HP PL5000N - Manual (Page 23)

Connecting
Connecting 15
Connecting the Amplifier
For a full home theater sound experience, an external
Dolby Digital* decoder and a multichannel amplifier
must be connected to the Digital Audio Out terminal on
the TV.
∗ Dolby Digital 5.1 channel surround sound delivers digital-quality
sound. Dolby Digital provides five discrete full bandwidth channels
for front left, front right, center, surround left, and surround right, plus
a Low Frequency Effect (LFE) subwoofer channel.
1 Select Off for Speakers in the Audio menu; see
“Speakers” under “Other Adjust” on page 40.
2 Adjust the amplifier volume to the desired level.
AV IN
R L
AUDIO IN
S VIDEO
VIDEO
L
R
Y
VIDEO
AUDIO
P B
P R
P B
P R
Y Y
PROGOUT COMPONENT VIDEO
INPUT
1 2
INPUT 2 INPUT 1
TO AUDIO AMP
C a b l e C A R D T M
ANTENNA
C a b l e I n
D I G I TA L
AUDIO OUT
AUDIO
IN
PC
L
R
OUTPUT
AUDIO OUT
L
R
OPTICAL IN
(TOS Link)
DIGITAL
AUDIO OUT
AUDIO INPUT
R
L
Amplifier
Optical digital audio cable
Audio cable
Back of the TV
Or
n
Depending on your DVD player and DVD-
audio software, the copyright protection
function may operate and disable optical
output.
External speakers cannot be connected
directly to Output terminals.
With an ATSC channel, the output from
Digital Audio Out is Dolby Digital. With
an NTSC channel, the output is PCM.
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