How Do You Connect Component Video Cables?
Component video cables transfer high-quality video signals from video sources equipped with component video outputs, like DVD players, to display devices with component video inputs, like HDTVs. Confirm that your video source (e.g., DVD player, HD camcorder, etc.) has a component video output. The component video output will consist of three RCA jacks, colored green, red, and blue, and marked “component video.” Check your video display for component video inputs. They’ll be marked as in Step 1, sometimes with additional markings for the source if there are multiple sets of inputs. Connect your component video cable to the outputs of the video source unit. Follow the color coding and push the plugs of the cable into the jacks of the output. Connect the other end of the component video cable to the input of your display unit. Follow the color coding and push the plugs of the cable into the jacks of the input.