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Connecting
your TV
Connecting your TV
If you have not connected electronic equipment before, or you have
been frustrated in the past, you may wish to read this section.
Note: Cables are not supplied.
• A coaxial cable is the standard cable that comes in from your
antenna or cable converter box. Coaxial cables use “F” connectors.
• Audio and video cables are usually color coded according to use:
yellow for video; red and white for audio. The red audio cable is
for the stereo right channel; the white audio cable is for the stereo
(or mono) left channel. If you look at the rear panel of the TV,
you will see that the terminals are color coded in the same manner
as the cables.
• S-video cables provide better picture performance than standard
video cables. S-video cables can be used only with S-video
compatible components.
• ColorStream
TM
(component video) cables come in sets of three.
A ColorStream (component video) connection will provide the
best picture performance.
ANTENNA
Coaxial Cable
AUDIO
Cable
VIDEO
Cable
ColorStream
Cable
S-Video
Cable
Connecting a VCR
This connection allows you to watch local channels and video pro-
grams, play or record on the VCR while watching TV, and record
from one channel while watching another channel.
You will need:
• one coaxial cable
• one pair of audio cables (one single audio cable for a mono VCR)
• one video cable
ANT (75Ω)
ANT-1 OUT ANT-2
IN
VIDEO 1VIDEO 2
S-VIDEO
VIDEO
L/MONO
R
AUDIO
OUT
VIDEO
L/MONO
R
AUDIO
DVD IN
COLOR
STREAM
INPUT
L
R
AUDIO
Y
Pb
Pr
Stereo VCR
VIDEO AUDIO
OUT
IN from ANT
CH 3
CH 4
OUT to TV
LR
IN
TV
From Cable or Antenna
Caution:
Do not plug in the TV power cord until
you have finished connecting all of your
equipment.
Caution:
If you have a mono VCR, connect L/Mono to
VCR Audio OUT using only one audio cable.
If you have an S-VHS VCR, use the S-video
connections and omit the video cable.
Do not connect a regular video cable and an
S-video cable to Video-1 (or Video-2) at the
same time.
NOTE REGARDING
PICTURE QUALITY
When connecting video equipment,
such as a VCR or DVD player:
• For GOOD picture quality: Use
regular video cables.
• For BETTER picture quality: If your
equipment has S-video connections,
use S-video cables instead of regular
video cables.
• For BEST picture quality: If your
equipment has component video
connections, (ColorStream is
Toshiba’s brand), use component
video cables instead of regular or
S-video cables. Component video
cables come in sets of three.
Note: Do not connect a regular video
cable and an S-Video cable to VIDEO-1
(or VIDEO-2) at the same time. Doing
so will distort the picture.