Panasonic TX-86PW100A - Manual (Page 36)

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Connecting Equipment to the TV
Front Panel Connections
Connecting to the RGB Input Terminals
Behind the front panel door is the headphone socket, the AV3 input and the RGB input.
• Personal computers (PC) with 640 x 480 (31.5kHz / 60Hz) or 640 x 400 (31.5kHz / 70Hz)
resolution can be connected to this television.
Note: the display will prompt you to set the resolution to 640 x 480.
• The computer must be set to High Colour (16 bit).
• In some cases other PCs may not work with this TV set.
• There is no audio signal in RGB mode.
• Connect the sound cables to the AV3 Audio Input terminals.
• Some computers such as PC-98 and Macintosh require a commercially sold adapter between the
RGB cable (D-Sub 15P) and the computer.
• There is no need for an adapter when using computers with a DOS/V compatible D-Sub 15P
terminal.
• With some computers it may be necessary to press Function F4 twice to give a display on the
television.
• There are no computer connection cables included with this television.
Signal names for D-Sub 15P Connector
Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal
No. Name No. Name No. Name
1 R 6 GND 11 GND
2 G 7 GND 12 NC
3 B 8 GND 13 HD/SYNC
4 GND 9 NC 14 VD
Pin layout for RGB 5 GND 10 GND 15 NC
Terminal
GND is Ground NC is Not connected
5 4 3 2 1
10 9 8 7 6
15 14 13 12 11
L/MONO R
AUDIO RGB (31.5kHz)
S-VIDEO VIDEO
AV3 IN
Mai n S ub
D-SUB 15P
RGB
PC Cable
Conversion adaptor
(If necessary)