Mitsubishi Electronics WD-57831 CRT Television User Manual


 
Chapter 2. TV Connections 21
Digital Video and Home Recording
Thetablebelowwillhelpyoudecidewhichtypeofconnectiontousefordigitalvideo.Digitalvideocomestoyour
homeinacompressedstate,whetherreceivedonrecordedmedia(e.g.,disc)orbroadcastovertheair,overcable,or
viasatellite.Somecompresseddigitalvideoisavailableforrecordingasnotedinthetable.
Connection Type into the TV
Effect on Home Recording
HDMI or DVI
Compressedvideoisconvertedto
uncompressedformbyanexternaldevice
suchasacablebox,satellitereceiver,or
DVDplayerbeforeitissenttotheTVonan
HDMIorDVIcable.
YoucannotrecordtheresultantuncompressedvideosenttotheTV
viaHDMIorDVI.
IEEE 1394 (FireWire®) Connections
YourTVcanreceiveanddecodedigital
channels,MPEG2compresseddigitalvideo,
andDolbyDigitalaudio.
Youcanrecordcompresseddigitalvideoeither
• oncompatibledigitalrecordersasdigitalsignalsusingIEEE1394
connections
• convertedtoanalogsignalsandrecordedasstandard-definition
compositevideofromthe
MONITOR OUT
jack
Youmaybeunabletorecordsomeprogrammingbecauseofcopyrestric-
tionsaddedbythecontentowners.
HDTV Cable Box or Satellite
Receiver with Component Video
IfyourcableboxorsatellitereceiverhasHDMIorDVI
outputs,usetheconnectionsforHDMIorDVIvideo
devicesdescribedlaterinthischapter.
Required:RCAcomponentvideocables,left/rightanalog
audiocables.
Acoaxialsplitter,availableatmostelectronicsupply
stores,mayberequiredtocompletethisinstallation.
1. Connectthecablefromtheoutsidecableorsatel-
liteserviceto
CABLE IN
or
SATELLITE IN
on
thecableboxorsatellitereceiver.Seeyourdevice’s
owner’sguideforinstructionsandcablecompatibility.
2. ConnectRCA-typecablesfromtheYPbProutputs
ontheHDTVcableboxorsatellitereceiverto
COM-
PONENT
ontheTVbackpanel,matchingthe
coloredconnections.
3. Connectleft(white)andright(red)audiocablesfrom
theHDTVcableboxorsatellitereceiverto
COMPO-
NENT
/
AUDIO LEFT
and
AUDIO RIGHT
onthe
TVbackpanel.
4. Optional:ToallowuseoftheSplitScreenfeaturewith
channelsfrom
ANT 1
andthecableboxorsatellite
receiver,connecttheincomingterrestrialantennaor
cableservice(notsatellite)to
ANT 1/MAIN
onthe
TVbackpanel.Acoaxialsplitter,availableatmost
electronicssupplystores,mayberequiredtocom-
pletethisinstallation.
Note: T
oreceivethebenetsofdigitalsurroundsound,con-
nectthedigitalaudiooutputfromyourcableboxor
satellitereceiverdirectlytoyourdigitalA/Vreceiver.
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Figure 1. Connecting an external HDTV receiver with
component video connections