Hitachi P50A402 Owners Guide - Page 14

Side Panel Connections The following connection diagrams are offered as suggestions. However, you may need to modify them to accommodate your particular assortment of components and features. For best performance, video and audio cables should be made from coaxial shielded wire. The SIDE panel HDMI jack is provided as a convenience to allow you to easily connect HDMI or DVI signals from a DVD, Set-Top-Box, Video Game as shown in the following examples (When a DVI product is connected, a separate audio connection is necessary for audio. Use the side Audio input jacks for the audio connection). DVD player A) Connecting HDMI signal SIDE INPUT PANEL HDMI DIGITAL or OUTPUT CAPABILITY Set-Top Box [HDMI] [HDMI] HDMI OUT Home video game system B) Connecting DVI signal SIDE INPUT PANEL L (White) R (Red) [HDMI] DVI to HDMI Cable DVI DIGITAL OUTPUT CAPABILITY L (White) OUTPUT or L R R (Red) [DVI] DIGITAL OUTPUT DVD player Set-Top Box Home video game system The SIDE panel VIDEO and S-VIDEO jacks are provided as a convenience to allow you to easily connect a camcorder, DVD, Video Game and a VCR as shown in the following examples. (When connecting S-VIDEO signal it will need to connect the audio output into the Side Audio Input jacks).: COMPOSITE VIDEO or SIDE INPUT PANEL S-VIDEO OUTPUT CAPABILITY DVD player L (White) R (Red) VIDEO (Yellow) OR L (White) R (Red) L (White) OUTPUT S-VIDEO L R R (Red) VIDEO (Yellow) L (White) OUTPUT VIDEO L R R (Red) VCR Camcorder Home video game system For Monaural devices, please connect Audio signal cable into L/Mono input jack . NOTES • Completely insert connection cord plugs when connecting to side panel jacks. If you do not, the played back picture may be abnormal. • Cable plugs are often color-coded. Match colors of plugs and terminals, i.e. connect red to red, white to white, etc. • When making video connections, connect S-Video only or Video only. If both are connected, S-Video takes priority. The exact arrangement you use to connect the VCR, camcorder, DVD player, or HDTV Set-Top-Box to your Plasma TV is dependent on the model and features of each component. Check the operating guide of each component for the location of video and audio inputs and outputs. Before Operating External Video Sources Connect an external source to one of the INPUT terminals, then press the INPUT button to show the INPUTS menu. Use the CURSORS ( and ) to select the Input of your choice. Then press the SELECT button or the CURSOR to confirm your choice (see page 21). + + or HDMI 2 HDMI 3 Air/Cable Input 1 Input 2 Move SEL Select Example: Selecting the Air/Cable (Antenna) Input 14