Cables & Connnectors

Listed below are various cables that you will need to establish connections:

 S-Video cable (format discussed earlier):

Composite (RCA) video cable (format discussed earlier):

Audio Y-adapter cable:

Sometimes referred to as a mini jack to RCA stereo cable, it carries audio signals to your computer from an array of audio equipment

 

·      RCA-to-RCA stereo cable:

It carries audio signals to your computer from an array of audio equipment

Below are diagrams for the composite and S-Video ports:

 Composite port                                          S-Video port

A new, and semi-evolutionary digital video format supported by a consortium of over 50 companies, FireWire is a serial data transfer protocol and interconnection system used (amongst other things) to transmit digital video (DV).

Firewire was originally developed by Apple Computer, Inc. and was standardized in 1995 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers as IEEE-1394-1995. It offers a higher transfer rate incorporating the use of hot-plugging technology (i.e. connecting and disconnecting without shutting down the host computer).