Hooking Up

14 Nov 2005 10:44 PM

fiveiron

15 Nov 2005 12:23 AM

DeepOne

fivei***@webtv.net wrote:

>On a television with the s-video feature, should both composite and
>s-video cables be used?

You don't need both. Just pick one or the other for each input
(s-video is supposed to be superior). The audio connections will be
the same either way.

17 Nov 2005 12:57 AM

fiveiron

17 Nov 2005 6:02 PM

Gary A. Edelstein

On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 18:57:21 -0600, fivei***@webtv.net wrote:

>well this inquiry is probably of no interest to anyone but me, but the t
>v I have requires a composite r f feed for the t v side,
>
>and it also has a s-video-in feature for the peripheral devices - that
>requires the use of a s-video cable.
>

To use the TV tuner, hook up a cable TV cable or TV OTA antenna to the
antenna ("RF") input. For external devices, such as a DVD player, you
can use the S-Vid input with the corresponding analog audio inputs.

A cable box (or for that matter a WebTV box) may have A/V outs that
you can use so you don't need to use the antenna input if you prefer.

Gary E

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17 Nov 2005 7:04 PM

Gene E. Bloch

On 11/17/2005, Gary A. Edelstein managed to type:
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> On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 18:57:21 -0600, fivei***@webtv.net wrote:
>
>> well this inquiry is probably of no interest to anyone but me, but the t
>> v I have requires a composite r f feed for the t v side,
>>
>> and it also has a s-video-in feature for the peripheral devices - that
>> requires the use of a s-video cable.
>>
> To use the TV tuner, hook up a cable TV cable or TV OTA antenna to the
> antenna ("RF") input. For external devices, such as a DVD player, you
> can use the S-Vid input with the corresponding analog audio inputs.
>
> A cable box (or for that matter a WebTV box) may have A/V outs that
> you can use so you don't need to use the antenna input if you prefer.
>
> Gary E

But what do you make of the OP's use of the phrase "composite r f"? I
suspect he means RF, as one would expect from an antenna, rather than
composite, as one might expect from a VCR or other such device.

Mr 5: the 'composite' connector is a yellow RCA (aka 'cinch') jack, and
the RF connector is a screw-on jack with a central hole for just the
cable's central wire itself.

Avoiding details: Composite is functionally similar to s-video, but of
lower signal quality.

Gino

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