Gateway ADC-220 User manual

user'sguide
Your Gateway Connected DVD Player
Installing Configuring

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Contents
1 Checking Out Your Gateway DVD Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Compatible discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Player overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Front controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2 Setting Up Your Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
About your home network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Installing Gateway D5 Media Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Computer requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Connecting the player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Connecting to your audio/video system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Installing the network card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Installing batteries into the remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Turning on your player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Navigating the player’s Setup menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Setting up the network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Wired Ethernet setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Wireless access point setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Wireless peer-to-peer setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Setting the IP address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Changing the player name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Playing computer media files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Entering Network mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Exiting Network mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Playing music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Playing movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Viewing pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Maintaining your player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
3Customizing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Setup menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Using the remote control in Setup menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Setting up languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Setting up video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Setting up digital audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Configuring Dolby Digital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Configuring DTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Configuring MP3 audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Configuring CD audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Configuring LPCM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Configuring for other formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Adjusting the speaker balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Setting up analog audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

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Configuring Pro Logic virtual surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
Adjusting center delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Adjusting surround delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Defining the speaker set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
Setting up parental controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
4 Using Media Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Starting the program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Importing media files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Importing media directly from your hard drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Importing media using plugins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Scheduling automatic scans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Working with media files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Listing media files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Hiding media files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Revealing media files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Editing media file attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Deleting media files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Working with playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Creating a new playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Editing a playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Renaming a playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Deleting a playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Importing a playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Working with slideshows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Creating a new slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Deleting music from a slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Editing a slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Renaming a slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Deleting a slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
Viewing and changing network settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
Changing the computer name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
Selecting the network card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Changing the language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
5 Playing Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71
Playing discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71
Accessing advanced features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
Playing photo CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
6 Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
Network troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
DVD troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Getting help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
A Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
B Safety, Regulatory, and Legal Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89

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Checking Out
Your Gateway
DVD Player
Features
With your Gateway Connected DVD Player, you can play
DVDs, CDs, and digital media files on your home network.
■Fully compatible with DVD, CD, VCD/SVCD, Kodak
Picture CD, and MP3 files on CD-R/CD-RW discs.
■PC Card slot for wired or wireless access to a Microsoft
Windows®-based home network
■Capability to stream digital content from your
computer to your TV, including MPEG1/MPEG2 video,
JPG photos, and MP3/WMA audio files
■Dolby Digital and DTS decoding and output
■Composite video, S-Video, and component video
outputs (including progressive scan)
■Optical and coaxial digital audio jacks
■5.1-channel audio jacks

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Compatible discs
This DVD player can play discs of the following formats:
■DVD (Region 1, North America)
■Dolby Digital 5.1
■DTS
■Audio CD (CDDA)
■Video CD (VCD and SVCD)
■MP3 files on CD-R and CD-RW
■Kodak Picture CD
Player overview
Front controls
POWER button
Press to turn the player on and off.
When this button is on, the yellow Power LED turns on and the player enters
On mode. Press the POWER button on the remote control to switch between
On (fully operational) and Standby (low power) modes. When the player enters
Standby mode, the red Power LED turns on. When the player is off, the Power
LED turns off.
MIC jacks
Insert ¼-inch microphone plugs here for karaoke.
P
ower button Sound controls DVD playback
controls Menu
button
Menu controls
MIC jacks

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Sound controls
Menu controls
VOL Rotate to adjust the microphone input volume.
ECHO Rotate to adjust the echo effect for the microphone input.
(Left,
Right, Up, and
Down buttons)
Press to navigate the on-screen menus. You can use
these buttons as an alternative to the remote control’s
arrow buttons.
ENTER Press to make on-screen selections. You can use this
button as an alternative to the remote control’s ENTER
button.
CONNECT Press to connect the player to the network. You can use
this button as an alternative to the remote control’s
CONNECT button.
Up button
Down button
Connect button
Enter button
Right buttonLeft button

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DVD playback controls
OPEN/CLOSE Press to open and close the disc tray.
PREV Press to skip to the previous chapter or track while
in playback mode.
NEXT Press to skip to the next chapter or track while in
playback mode.
STOP Press to stop playback, and press again to return
to the menu on the DVD. Press PLAY to resume
playback.
PLAY Press to start playback.
PAUSE Press to pause playback and view the current
frame. Press PLAY to resume playback.
MENU Press to view the DVD menu.
O
pen/close button Menu button
Prev button Play button
Next button Stop button
Pause button

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Back
Network card slot
Insert a network PC Card into this slot.
Audio jacks
5.1 channel (surround
sound) Connect to the analog audio inputs of a 5.1-channel amplifier.
2 channel (stereo) Connect to the left/right analog audio inputs of a TV, stereo, or
2-channel amplifier.
Coaxial (digital audio) Connect to the coaxial digital audio input of a 5.1-channel amplifier.
Optical digital audio Connect to the optical digital audio input of a 5.1-channel amplifier.
Network card slot Video jacks
Audio jacks
5.1 channel (surround sound) 2 channel (stereo)
Coaxial (digital
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Video jacks
Cb/Pb (component/
progressive blue) Connect to the Pb/Cb video inputs of your TV.
Y (component black
and white) Connect to the Y video input of your TV.
Video out (composite) Connect to the Composite Video input of your TV.
Cr/Pr (component/
progressive red) Connect to the Pr/Cr video inputs of your TV.
S-Video out Connect to the S-Video input of your TV.
Cb/Pb
S-Video out
Y
Cr/Pr
Video out (composite
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Remote control
POWER
TITLE SETUP
OPEN/CLOSE
MY
MUSIC
MY
PHOTOS
MY
VIDEOS
DISPLAY
SEARCH
RETURN
MENU
CONNECT
PA G E
REV FWD PREV NEXT
ZOOM VIDEO OUT REPEAT A-B
SLOW AUDIO SUBTITLE ANGLE
PAUSE/STEP STOP PLAY
PA G E
123
456
789
0CLEAR
ABC DEF
GHI JKL MNO
PQRS TUV WXYZ
Numeric keypad
Menu controls
Media playback
controls
Networking
controls
Main controls

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Main controls
Networking controls
Numeric keypad
Press these buttons to input numbers (such as the chapter, track, or time) in
on-screen menus.
POWER Press to switch the player between Standby(low power)
and On (fully operational) modes.
The blue LED behind the front arrow buttons on the
player lights when the unit is On.
This button works only when the POWER button on the
front of the player is pressed.
TITLE Press to display DVD title menus for discs with multiple
titles. If a disc has a single title, TITLE functions like
MENU.
SETUP While disc playback is stopped, press to open the Setup
menu for adjusting DVD and Network settings.
OPEN/CLOSE Press to open and close the disc tray.
MY MUSIC Press to display the player’s My Music folder on the TV,
which lists the music media files available on your
networked computers. If a computer has not been
detected, only the Connect screen appears.
MY PHOTOS Press to display the player’s My Photos folder on the
TV, which lists the JPG image files available on your
networked computers. If a computer has not been
detected, only the Connect screen appears.
MY VIDEOS Press to display the player’s My Videos folder on the
TV, which lists the MPEG movie files available on your
networked computers. If a computer has not been
detected, only the Connect screen appears.
CONNECT Press to search the network for shared media. A screen
will show you the MyMusic, MyPhotos, and My Videos
folders.

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Menu controls
Media playback controls
Arrow buttons Press to navigate on-screen menus.
ENTER Press to confirm menu settings.
SEARCH Press to jump to a specific time, title, chapter, or track
during disc playback.
DISPLAY Press to display current disc time and status information.
MENU Press to view the DVD’s main menu.
RETURN Press to return to the main Setup menu.
REV Press repeatedly to scan backward at variable speeds.
FWD Press repeatedly to scan forward at variable speeds.
PREV Press to skip to the previous chapter or track.
NEXT Press to skip to the next chapter or track.
ZOOM Press to zoom in or out at various levels of magnification.
VIDEO OUT While playback is stopped, press repeatedly until the
setting matches your video cable connection. For more
information, see “Turning on your player” on page 19.
REPEAT Press to set special playback functions, including
Repeat.
A-B Press to repeat an audio or video segment between two
points (A and B). For more information, see “Repeating
a scene or segment” on page 76.
SLOW Press repeatedly for slow motion playback at variable
speeds.
AUDIO Press to select among available audio
tracks/formats/channels during DVD/SVCD/VCD
playback.
SUBTITLE Press to select among available subtitle languages
during DVD/SVCD playback.

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ANGLE Press to view alternate angles during DVD playback (if
available).
PAUSE/STEP Press once to pause playback, and press again to step
forward one frame at a time.
STOP Press once to stop playback (press PLAY to resume).
Press twice to stop playback and reset to the beginning
of the disc.
PLAY Press to start playback.

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Setting Up Your
Player
This chapter describes how to connect your Gateway
Connected DVD Player to your TV, audio system, and home
network. You need to complete these steps in the following
order:
1Set up your network and make sure that your home
network is working correctly.
2Install the Gateway D5 Media Server program and start
it for the first time.
3Connect the player to your TV, audio system, and
network.
Important Write your player’s order number
inside the front cover of your user’s
guide. You will need the order number
as proof of purchase if you contact
Technical Support.

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About your home network
Before you begin, you must have a Microsoft Windows-based home network
set up. If you do not already have a network installed, you need to purchase
the network components and follow the installation instructions provided by
the manufacturer. The Gateway Connected DVD Player supports all major types
of home networks, including:
■Wired Ethernet
A wired Ethernet network consists of two or more devices connected
through an Ethernet cable.
■Wireless access point
A Wireless access point network uses radio waves to link devices using a
wireless network card, an access point, and a wired Ethernet network.
■Wireless peer-to-peer
A wireless peer-to-peer network consists of two or more wireless Ethernet
computers that communicate with each other without a wireless access
point.
If your Gateway Connected DVD Player came with a network card, the card is
one of the following types:
■PC Card to Ethernet adapter card
■Wireless 802.11b network PC Card
Important If you are using a wireless network with an access point,
be sure to configure the access point according to the
manufacturer’s instructions before continuing.

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Installing Gateway D5 Media Server
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Installing Gateway D5 Media
Server
After you have made sure that your home network is working correctly, install
the Media Server program onto each computer that has media files you want
to access.
Computer requirements
■Computer with Pentium processor, 700 MHz or faster
■Network connection (wired or wireless)
■Hard drive with at least 20 MB of free space
■128 MB of memory
■CD drive
■Network PC Card (also known as PCMCIA). A wired Ethernet adapter card
or wireless network card may already be included with your player.
■Microsoft Windows 98 SE, Windows Me, Windows 2000, or Windows XP
To install Media Server:
1Turn on the computer, then close all open programs.
2Insert the Gateway Connected DVD Player Installation CD into the CD drive
on your computer. The install wizard starts.
3Follow the on-screen instructions to finish the installation.
If you are prompted to select your computer’s network card, click the
network card you want to use, then click Next.
Important Do not install Media Server until you make sure that your
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Media Server opens after the install program is finished, and opens
automatically whenever your computer is started. The Media Server
icon in the Windows taskbar shows that the program is running.
You are prompted to import media.
4If you do not have any music, movies, or pictures on your computer, click
No. Your first-time setup of Media Server is complete.
- OR -
If you have media on your computer, click Yes. You are prompted to select
plugins.
5Click the plugin you want to use, then click Scan. Your files are imported
into Media Server. Your first-time setup of Media Server is complete.
6Repeat Steps 1-5 for each computer you want to access from the player.
For more information on using Media Server, see “Using Media Server” on
page 55.
Tips & Tricks Select only one plugin for each type of media. For
example, to import MP3 files on a computer where you
have both MusicMatch Jukebox and Windows Media
Player installed, select only one of the two plugins.
You can select only one plugin at a time. If you have more
than one media type, select one plugin and import the
media for that plugin. Then select another plugin and
import the media for that plugin.

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Connecting the player
Connecting to your audio/video system
To connect your player to your audio/video system:
1Make sure that all video components are turned off.
2Connect the player to your TV in one of three ways:
■Composite video
Connect one end of the supplied yellow video cable to the VIDEO OUT
jack on the back of the player, then connect the other end to the jack
on your TV.
■S-Video
Connect one end of an S-Video cable (not included) to the
S-VIDEO OUT jack on the back of the player, then connect the other
end to the S-Video jack on your TV.
Cb/Pb (component/
progressive blue)
Y (component/ progressive
black and white)
Video out (composite)
Cr/Pr (component/
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■Progressive/component video
For best video quality, connect one end of each component video
cable (not included) to the PROGRESSIVE/COMPONENT Cb/Pb, Y,
and Cr/Pr jacks on the back of the player, then connect the other ends
to the corresponding color-coded jacks on your TV.
3Connect your player to your audio system in one of four ways:
■2-channel audio (stereo)
Connect one end of the included red and white audio/video cables
to the 2 CH. AUDIO Rand Ljacks on the back of the player, then
connect the other ends to the right/left audio jacks on your TV, stereo,
or 2-channel analog amplifier.
■5.1-channel surround analog audio
Connect one end of the six audio cables (not included) to the
5.1 CHANNEL CENTER, SUR.(R), FRONT(R), SUB W., SUR(L), and
FRONT(L) jacks on the back of the player, then connect the other ends
to the corresponding analog audio jacks of your 5.1-channel amplifier.
2 Ch. R (right stereo)
5.1 channel front(R)
(surround sound front right)
5.1 channel sur.(R) (surround
sound right)
5.1 channel center
(
surround sound center)
5.1 channel sub w.
(surround sound subwoofer)
5.1 channel sur.(L) (surround
sound left) 5.1 channel front(L)
(surround sound front left) 2 Ch. L (left stereo)
Coaxial (digital audio)
Optical digital audio