.1/48 kHz. If there is no sound
when using HDMI, use the analogue audio cables
to connect the TV and the HDMI device, and
select Analogue in HDMI 3 Audio of the AV
Connection menu (- page 35).
• This TV is able to connect with HDMI devices. But
it is possible that some HDMI devices may not
operate properly with this TV.
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