ViewSonic PA502X PA502S User Guide English - Page 23

Connecting to Video source devices You can connect the projector to any of the following video source device with an output jack: • HDMI (PA501S does not have this interface) • Component video • Video (composite video) Only 1 of the aforementioned connection methods is required to connect the projector to the video source device. However, different connection methods would provide a different video quality. The connection method selected would be determined by the presence of matching jacks on the projector and Video source device: Best video quality HDMI is the best video connection method available. If the source device comes with HDMI jacks, you will be able to acquire uncompressed digital video quality. Please refer to "Connecting to HDMI devices" for details on how to connect the projector to HDMI devices. If you don't have any usable HDMI source, the next best video signal would be Component Video (not to be confused with Composite Video). Digital TV tuners and DVD players are provided with Component Video output sockets. If your device includes Component Video, then this would be your primary choice of connection to the (composite) video. Please refer to "To connect the projector to a Component Video source device:" for details on how to connect your projector to Component Video devices. Least video quality Composite Video is an analog video and will result in a perfectly acceptable, but less than optimal result from your projector, being the least video quality of the available methods described here. Please refer to "Connecting to composite video source devices" for details on how to connect your projector to composite video devices. 16