Connecting Image Sources

•Turn the power off for both the projector and the signal source before connecting them. If the power for either device is on at the time of connection, damage may result.

•Check the shapes of the cable connectors and the device ports before making the connections. If you try to force a connector to fit a device port with a different shape or number of terminals, a malfunction or damage to the connector or port may result.

Video equipment (VHS VCR, DVD player, game console, etc.)

 

Computer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Port names may vary depending on the equipment being connected.

 

 

 

 

Component output

 

Mini D-Sub

S-Video

Video

 

*1

HDMI

15-pin

SCART

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

S-Video cable

RCA video cable

SCART cable

Component

HDMI cable

Computer cable

(commercially-

(commercially-

(commercially-

video cable

(commercially-

(commercially-

available)

available)

available)

(commercially-

available)

available)

+

 

 

available)

 

 

 

 

D SCART

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

adapter*2

 

 

 

 

 

(accessory)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mini D-Sub

 

 

 

 

 

15-pin

*1 If a DVD has been connected using a D SCART adapter, change the "D/SCART" setting in the "Input Signal" to

"SCART". p.34

*2 Some regions may not have the D SCART adapter included as an accessory.

 

 

• Some signal sources may have specially-shaped ports. In such cases, use the

 

 

accessory or optional cables that are supplied with the signal source to make the

 

TIP

connections.

 

• The cable that should be used to connect video equipment to the projector will depend

 

 

 

 

on the type of video signal that the equipment outputs. Some kinds of video equipment

 

 

output several different types of video signal. The image quality ranking of the video

 

 

signal types is generally held to be as follows, in descending order of quality:

 

 

Digital component video [HDMI ] > Analog component video [D] [Component] >

 

 

S-Video [S-Video] > Composite video [Video]

 

 

You should refer to the documentation provided with the video equipment being used to

 

 

check what types of video signal formats the equipment can output. The composite

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video format is sometimes simply called "video output".