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Connecting Video source devices
You can connect your projector to various Video source devices that provide any one of the following output sockets:
•HDMI
•Component Video
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•Video (composite)
You need only connect the projector to a Video source device using just one of the above connecting methods, however each provides a different level of video quality. The method you choose will most likely depend upon the availability of matching terminals on both the projector and the Video source device as described below:
Terminal name Terminal appearance | Reference | Picture quality | |
HDMI | "Connecting an |
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HDMI | HDMI source | Best | |
| device" on page 16 |
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"Connecting an S- |
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Video source | Good | ||
| device" on page 17 |
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VIDEO | "Connecting a |
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Video | composite Video | Normal | |
source device" on | |||
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| page 18 |
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Connecting an HDMI source device
Examine your Video source device to determine if it has a set of unused HDMI output
jacks available:
•If so, you can continue with this procedure.
•If not, you will need to reassess which method you can use to connect to the device.
To connect the projector to an HDMI source device:
1.Take an HDMI cable and connect one end to the HDMI output jack of the HDMI source device.
2.Connect the other end of the HDMI cable to the HDMI jack on the projector.
Connecting a Component Video source device
Examine your Video source device to determine if it has a set of unused Component
Video output sockets available:
•If so, you can continue with this procedure.
•If not, you will need to reassess which method you can use to connect to the device.
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