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Connecting the DV-L55
RCA/phono AV Connection Color Coding
Before Making Any Connections
Y Read the manuals supplied with your AV components.RCA/phono AV connections are usually color coded:
red, white, and yellow. Use red plugs to connect right-
Y DonOt connect the power cord until youOve completed
all audio and video connections.channel audio inputs and outputs (typically labeled OR�).
Use white plugs to connect left-channel audio inputs and
Optical Digital Inputsoutputs (typically labeled OL�). And use yellow plugs to
connect composite video inputs and outputs.
The DV-L55Os optical digital connectors have a shutter-Analog audio
type cover that opens when an optical plug is inserted, Left (white)Left (white)
and closes when itOs removed. Push the plug in all the
way.Right (red)Right (red)
Composite video
(Yellow)(Yellow)
Y Push each plug in all the way to Right!
make a good connection (loose
connections can cause noise or
malfunctions).
YTo prevent interference, keep Wrong!
audio and video cables away from
power cords and speaker cables.
AV Cables & Connectors
Video
YYYPBComponent video separates the luminance (Y) and
Component color difference signals (PR, PB), providing the best PB /CBPB/CB
videopicture quality. Some TV manufacturers label their
component video inputs differently.P/R CRPR/CR
PR
S VIDEOS-Video provides better picture quality than com-
S-Videoposite video.
VIDEOComposite video can be found on virtually all TVs,
Composite VCRs, and video equipment.
video
ScartSCART connections carry audio and video (com-AV CONNECTOR
(European posite, S-Video, RGB) all in one cable.
model only)
Audio
OPTICALOptical digital audio connections provide better
Optical digitalaudio quality than analog connections.
COAXIALCoaxial digital audio connections provide better
Coaxial digitalaudio quality than analog connections.
LRCA/phono analog audio connectors can be found
AUDIOon virtually all AV components.
AnalogOUTPUT
ANALOG
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