CONNECTIONS

Before Connecting Components

CAUTION

Never connect this unit and other components to mains power until all connections between components have been completed.

•Be sure all connections are made correctly, that is to say L (left) to L, R (right) to R, “+” to “+” and “–” to “–”. Some components require different connection methods and have different jack names. Refer to the operation instructions for each component to be connected to this unit.

•Use commercially available video pin cables when connecting to the S VIDEO and COMPONENT VIDEO jacks.

Connecting Video Components

■About the video jacks

There are three types of video jacks.

y

•The signals input through the S VIDEO jacks can be converted to composite signals inside of this unit and output through the VIDEO MONITOR OUT jacks on this unit as well.

•(Europe and U.K. models only) The signals input through the VIDEO jack on this unit can be output through the S VIDEO MONITOR OUT jack by setting “V CONV.” in “13 DISPLAY SET” on the SET MENU to ON (see page 65).

•When signals input through both S VIDEO and VIDEO jacks, signals input through the S VIDEO jack has priority.

•You can designate the input for the COMPONENT VIDEO A and B jacks according to your component by using “7 I/O ASSIGNMENT” on the SET MENU (see page 62 for details).

Signal flow inside this unit

Input

Output

(MONITOR OUT)

 

COMPONENT

 

VIDEO

 

S VIDEO

 

VIDEO

Only when “V CONV.” in “13 DISPLAY SET” on the

SET MENU.

(Europe and U.K. models only)

PREPARATION

VIDEO jack

VIDEO

S VIDEO jack

S VIDEO

VIDEO jacks transmit composite signals.

S VIDEO jacks transmit S-video signals.

S-video signals are separated into luminance (Y) and color (C) video signals to achieve high-quality color reproduction.

■VIDEO AUX jacks (on the front panel)

These jacks are used to connect any video input source such as a game console and a camcorder to this unit.

S VIDEO VIDEO L AUDIO ROPTICAL

 

 

VIDEO AUX

 

 

S

V

L

R

O

 

 

OPTICAL OUT

 

AUDIO OUT R

 

AUDIO OUT L

Game

COMPONENT VIDEO jacks

COMPONENT VIDEO

COMPONENT VIDEO jacks

 

transmit component signals.

PR PBY

Component signals are separated

into luminance (Y) and color difference (PB , PR) to provide the best quality in picture reproduction.

The signal input through these jacks are output through the MONITOR OUT jacks of the same type.

Make sure to connect the correct jacks of the same type on your video component and the video monitor.

console or

VIDEO OUT

video camera

S VIDEO OUT

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