Connecting a DVD player with ColorStream® (component video) and a VCR

Your TV has ColorStream® (component video) inputs. Connecting your TV to a DVD player with component video (such as a Toshiba DVD player with ColorStream®) can greatly enhance picture quality and performance.

With this connection you can:

 

 

 

 

 

 

From antenna

 

 

 

 

 

watch TV channels, DVDs, and videotapes

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stereo VCR

 

 

 

 

 

 

record TV channels

 

 

 

 

 

 

S-VIDEO VIDEO AUDIO

 

 

 

 

 

record one channel while watching the same or

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another channel

 

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IN from ANT OUT to TV

 

 

 

 

 

CH3

 

 

 

You will need:

 

OUT

CH4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

two coaxial cables

 

 

TV

 

 

OUT

one set of standard A/V cables from the VCR (If your

 

 

IN

 

 

 

 

 

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VCR has S-video, you can use an S-video cable instead

 

 

VIDEO

VIDEO STREAM

VIDEO

 

 

 

 

 

INPUT

 

 

 

 

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Y

 

L/

 

of the standard video cable. See “Note Regarding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MONO

 

 

MONO

 

Picture Quality” on page 7.)

 

 

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AUDIO PB

AUDIO

one set of component video cables from the DVD player

 

 

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one pair of standard audio cables from the DVD player

 

 

VIDEO-1

VIDEO-2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note:

To watch the VCR, the TV must select VIDEO 1 (see page 16).

To watch the DVD player, the TV must select VIDEO 2 (see

“Selecting the signal source” on page 16).

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The ColorStream inputs on the TV are for use with DVD players

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VIDEO S-VIDEO

 

VIDEO OUT

COMPONENT VIDEO OUT

with 480i interlaced scanning only. If you have a 480p

 

AUDIO OUT

 

 

 

progressive scan DVD player, you must switch the DVD

DVD player with component video

player to 480i interlaced mode first, and then connect it to

 

 

 

 

 

the TV’s ColorStream inputs. Failure to do this will cause a poor

 

 

 

 

 

picture or no picture to display.

 

 

 

 

 

You can connect a high-definition set-top receiver only if the

 

 

 

 

 

output is switched to 480i interlaced mode first. This TV will

 

 

 

 

 

The unauthorized recording, use, distribution, or revision of

not accept or display 480p or 720p progressive scan

television programs, videotapes, DVDs, and other materials

signals or 1080i interlaced high-definition signals.

is prohibited under the Copyright Laws of the United States

 

 

and other countries, and may subject you to civil and

Connecting two VCRs

criminal liability.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With this connection you can:

watch TV channels and videotapes

From antenna

 

record TV channels

VCR1

 

record one TV channel while watching the same or

S-VIDEO VIDEO AUDIO

 

L R

 

 

another channel

IN

IN from ANT OUT to TV

 

 

CH3

record (dub/edit) from one VCR to the other VCR

 

OUT

CH4

 

while watching a videotape

 

 

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You will need:

two coaxial cables

two sets of standard A/V cables (If VCR1 has S-video, you can use an S-video cable between VCR1 and the TV instead of the standard video cable. See “Note Regarding Picture Quality” on page 7.)

TV

IN

 

OUT

 

 

COLOR

ANT

VIDEO

VIDEO STREAM

VIDEO

 

 

INPUT

 

L/

Y

 

L/

L

 

MONO

 

MONO

 

 

AUDIO

AUDIO

AUDIO

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R

P

R

VIDEO-1

VIDEO-2

 

 

 

Appendix

Note:

 

 

Do not connect the same VCR to both the OUT and the IN

VCR2

 

connections on the TV at the same time.

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To record (dub/edit) from VCR 1 to VCR 2, the TV must

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IN from ANT OUT to TV

select VIDEO 1 (see page 16), and VCR 2 must select

 

CH3

OUT

CH4

LINE IN.

 

 

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