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Aside from the built-in DVD player, this unit can project images by connecting to a computer or the following kind of
equipment with a video output port.
- Video recorder
- Game machine
- Equipment with a built in television tuner
- Video camera and so on
Composite video format
Becoming a Projection Expert
Video equipment signal format
The kind of video signal that can be output depends on the video equipment. The image quality differs
depending on the video signal format. Generally speaking, the order of quality of the image goes as follows.
1. Component video
→
2. S-video
→
3. Composite video
Check which signal system to use in the “User’s Guide” supplied with the video equipment that is being used.
Composite video may be called “Image output”.
If the equipment you are connecting has a unique connector shape, connect using the cable that came with your
equipment, or an optional cable.
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Turn off connected equipment. Damage may result if you try to connect when the power is on.
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Do not try to force a cable plug to fit a port with a different shape. This may damage the unit or the equipment.
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Close the interface cover when you are not connecting to external video equipment or a computer.
Connecting to other video equipment, televisions, and computers
To audio out port
To Video out port
To Audio input port
Video/audio cable (commercially available)
To Video input port (yellow)
Yellow
Red
White
Output
Video
Audio
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“Connecting to other video equipment, televisions, and computers” Continued