Toshiba Essential Guide to Connecting Your Flat Panel TV with Multiple Devices

Chapter 2: Connecting your TV

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

From antenna

TV back panel

Stereo VCR

From satellite dish

VIDEO LAUDIOR

IN	IN from ANT
	CH 3
	CH 4
OUT	OUT to TV

L R

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				AUDIO
				OUT
Y	PB	PR		L
Satellite	COMPONENT VIDEO S-VIDEO VIDEO			R
IN		OUT	OUT

Satellite receiver with component video or DVD player with component video

You will need:

•Coaxial cables

•Standard A/V cables

−−If you have a mono VCR, connect L/MONO on the TV to your VCR’s audio out terminal using the white audio cable only.

•Standard audio cables

•Component video cables

−−You can connect the component video cables (plus audio cables) from the DVD player or satellite receiver to the ColorStream terminal on the TV. The ColorStream HD terminal can be used with Progressive (480p, 720p) and Interlaced (480i, 1080i) scan systems.

A 1080i signal will provide the best picture performance (1080p is not supported).

−−If your DVD player or satellite receiver does not have component video, connect a standard A/V cable to VIDEO terminal. If your DVD player has HDMI video, see page 16.

To view antenna or Cable channels:

Select the ANT/CABLE video input source on the TV.*

To view the DVD player:

Turn ON the DVD player. Select the ColorStream HD video input source on the TV.*

To view satellite programs using the component video connections:

Turn on the satellite receiver. Select the ColorStream HD video input source on the TV.*

To view the VCR or view and record antenna channels:

Turn ON the VCR. Tune the VCR to the channel you want to watch. Select the VIDEO video input source on the TV.*

To record a TV program while watching a DVD:

Turn ON the VCR. Tune the VCR to the channel to record. Select the ColorStream HD video input source on the TV* to view the DVD.

** To select the video input source, press on the remote control ( page 21).

The unauthorized recording, use, distribution, or revision of television programs, videotapes, DVDs, and other materials is prohibited under the Copyright Laws of the United States and other countries, and may subject you to civil and criminal liability.

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