Connectors for

Video/Audio/Computers
RCA Connectors
 Standard Home Video
Connectors for both audio
R&L (white and red) and
video (yellow)
 Used to connect a DVD
player to a TV for example.
 Disadvantages: One wire
for each signal
RF Connectors
 Standard Home “cable”
connectors
 Used for long video runs
with low loss of signal
 Often break internally,
screwed on too tight, rusted
or corroded
 Carries both audio & video
BNC Connectors
 Bayonet connector
 Used for long video
runs with low loss of
signal
QuickTime™ and a

 Pro connector - easy to

TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor
are needed to see this picture.

connect and disconnect

 Not often found on non-
Pro gear
S-Video Cable
 Used to connect pro
video equipment.
Contains luminance
and color and
eliminates dot crawl in
standard NTSC video.
Component Video (Y-Pb-Pr)
 Used to connect many
high end DVD players and
video game systems to
TV sets, especially with
HDTV.
 Does not stand for RGB QuickTime™ and a
TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor
are needed to see this picture.

 Y = Luma (brightness)
 Pb = Luma minus blue
 Pr = Luma minus red
 Audio is usually carried on
a pair of RCA cables
HDMI Cable
 Used to connect
HDTV components
and carries a digital
signal
QuickTime™ and a
TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
1/4 Inch TRS Audio Plug
 Used to connect audio
such as mics,
speakers, headphones,
etc. to equipment.
 One ring = mono
 2 rings = stereo
 TRS - Tip Ring Sleeve
mini TRS Audio Plug

 Used to connect
audio such as mics,
speakers,
headphones, etc. to
equipment - only
much smaller.
XLR Audio Plug
 Used to connect audio
such as mics, speakers to
pro audio equipment.
 Three pins are ground,
hot and cold to create
balanced audio.
VGA/SVGA Plug
 Used to connect
computer video
monitors to computer
or A/V equipment.
DVI Connector
 Used to connect LCD
video monitors or
projectors to
computers.
USB Cables
 Used to connect scanners,
cameras, storage drives to
computers
 Hot swappable, low data
stream, non-powered 480
mBps (2.0)
Firewire aka 1394
 6 pin to 4 pin mini used
to connect DV cameras
to computers.
 Hot swappable, high
data stream 800 mBps

QuickTime™ and a
TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
Cat 5 or Ethernet

 Currently 100 Base T

or Megabit Ethernet QuickTime™ and a
TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor

1000 Base T or Gigabit

are needed to see this picture.


Ethernet is available
but expensive