AV cables and connectors

AV cables and connectors

Be sure to always refer to the instructions that came with the component that you are connecting.

Do not plug in the power cord until all connections have been properly made.

For input jacks, red connectors (marked R) are used for the right channel, white connectors (marked L) are used for the left channel, and yellow connectors (marked V) are used for video connection.

Insert all plugs and connectors securely. Improper connections can result in noise, poor performance, or damage to the equipment.

Improper connection

Inserted completely

• Do not bind audio/video connection cables with power cords and speaker cables. Doing so may adversely affect the picture and sound quality.

Cables are depicted in the connection diagrams as shown below.

The types of the video connection cables and the terminals

Cable names

 

Cable forms

Terminal shapes

Description

 

 

 

 

Component video separates the luminance (Y)

 

PR

PR

 

and color difference signals (PR, PB), providing

Component video

 

 

 

the best picture quality. Some TV manufacturers

PB

PB

 

label their component video inputs differently.

connection cable

 

 

 

 

 

 

Y

Y

 

 

 

 

 

 

The video quality is higher than the one using

S video connection cable

 

 

 

the composite video connection. The video

 

 

 

component control signals such as aspect ratio

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

signal cannot be sent through this connection.

 

 

 

 

This is the standard video connection method

Video connection cable

 

 

 

and most of the video components like TV and

 

 

 

VCR are equipped with the terminals of this

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

type.

The types of the audio connection cables and the terminals

Cable names

Cable forms

Terminal shapes

Description

 

 

 

You can enjoy various type of digital sound

Optical cable

 

 

including Dolby Digital format sound. The

 

 

sound quality is equal to the one available

 

 

 

 

 

 

through the coaxial cable connection.

 

 

 

You can enjoy various type of digital sound

Coaxial cable

 

 

including Dolby Digital format sound. The

 

 

sound quality is equal to the one available

 

 

 

 

 

 

through the optical cable connection.

 

 

 

This connection carries analog audio signals.

Audio connection cable

 

 

 

 

 

 

This type of terminals will be found on the DVD

 

 

 

players which support DVD-Audio format.

Multi-channel

 

 

 

connection cable

 

 

 

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