Panasonic Viera TC-L42E5H Operating Instructions Manual page 62

VIERA Link (HDMI and Audio out connections)
Features
Easy playback
Power on link
Power off link
Reduce unnecessary power consumption in
Standby
Auto standby for unnecessary equipment
Control the menu of the connected equipment by
VIERA remote control
Speaker control
Connection
HDMI
cable
HD Video Camera / LUMIX Camera with VIERA Link function
● Use fully wired HDMI compliant cable.
●
Connect the equipment supporting VIERA Link to the TV's HDMI terminal via an HDMI cable.
 1: Available with the equipment which has "HDAVI Control 2
or later" function.
 2: Available with the equipment which has "HDAVI Control 4
or later" function.
 3: While playing a disc.
 4: Except for watching a disc.
VIERA Link Control of compatible equipment
●
Table below displays maximum number of compatible equipment that can be controlled by VIERA Link Control. This includes
connections to equipment already connected to the TV.
Recorder
Player (DVD Player, Blu-ray Disc Player, HD Video Camera, LUMIX Camera, Digital Camera,
Player theatre, Blu-ray Disc theatre, etc.)
Audio system (Player theatre, Blu-ray Disc theatre, Amplifier, etc.)
Tuner (Set top box, etc.)
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Connected equipment
● To use Player theatre / Blu-ray Disc theatre
HDMI cable
Player theatre / Blu-ray Disc
theatre with VIERA Link
function
Optical digital
audio cable 
5
● To use Amplifier
Amplifier with
VIERA Link function
Type of the equipment
Player theatre Blu-ray Disc theatre

3
–
 
2 4

1
 5: If the connected equipment has "HDAVI Control 5" function,
you do not have to use this audio cable (Optical digital
audio cable). In this case, connect the equipment to the
TV's HDMI2 terminal via an HDMI cable.
[VIERA Link Control] (p. 64)
Amplifier

–
3
–

–
2
  
2 4 2

–
1
Speaker system
Speaker system
Maximum number
3
3
1
4