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Chapter 1
Hardware Reference
Cables & Connections
Best Video: S-Video Jack and C able
S-Video jacks and cables provide the best picture quality. You will still need to connect t he left and
right audio cables to the TV, or optical audio cable to your stereo, because t he S-Video cable only
carries the picture signal, not sound.
Audio/Video (A / V) Jack and Cable
Audio/Video (A/V ) cables provide very good picture quality a nd stereo sound, and should be used if
your TV does not have S-Video jacks. The DIRECTV Receiver’s A/ V jacks are color coded (yellow
for video, red for right audio and white for left audio). If your TV h a s only one input for audio
(mono), connect it to the left (white) audio jack on the DIRECT V Receiver.
RF Jack and Coaxia l Cable (F-type)
RF jacks and coaxial cables provide good picture and mono sound quality. They should be used
if A/V connections are not available on your TV. RF jacks are used to connect to your TV and
satellite dish, off-air antenna and cable feed connections. The RF jacks on the receiver are labeled
SATELLITE IN, OFF-AIR IN and OUT TO T V. Note: Be sure to use RG-6 coaxial cable when
connecting from the satellite dish to the DIR ECTV Receiver.
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