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Input Assignment
Want to get a little more sophisticated? Then add these steps to assign your VCR to a front panel input button:
1. Go to Menu, go to Source setup, select input title VCR 1.
2. Go to video, select composite video 1.
3. Go to audio, select audio 1.
4. Back out of the Menu by scrolling to EXIT (do not press the Exit button on the front panel or the remote control),
and press enter.
You’ve now assigned the VCR input to front panel button VCR 1.
Digital Audio
The next step up in complexity is to connect a DVD player with
digital audio output so you can get 5.1 sound:
1. Connect the composite video output of your DVD player (normally
the yellow colored jack) to the composite video input #1 (top row,
left side) of the ATP 8500, as you did with the VCR in at left.
2. Connect the Toslink optical output of your DVD player to the
Optical Input #1 on the rear of the ATP 8500 (top row, slightly
right of mid-way). If you only have an SP/DIF digital audio
connection (RCA type jack), use Digital Audio input #1.
Warning: some DVD players have a switch on the rear panel
to select the analog or digital audio outputs; make certain this
is set to digital.
Follow steps 4-10 in the first example.
Component Video
Want to use the component video output of your DVD player instead?
1. Connect the 3 component video cables from your DVD player to
the rear of the ATP 8500 marked Component Video Input #1.
Make certain you follow the color coding of the cables or the labels
Pb, Pr, and Y. Sometimes these are called Cb, Cr and Y instead.
2. Connect the Component Video outputs of the ATP 8500 to the TV.
Once again make certain you have the cables connected to the
correct jacks.
3. On your TV, select the component video input.
4. Play a DVD with a Dolby Digital or DTS soundtrack.
5. Press Input Search. If the component video in is not detected, you
may need to go to the Menu system and tell the ATP 8500 to turn
“on” these inputs. Go to Menu, go to Source Setup, select component video “on”. Now press Input Search again.
Want to set the DVD to a front panel input? Follow the same steps as you did for the VCR assignment, except use the
front panel button “DVD” and select the video source (composite/component/S-VHS) and the digital audio source.
Remember to “back out” of the Menu by scrolling to the Exit selection.
Now you’ve really got to read the manual to get any further. We suggest using an experienced installer to work with
things like the trigger inputs and default settings.
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