Hook Up The Audio/S-Video Signals - Hitachi DSS SYSTEM Owner's Manual

SETTING UP YOUR HITACHI DIGITAL SATELLITE SYSTEM
Before choosing the best connection for your entertainment system, you should connect the
PHONE JACK
The Phone line and jack
phone line. This can be done by plugging one end of the provided
telephone cable into the PHONE LINE jack on the back of your
DSS receiver and the other end into a telephone wall jack. If you do
not have a telephone jack within reach, contact your local phone
company to arrange for.a new jack to be installed or reorient your
DSS receiver to be within reach of a telephone wall jack.
To suit specific needs, you may need to purchase additional
connectors and/or cables. These are available from your dealer or dectrouic hardware stores.
Choose which hookup method to use based on:
• Your TV's and VCR's capabilities
• Your desire to pass local programming through the DSS receiver
• Any other devices you want to include in the system (stereo, second VCR, etc.)
We will guide you through the decision and connection process. But 'first, position yourself or
your equipment so that you are looking at the backs. Note the various input and output
receptacles, their shapes, and how they are labeled. Then read through the rest of this hookup
section before proceeding to an actual hookup.
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The S-video cable and jack
Hook Up the Audio/S-video Signals
Only the newest, high-end TVs and VCRs have S-video inputs. VCRs that support S-video
include Hi8 and SVHS types. Look on the back of your TV and
VCR for this special jack. It will be labeled something like S-
VIDEO IN. If you are unsure, you can see the type of connector
that you are looking for on the back of your DSS receiver. If
neither, the TV or VCR, has this jack, proceed to the "Hook Up the
Audio/Video Signals" secdon.
This video hookup will give you a sharper picture than either of the other hookups. Also, this
hookup will allow you to view DSS programming and local broadcast simultaneously on TVs that
offer a "picture in picture" (PIP) feature.
When using this hookup, you cannot use the DSS receiver as a switch to choose between DSS
programming and local broadcasts. You will use the input selection that your TV and/or VCR
offers to select the source.
If your VCR has S-video input...
use an S-video cable to connect the DSS receiver's S-video output to the S-video input on your
VCtL Also connect one pair of the DSS receiver's audio outputs (Left and Right) to the audio
inputs on your VCR.
If your '.V has S-vldeo input...
connect an S-video cable from the S-video output (either from the DSS receiver if available or the
VCR) to the S-video input on the TV. Also connect the left and fight audio outputs from the
same device that the S-video is coming from and connect them to the TV.
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