Connecting Your Computer To A Tv Or Audio Device; S-Video And Standard Audio - Dell Inspiron 1521 Owner's Manual

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Connecting Your Computer to a TV or Audio Device
NOTE: Video and audio cables for connecting your computer to a TV or other audio device may not be included with your computer. Cables and TV/digital
audio adapter cables are available for purchase from Dell.
Your computer has an S-video TV-out connector that, together with a standard S-video cable, a composite video adapter cable, or a component video adapter
cable (available from Dell), enable you to connect the computer to a TV.
Your TV has either an S-video input connector, a composite video-input connector, or a component video-input connector. Depending on what type of
connector is available on your TV, you can use a commercially available S-video cable, composite video cable, or component video cable to connect your
computer to your TV.
1 S-video TV-out connector
1 S-video TV-out connector
3 S/PDIF digital audio connector
5 S-video connector
1 S-video TV-out connector
3 S/PDIF digital audio connector
5 Pb (blue) component video-output
connector
If you want to connect your computer to a TV or audio device, it is recommended that you connect video and audio cables to your computer in one of the
following combinations:
S-video and standard audio
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Composite video and standard audio
l
Component-out video and standard audio
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NOTE: See the diagrams at the beginning of each subsection to help you determine which method of connection you should use.
When you finish connecting the video and audio cables between your computer and your TV, you must enable your computer to work with the TV. See
Enabling the Display Settings for a TV
audio, see Enabling S/PDIF Digital

S-Video and Standard Audio

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2 S-video connector
2 composite video adapter
4 composite video-output connector
2 component video adapter
4 Pr (red) component video-output
connector
6 Y (green) component video-output
connector
to ensure that the computer recognizes and works properly with the TV. Additionally, if you are using S/PDIF digital
Audio.