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standardandh igh-definitiondigital
videoformatsandPCMdigitalstereoaudioformat.
UsetheHDMIinputstoconnecttoEIA/CEA-861HDMI
compliantdevicessuchasahigh-definitionreceiver
orDVDplayer.Theseinputssupport480i,480p,720p,
1080i,and1080pvideoformats.
Mitsubishirecommendsyouusecategory2HDMIcab les
toconnectHDMI1.3sourcedevices.High-speedcat-
egory2cablesbringyouthefullbenefitsofDeepC olor
andx.v.Color.
TheseinputscanalsoacceptdigitalDVIvideoinputs.
ToconnectaDVIinput,useanHDMI-to-DVIadapteror
cableplusanalogaudiocables.Connecttheanalo g
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chapter2,“TV
Setup”andAppendixAforadditionalinformationonPC
compatibility.
TheseinputsareHDCP(High-BandwidthDigitalCo py
Protection)compliant.
Theseinputsare certifiedforproperintero p-
erabilitywithotherproductscertifie dbySimplay™.
TV Back Panel, continued
HDMI Cable Categories
HDMIcablesareavailableasCategory1and
Category2versions.
• Category 2 Cables.N ewer,HDMI1.3-com-
pliantDVDplayers,videogames,andset-top
boxesrequireCategory2cables.Usecategory
2cablesforthesehigh-speedHDsignalscar-
ryingextendedcolorencodings(i.e.,30ormore
bits,alsocalledDeepColor).Category2cables
arealsosuitableforstandardHDTVsignals.
• Category 1 Cables.Un markedcablesare
category1cablesandaresuitableforstanda rd
HDTVsignals.

7. DIGITAL AUDIO OUT

ThisoutputsendsDolbyDigitalorPCMdigitalaudioto
yourdigitalA/Vsurroundsoundre ceiver.Analogaudio
fromanalogchannelsanddevicesisconvertedbytheT V
toPCMdigitalaudio.IfyouhaveadigitalA/Vreceiver,
inmostcasesthisistheonlyaudioconnectionneeded
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TV’s
NetCommandsystemtocontrolexternalIRremote
controlledanalogdevicessuchascableboxes,VCRs,
DVDs,satellitereceiversandaudioreceivers.