External Equipment

These diagrams show our recommendations for how to connect the TV to your various equipment. For other connections, consult the instructions for each piece of equipment, the table below, and the specifications (p. 47).

Camcorder / Game

equipment

Side of the TV

Fully wired HDMI compliant cable

(Viewing)

(Listening)

Headphones

To adjust volume

“Headphone Volume” in

the Sound Menu (p. 24)

(M3 stereo mini plug)

Rear of the TV

To listen with speakers

 

RCA cable

 

or

 

Fully wired HDMI

 

compliant cable (ARC)

Amplifier with speaker system

PC

(Listening)

Conversion adapter

Computer

 

(if necessary)

(Viewing)

Types of connectable equipment to each terminal

 

AV1 IN

MONITOR OUT

 

 

Terminal

AV2 IN

 

 

 

 

AV3 IN

 

 

 

Recording / Playback

(Side of theTV)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(equipment)

 

1

2

3

 

 

To record / playback videocassettes / DVDs

 

 

 

 

(VCR / DVD recorder)

 

 

 

 

To watch DVDs (DVD player)

 

 

 

 

To watch camcorder images (Video camera)

 

 

 

 

To watch satellite broadcasts (Set top box)

 

 

 

 

To play games (Game equipment)

 

 

 

1

To use amplifier with speaker system

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VIERA Link

 

 

 

 

38 : Recommended Connection

1: applicable if your amplifier has ARC (Audio Return Channel) function

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Panasonic TH-P42A20R, TH-P42A20P manual External Equipment, Camcorder / Game Equipment, Headphones, To listen with speakers

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