Connecting the TV

DVD Player with

S VIDEO and Audio Connectors

Use this hookup if:

❑Your DVD player does not have component (YPBPR) jacks.

Disconnect all power sources before making any connections.

1 Use an A/V cable to connect the DVD player’s AUDIO OUT jacks to the TV’s AUDIO IN jacks.

2 Use an S VIDEO cable to connect the DVD player’s S VIDEO jack to the TV’s S VIDEO jack.

Connecting

DVD player

Rear of TV

S VIDEO

S VIDEO

S VIDEO

cableVIDEO

L (MONO)

AUDIO

R

1 3

AUDIO-R

AUDIO-L

 

Cables are often

 

color-coded to connectors.

 

Connect red to red,

VIDEO

white to white, etc.

 

the TV

A/V cable

✍If your DVD player is not equipped with S VIDEO, use a VIDEO cable (yellow) instead of the S VIDEO cable.

✍To watch a DVD, press TV/VIDEO repeatedly to select the DVD input (VIDEO 1 in the illustration). If you have a non-Sony DVD player and want to set up the TV remote control to operate it, you must program the remote control. See “Programming the Remote Control” on page 47.

✍To control DVD functions with the TV remote control, see “Operating a DVD Player or DVD Changer” on page 49.

✍To easily identify equipment connected to the TV, see the instructions for setting up Label Video Inputs on page 79.

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Sony KDF-E42A10, KDF-E50A10 operating instructions DVD Player with Video and Audio Connectors
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KDF-E42A10, KDF-E50A10 specifications

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