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Enjoying through External Equipment
You can connect many types of external equipment to your
Plasma Display System, like a decoder, VCR, DVD player,
personal computer, game console, and camcorder.
To view images coming from external equipment, select the
input source using the INPUT buttons on the remote control
(page 14) or the INPUT button on the Plasma Display.
• To protect all equipment, always turn off the Media Receiver
before connecting to a decoder, VCR, DVD player, personal
computer, game console, camcorder, or other external
equipment.
• Refer to the relevant operation manual (DVD player,
personal computer, etc.) carefully before making connec-
tions.
Watching a decoder image
Connecting a decoder
Use the INPUT 1 terminal when connecting a decoder and
other audiovisual equipment.
Media Receiver (rear view)
OUT
I N
SERVICE ONLY
CONTROL
INPUT 1
i / o link.A
SELECT
INPUT
2
3
INPUT 2
SCART cable
(commercially available)
Displaying a decoder image
To watch a decoder image
1 Press buttons 0 – 9 or P+/P– to select a programme
specified for decoder setting (page 30).
2 Press INPUT 1 on the remote control unit or press
INPUT on the Plasma Display to select INPUT1.
• Be sure to use INPUT1 to connect a decoder.
• If decoder images do not come in clearly, you may need to
change the input signal type setting using the menu. See
page 39.
• Refer to your decoder operation manual for the signal type.
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DIGITAL OUT
ANT
(DIGITAL)
OPTICAL
OUT
IN
COMMON INTERFACE
INPUT 2
SUB WOOFER
OUTPUT
COMPONENT VIDEO
Y
P
P
B
R
MONITOR
OUTPUT
VIDEO
R-AUDIO-L
INPUT 3
S- VIDEO
Decoder
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Watching a VCR image
Connecting a VCR
Use the INPUT 2 terminals when connecting a VCR and other
audiovisual equipment.
If your VCR supports TV-VCR advanced "AV link" systems
(page 46), you can connect the VCR to the INPUT 2 or 3
terminal on the Media Receiver using the fully-wired 21-pin
SCART cable.
AV link advanced system
• Download tuning information directly from TV to VCR
(Preset download).
• While watching TV, you can record a programme with a
one-touch press of the VCR recording button. (WYSIWYR*)
* Refer to your VCR operation manual as some VCRs have
an exclusive key for WYSIWYR.
• When you press the play button on the VCR, the system
automatically turns on from standby and displays a VCR
image.
• TV-VCR advanced "AV link" systems may not be compatible
with some external sources.
Media Receiver (rear view)
Antenna cable (commer-
cially available)
HDMI
HDMI
INPUT 3
INPUT 3
SERVICE ONLY
Displaying a VCR image
To watch a VCR image, press INPUT 2 on the remote control
unit or press INPUT on the Plasma Display to select INPUT2.
• If VCR images do not come in clearly, you may need to
change the input signal type setting using the menu. See
page 39.
• Refer to your VCR operation manual for the signal type.
• The INPUT 2 terminals are checked for cable connections
in the order where; 1) S-Video, 2) Video.
• Connect external equipment to only terminals that are to be
actually used.
IN
ANT
DIGITAL OUT
(DIGITAL)
OPTICAL
OUT
I N
CONTROL
OUT
IN
COMMON INTERFACE
SUB WOOFER
INPUT 2
OUTPUT
COMPONENT VIDEO
Y
P
P
INPUT 1
B
R
i / o link.A
SELECT
MONITOR
INPUT
2
3
OUTPUT
VIDEO
R-AUDIO-L
INPUT U
INPUT 3
S- VIDEO
(PDP-505XDE/
SCART
OUT
cable
(commer-
cially
IN
available)
OUT
VCR
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HDMI
INPUT 3
435XDE)
Antenna cable
(commercially
available)
Antenna cable
(commercially
available)