Connecting Peripheral Equipment; Connection With A Pc Or Av Equipment - Sharp PN-R556 Operation Manual

Connecting Peripheral Equipment

Caution
• Be sure to turn off the main power switch and disconnect
the plug from the power outlet before connecting/
disconnecting cables. Also, read the manual of the
equipment to be connected.
• Be careful not to confuse the input terminal with the output
terminal when connecting cables. Accidentally reversing
cables connected to the input and output terminals may
cause malfunctions and the other problems.
• Do not use any cable that has a damaged or deformed
terminal. Using such cables may cause malfunctions.
• Use the following cable terminal connector for the DVI-D
input terminal.
Length between the terminal base to the cable section:
1-7/16 inch (37mm) or less
Maximum thickness: 5/8 inch (16mm) or less
Cable diameter: 1/4 inch (6.5mm) or less
1-7/16 inch
(37mm) or
less
TIPS
• Images may not be displayed properly depending on the
computer (video card) to be connected.
• Use the automatic screen adjustment when a PC screen
is displayed for the first time using D-SUB[RGB] or when
the setting of the PC is changed.The screen is adjusted
automatically when SELF ADJUST in the MONITOR menu
is set to ON.
• If the audio output from the playback device is connected
directly to speakers or other devices, the video on the
monitor may appear delayed from the audio portion.
Audio should be played through this monitor by connecting
the playback device to the monitor's audio input, and
connecting the monitor's audio output to the speakers or
other devices.
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1/4 inch
(6.5mm) or less
5/8 inch (16mm) or less
2 3 4 5 6
• The audio input terminals used in each input mode are
factory-set as follows.
Input mode
DVI-D
DisplayPort
HDMI1
HDMI2
D-SUB[RGB],
D-SUB[COMPONENT]
OPTION *
* When you have used the expansion slot to expand the
functions.

Connection with a PC or AV equipment

1. DisplayPort output terminal
• The video of the current input mode can be output to an
external device.
• Use a commercially available DisplayPort cable.
• Outputting HDCP-encrypted video requires an external
device which supports HDCP.
• This terminal can be used to make a daisy chain
connection (up to 25 monitors; up to 4 monitors when
transmitting HDCP-encoded content and when the first
monitor's input mode is D-SUB[COMPONENT]; and
up to 2 monitors when the first monitor's input mode is
DisplayPort [MST]) by connecting the monitors to each
other through the DisplayPort input terminal of each
monitor.
TIPS
• The length of the signal cables or surrounding environment
may affect the image quality.
• The output screen may not be displayed properly. In this
case, turn off the power to all the monitors connected in a
daisy chain and then turn the power on again.
• When connecting monitors in a daisy chain set NO SIGNAL
AUTO INPUT SEL. to OFF.
• Video output is disabled in the following cases:
When the power is turned off
When the monitor is in input signal waiting mode
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8
9
10
11
12
Audio input terminal
(Factory setting)
Audio input terminal
DisplayPort input terminal
HDMI1 input terminal
HDMI2 input terminal
Audio input terminal
Expansion slot
11
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