NEC 42/50PD1 Connecting Your PC or Macintosh Computer, Connecting Your VCR DVD or Laser Disc Player, Connecting Your Document Camera, Connections with Equipment that has a Digital Interface

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Connecting Your PC or Macintosh
Computer
Connecting your PC or Macintosh computer to your
PlasmaSync 42/50PD1 will enable you to display your
computer's screen image. All of these following display
standards are supported:
To connect to a PC, Macintosh or computer equipped with
an XGA/SuperVGA/VGA adapter or compatible graphics
adapter, simply:
1. Turn off the power to your monitor and computer.
2. If your PC does not support XGA/SuperVGA/VGA
you will need to install an XGA/SuperVGA/VGA
graphics board. Consult your computer's owner's
manual for your XGA/SuperVGA/VGA configuration.
If you need to install a new board, see the manual that
comes with your new graphics board for installation in-
structions.
3. Use the signal cable that’s supplied to connect your PC
or Macintosh computer to the RGB1 input terminal.
4. Turn on the monitor and the computer.
Note: Refer to your computer's owner's manual for
more information about your computer's video output
requirements and any special identification or
configuring your monitor's image and monitor may
require.
Connecting Your VCR DVD or
Laser Disc Player
Use a composite video cable with BNC connector and
RCA video cables (not provided) to connect your VCR,
DVD or laser disc player to your PlasmaSync 42/50PD1.
To make these connections, simply:
1. Turn off the power to your monitor and VCR, DVD or
laser disc player.
2. Connect one end of your video cable to the video out-
put connector on the back of your VCR, DVD or laser
disc player, connect the other and to the VIDEO input
terminal (BNC type) of the monitor.
NOTE: You will need a BNC to RCA adapter (not in-
cluded) to connect a video cable with an RCA pin jack to
the BNC input terminal of the PlasmaSync 42/50PD1.
3. Turn on the monitor and the VCR, DVD or laser disc
player.
Note: Refer to your VCR or laser disc player owner's
manual for more information about your equipment's
video output requirements.
Note: S-VIDEO IN terminals will take preference
over VIDEO IN terminals when a component is
connected to each terminal and S-VIDEO selected.
Connecting Your Document
Camera
You can connect your PlasmaSync 42/50PD1 to a document
camera. To do so, simply:
1.Turn off the power to your monitor and document
camera.
2.Use a standard video cable to connect your document
camera to the VIDEO input terminal(BNC-type) of the
monitor.
3.Turn on the monitor and the document camera.
Note: Refer to your document camera's owner's
manual for more information about your camera's
video output requirements .
Connections with Equipment that
has a Digital Interface
Connections can be made with equipment that is equipped
with a digital interface compliant with the DVI (Digital
Visual Interface) standard.
* Use a DVI 29-pin signal cable (available separately)
and the ferrite cores (supplied) when making connec-
tions to the RGB3 IN (DVI) connector of the main unit.
Notes:
1. Input TMDS signals conforming to DVI standards.
The TMDS input corresponds to 1 link.
2. To maintain display quality, use a cable with a qual-
ity prescribed by DVI standards that is within 5
meters in length.