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The player has worked fine with the 2 different connections, but will it be ok with 3 ???



One way to find out - first it can't overdrive the signal circuits (just in case someone DID try it) or else they'd have to put in something like Toshiba's been doing with their low end DVD players - the video amp isn't strong enough to power the S-vid, composite and component outs, so there's a $0.04 toy surplus switch on the back that switches the signal. Bad Toshiba! *hit on the end of the nose with a rolled-up newspaper*

Plug them all in (the SPDIF won't make a difference, that's different circuitry) and try, for instance, the 5.1 output, listen to it, and pull the stereo connects, see if there's a boost in voltage when you do.

Bren R.