Connecting Your Tv; Note Regarding Picture Quality When Connecting Video Equipment; Connecting A Vcr; Connecting A Cable Converter Box - Toshiba 32A41 Owner's Manual

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. (Cables are not supplied.)
A coaxial cable is the standard cable that comes in from your antenna or cable
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converter box. Coaxial cables use "F" connectors.
Audio and video cables are usually color-coded according to use: yellow for
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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 back panel of the TV, you will see that the terminals are color-coded
in the same manner as the cables.
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 an S-video cable and a regular video cable to
VIDEO-1 (on the TV) at the same time. Doing so will distort the picture.

Connecting a VCR

This connection allows you to watch TV and video programs
and record 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 (for video cable type, see "Note Regarding
Picture Quality" above).
Cable lead-in
or antenna
Stereo VCR
S-VIDEO VIDEO OUT
L R
IN
OR
OUT
OR
Note:
If you have a mono VCR, connect L/Mono to VCR Audio OUT
using only one audio cable.
The VIDEO-2 jacks can be used for connecting a second piece
of video equipment, such as a DVD player or camcorder (see
"Note Regarding Picture Quality" above).
IN from ANT OUT to TV
CH3
CH4
TV
IN OUT
ANT
COLOR
VIDEO VIDEO STREAM VIDEO
INPUT
Y
L/ L/
L
MONO MONO
S-VIDEO
AUDIO AUDIO P AUDIO
B
R R R
P
R
VIDEO-1 VIDEO-2
Antenna Coaxial Cable
AUDIO/VIDEO Cables
S-Video Cable
ColorStream (component video) Cable
Caution:
Do not plug in the TV power cord until
you have finished connecting all of your
equipment.

Connecting a cable converter box

This connection allows you to watch cable and premium
channels. Tune the TV to channel 3 or 4 (whichever channel
is vacant in your broadcast area), and then use the converter
box to change channels.
You will need:
• one coaxial cable
From cable
IN OUT
Cable
converter box
Note:
When you use a converter box with your TV, you may not
be able to program certain features using the remote
control, such as blocking channels or programming your
favorite channels.
TV
IN OUT
ANT
COLOR
VIDEO
VIDEO VIDEO STREAM
INPUT
Y
L/ L/
L
MONO MONO
S-VIDEO
AUDIO AUDIO P AUDIO
B
R R R
P
R
VIDEO-1 VIDEO-2
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