10 1. Television Overview

5. INPUT 1, 2 (Audio and Video)
INPUT 1
and
2
can be used to connect a VCR, Super
VHS (S-VHS) VCR, DVD player, standard satellite
receiver, or other A/V device to the TV. Each TV
INPUT
group consists of jacks for composite video, S-Video,
and analog stereo audio. Note that when you connect
to the S-video jack, the composite video jack is auto-
matically disabled.
INPUT 3
is a third set of composite
video and stereo audio jacks located on the front of the
TV for convenience.

6. HDMI™ Inputs

The HDMI 1.3 (High Definition Multimedia Interface) sup-
ports uncompressed standa rd and high-definition digital
video formats and PCM digital stereo audio format.
Use the HDMI inputs to connect to EIA/CEA-8 61 HDMI
compliant devices such as a high-definitio n receiver
or DVD player. These inputs support 480i, 480p, 720p,
1080i, and 1080p video formats.
Mitsubishi recommends you use categor y 2 HDMI cables
to connect HDMI 1.3 source devices. High-speed cat-
egory 2 cables bring you the full benefi ts of Deep Color
and x.v.Color.
These inputs can also accept digital DVI vide o inputs.
To connect a DVI input, use an HDMI-to-DVI adapter or
cable plus analog audio cables. Conne ct the analog
audio cables to the
PC/DVI AUDIO INPUT
on the TV to
receive left and right stereo audio from your DVI device.
The TV’s HDMI inputs are compatible with many DVI-D
and HDMI computer video signals. See chapte r 2, “TV
Setup” and Appendix A for additional information on PC
compatibility.
These inputs are HDCP (High-Bandwidth D igital Copy
Protection) compliant.
These inputs are certified for proper interop-
erability with other products cer tified by Simplay™.
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HDMI Cable Categorie s
HDMI cables are available as Category 1 and
Category 2 versions.
• Category 2 Cables . Newer, HDMI 1.3-com-
pliant DVD players, video games, and set-top
boxes require Category 2 cables. Use cat-
egory 2 cables for these high-sp eed HD signals
carrying extended color encodi ngs (i.e., 30 or
more bits, also called Deep Color). Categor y
2 cables are also suitable for standard H DTV
signals.
• Category 1 Cables . Unmarked cables are
category 1 cables and are suitable fo r standard
HDTV signals.

7. DIGITAL AUDIO OUT

This output sends Dolby Digital or PCM digital au dio to
your digital A/V surround s ound receiver. Analog audio
from analog channels and devices is conver ted by the TV
to PCM digital audio. If you have a digital A/V receiver,
in most cases this is the only audio connection n eeded
between the TV and your A/ V receiver.

8. IR Emitter NetCommand®

Y series and 734 serie s models only
IR Emitters connected to this jack are used by the T V’s
NetCommand system to control external IR remote
controlled analog devices such as cable boxes, VCRs,
DVDs, satellite receivers and audio receivers.