Home Theater connections ENGLISH

Home Theater connections

Connecting your television and DVD equipment (cont.)

Connections for high-resolution video (components without an HDMI)

Connection cable

Check the connections on your equipment and prepare the necessary cables.

Your equipment will have more than one way of connecting video, so decide which best suits your needs.

 

 

 

Video cable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Audio cable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

S-VIDEO connection cable

Optical fibre cable

 

 

 

Connecting the optical fibre cable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note the shape and fit it correctly into the terminal.

Do not bend!

Video connection cable

Coaxial cable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To play audio from the television through speakers connected to this unit, page 9.

TV

S-VIDEO COMPONENT

IN

VIDEO IN

Y

PB

PR

Digital input settings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can change the input

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

settings for the digital terminals

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

if necessary (page 28).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rear panel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOOP

EXT

LOOP ANT

 

 

FRONT A

 

 

 

FRONT B

 

CENTER

SURROUND

SURROUND BACK

 

 

 

GND

 

R

LF

L

BI-WIRE

R

HF

L

R

L

R

L

 

 

 

 

FM ANT

AM ANT

OUT

 

(DVD RECORDER) IN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DIGITAL IN

 

 

S VIDEO

VIDEO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(TV/STB)

(DVD RECORDER) (DVD PLAYER)

(CD)

 

OUT

IN

IN

IN

OUT

IN

IN

IN

IN

OPTICAL1 OPTICAL2 COAXIAL1 COAXIAL2

 

TV MONITOR DVD PLAYER DVD RECORDER

TV/STB

TV MONITOR

DVD PLAYER DVD RECORDER

VCR

TV/STB

 

CENTER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SPEAKERS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Y

PB

PR

Y

PB

PR

Y

PB

PR

 

 

 

 

 

R

 

 

 

 

 

TV MONITOR OUT

 

DVD RECORDER IN

 

TV / STB IN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IN

SUBWOOFER SURROUND FRONT

IN

IN

IN

OUT

 

 

COMPONENT VIDEO

 

 

 

CD

DVD/DVD 6CH IN DVD RECORDER

VCR

TV/STB

SUBWOOFER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUDIO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Y

PB PR

 

DIGITAL

S-VIDEO

DVD player

DIGITAL S-VIDEO COMPONENT

DVD recorder

 

AUDIO OUT

OUT

 

AUDIO OUT

VIDEO OUT

 

(COAXIAL)

OUT

(OPTICAL)

 

The video terminals

Connect the video cables in sets so that you have the same type for input and output.

The component video connection provides the best colour reproduction by separating the luminance (Y) and colour (red: PR or

CR, and blue: PB or CB) signals.

Note

To connect a set top box (cable or satellite), page 10.

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Panasonic SA-XR58 manual Home Theater connections English

SA-XR58 specifications

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