Pioneer BDP-43FD Owner's Manual - Page 9

Connections Be sure to turn off the power and unplug the power cord from the power outlet whenever making or changing connections. This Player is equipped with the terminals/jacks listed below. Find the corresponding terminal/jack on your video equipment. Using the supplied cable or commercially available cables, connect the video first. Then connect the audio. Video terminals/jacks on this Player Higher Quality  HDMI OUT terminal See right.  COMPONENT VIDEO OUTPUT jacks Page 10  VIDEO OUTPUT jack Standard Quality Audio terminals/jacks on this Player Digital audio connection Higher Quality  HDMI OUT terminal  DIGITAL OUT OPTICAL terminal Standard Quality Analog audio connection Standard Quality AUDIO OUTPUT jacks Page 10 See right. Page 11 Page 11 Broadband Internet connection LAN (10/100) terminal Page 11 Connecting to the HDMI Terminal • You can enjoy high quality digital picture and sound through the HDMI terminal. • For details on digital audio output formats (PCM/bitstream), refer to the digital audio output format selection table on page 25. • Use High Speed HDMI® Cables when using the control function with HDMI. The control function with HDMI may not operate properly if other HDMI cables are used. STEPS 1 Be sure to turn off this Player and the equipment before making any connections. 2 Firmly connect an HDMI cable (commercially available) to the HDMI terminals ( and ). Rear panel of this Player • When using an HDMI output, 7.1 ch Digital Output is available. AC IN BDP-43FD NOTE • Audio transmitted in DTS-HD High Resolution Audio and DTS-HD Master Audio formats is output from the HDMI terminal as Bitstream. Connect an amplifier with a built-in decoder to enjoy the fine sound quality.  To HDMI OUT terminal HDMI cable (commercially available)  To HDMI IN terminal Selecting the priority video output when connecting HDMI and Component video When you connect both an HDMI cable and a component cable to this player, you need to select the priority video output in "Settings" - "Audio Video Settings" - "Video Out Select". (See page 21.) NOTE • When you connect the player to a Pioneer TV with an HDMI cable only and the TV is turned on, the video output switches to HDMI automatically. (The above setting is unnecessary.) • When you connect the player to a TV with an HDMI cable, "HDMI Video Out" is set to "Auto". If you don't get a stable image, select the desired resolution. When you set "HDMI Video Out" to a setting other than "Auto", you can only select resolutions that are compatible with the connected TV. • Refer to "HDMI Video Out" on page 21 regarding the resolutions of the HDMI video output. Projector TV AV receiver Equipment with an HDMI terminal After connecting • If desired, connect audio equipment. (Page 11) • Load a disc and start playback. (Page 14) • Refer to control function with HDMI. (Pages 14 and 21) 9 Connection Introduction