2 OVERVIEW

Rear Panel

The rear panel contains an unswitched power outlet; connectors for video, audio, and RF cabling; data output; and modem and data interface connectors. Some connectors are not enabled and require the support of application software.

Figure 2-2 Rear panel

Table 2-2 Rear panel connections

1

Cable In — Connects to cable signal from your service provider

 

 

2

RF Out — Ch 3/4 modulated audio/video (SDTV) to TV or VCR

 

 

3

M-Card — Inserted M-Card

 

 

4

Serial — Service only

 

 

5-6

Digital Audio (S/PDIF) — Provides Dolby® Digital 5.1 audio or PCM output

7

S-Video — Connects to S-Video (SDTV) input of TV or VCR

 

 

8

Video/Audio—Composite Video (SDTV) /Audio L/R outputs / YPbPr—

 

Component video output (HDTV)

 

 

9

HDMI — High-Definition TV (HDTV) connector

 

 

10

eSATA* — External Serial ATA disk interface

 

 

11

USB* 2.0 — High-Speed peripheral device connection

 

 

12

Ethernet* — Network connection

 

 

13

IEEE-1394 — Audio and video device connection

 

 

14

Power cord connector

 

 

*The availability of certain features is dependent upon application support.

M-Card™

The M-Card is required to view cable television programs, previously recorded programs on the DVR, or interactive on-demand programs. The M-Card should not be removed.

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