Getting Started

JackDescription

4HDMI IN 7/8 HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) provides an uncompressed, all-digital audio/video interface between this TV and any HDMI-equipped audio/video equipment, such as a set-top box, Blu-ray Disc Player, DVD player, and A/V receiver. HDMI supports enhanced, or high-definition video, plus two-channel digital audio.

If the equipment has a DVI jack and not an HDMI jack, connect the DVI jack to the HDMI IN 8 (with HDMI-to-DVI cable and/or adapter) jack (rear panel), and connect the audio jack to the HDMI IN AUDIO 8 (rear panel). (DVI connector is for video signals only.)

HDMI-to-DVI cable

HDMI adapter

Audio cable

✍Be sure to use only an HDMI cable that bears the HDMI logo.

✍Do not connect a PC to the TV’s HDMI input. Use the PC IN (RGB IN) input instead when connecting a PC.

✍HDMI connection is necessary to view 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, and 1080p formats. Note that this TV displays all format types of picture in a resolution of 1,920 dots × 1,080 lines.

5 PC IN 9

Connect to a personal computer’s video output connector using an HD15-HD15 cable (analog

RGB

RGB, not supplied). Can also be connected to other analog RGB devices.

 

See “PC Input Signal Reference Chart” on page 77 for the signals that can be displayed.

✍For some Apple Macintosh computers, it may be necessary to use an adapter (not supplied). If this is the case, connect the adapter to the computer before connecting the HD15-HD15 cable.

✍If the picture is noisy, flickering or not clear, adjust the Phase and Pitch of the PC settings, as described on page 65.

6

PC IN

Connect to the audio output jack on your personal computer.

 

AUDIO 9

 

 

 

 

7

HDMI IN

Connect to the audio output jack on your DVI-equipped device.

 

AUDIO 8

 

8VIDEO IN 1 Connects to the S VIDEO output jack of your VCR or other video equipment that has

S VIDEO

S VIDEO. S VIDEO provides better picture quality than the composite video (9).

9VIDEO IN 1/4 Connect to the composite video and audio output jacks on your A/V equipment such as a VCR

VIDEO/

or other video equipment. A third composite video and audio jack (VIDEO 2) is located on the

L (MONO)-

front panel of the TV.

AUDIO-R

 

0HD/DVD IN 5/6 Connect to your equipment’s component video (YPBPR) and audio (L/R) jacks. Component

(1080i/720p/ video provides better picture quality than the S VIDEO (8) or the composite video (9)

480p/480i)/ connections.

L-AUDIO-R

✍ Component video (YPBPR) connection is necessary to view 480i, 480p, 720p,

 

and 1080i formats. Note that this TV displays all format types of picture in a

 

resolution of 1,920 dots × 1,080 lines.

 

 

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