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OPTIONAL CONNECTIONS AND ADDITIONS English Español Français OPTIONAL CONNECTIONS AND ADDITIONS Higher-quality connections to consider For on line assistance in making additional connections, or choosing the best choice means to connect your specific TV, please visit our website: owners.bose.com. There are other connection options besides analog audio and composite video connections from the TV to the media center, shown earlier in this guide. However, your choices depend on the type of TV you own and what other audio and video components you want in your home theater system setup. What cables you have on hand or may need to buy is another factor in adding any of the following equipment: • PVR or DVR (a personal or digital video recorder) • Cable or satellite box • DVD changer • VCR (a video cassette recorder) • Game console • Recording equipment To determine how you will connect and use added components, consider the following. Your choice of audio connections Your LIFESTYLE® system media center provides Audio IN jacks for the TV and three other components. So you can get Bose® quality audio performance added to your enjoyment of multiple external sources. There are two types of audio connections you can make for these components: • Analog connections, the most commonly used, require an analog cable (with L and R connectors at each end). Two of these cables are provided with the system. • Digital connections, made using either a coaxial digital cable (with a single RCA connector at each end), or an optical cable (with a special square connector at each end). These cables may be supplied with your digital-ready components, or you may need to purchase them separately. For a visual guide on making digital connections, refer to "Other jacks on the media center panel" on page 36. Note: When choosing to use a digital audio connection, we suggest that it be coupled with an analog connection. This will better ensure continuous sound during an interruption to the digital signal (which is slightly more sensitive to interference). Figure 23 An S-video jack and connector Your choice of video connections Your LIFESTYLE® system media center provides one set of two Video Out jacks, one of them used already to connect the TV to the media center. The video cable supplied with the system affords this basic composite connection. There is also one set of Video IN jacks for connecting one video component to the LIFESTYLE® media center, which passes that video signal through to the TV. You may want to review the choices below to determine what will work to provide you with the highest-quality video that your components can support. Beyond composite, consider S-video An S-video input jack, provided on many TVs, delivers higher picture quality than composite video output. To make this connection, use the S-video cable included with your system to connect the S-Video OUT jack on the media center and to the S-video input on your TV. • If your TV provides an S-video input jack (Figure 23) for video input, you can make that connection to the media center Video OUT for higher quality from DVDs. Refer to Figure 26 on page 30 for an example of this choice. 27