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connect left and right for record and playback with a single cable. Adapters between this connector and RCA connectors have used white and red for left and right channel recording, and blue (or sometimes black) and yellow for playback, but this is not universal. Most modern equipment with RCA connectors for recording devices simply uses white and red for all stereo pairs, whether record or playback.
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425:, can use identical 75 Ω cables, sales of special-purpose cables for each use have proliferated. Varying cable quality means that a cheap line-level audio cable might not successfully transfer component video. For digital audio, as long as a connection is successfully made using the cables the sound will remain faithful to the original signal because a
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powered while making connections. Continuous noise can occur if the plug partially falls out of the jack, breaking the ground connection but not the signal. Some variants of the plug, especially cheaper versions, also give very poor grip and contact between the ground sheaths due to their lack of spring action.
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Connections are made by pushing the cable's plug into the female jack on the device. The signal-carrying pin protrudes from the plug, and often comes into contact with the socket before the grounded rings meet, resulting in loud hum or buzz if the audio components do not share a common ground and are
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floor consoles (TRK-9, TRK-12) which used the same internal connection concept but the audio output of the television chassis was connected to the radio/amplifier chassis via a male to male cable. Three lower-cost 1939 television models had an audio output connector on their rear panel instead of an
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Plugs and sockets on consumer equipment are conventionally color-coded to aid correct connections. The standard colors for the various signals are shown below; however, beyond 7.1 audio, the standard has degraded to a more general white/yellow, red/blue, and green/yellow color scheme for each cable
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Stereo audio applications use either black and red, grey and red, or white and red RCA connectors; in all three cases, red denotes right. White or purple may also be replaced by black. Some older tape recorders, and equipment like receivers designed to connect to them, use a 5-pin DIN connector to
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and model R-97 phonograph. In the U-109, the internal amplifier chassis had female connectors which accepted male cables from the internal radio chassis and built-in phonograph player. Originally, the concept was intended as an easy method to unhook sources while
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connection. A true balanced connection is generally preferred in certain applications, particularly professional settings because it allows for the use of long cables while reducing susceptibility to external noise.
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1280:"Models TRK-9, TRK-12, TRK-90, and TRK-120: AC, Superheterodyne, High-Picture-Definition, Five-Television-Channel, Receiver and Three-Band, Electric Tuning, AC, Superheterodyne Broadcast Receiver".
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and RF connectors which are not universal worldwide; RF signals are also generally inferior to direct signals due to protocol conversion and the RF limitations of the three major analog TV systems (
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also exist, which usually allow input of composite video and stereo audio. Outside Europe, separate RCA connectors are usually used, supplemented by RF connectors for
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RCA Victor
Service Notes for 1937 Broadcast Radio Receivers, All-Wave Radio Receivers, Phonograph Combination Instruments, and Miscellaneous Service Information
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Service Notes for 1937 Broadcast Radio Receivers, All-Wave Radio Receivers, Phonograph Combination Instruments, and Miscellaneous Service Information
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or stereo) all use RCA connectors unless the signals are sent via SCART. In the digital realm, however, combined A/V connectors are gaining ground;
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players sold in Europe had SCART connectors, although these are sometimes supplemented by RCA and/or RF connectors. SCART-RCA
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1258:. BlueBoy Records. Archived from
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1153:"1939 RCA Model 45EM AM Radio"
1039:Richardson, Paul (June 1938).
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1350:"Sony KX-2501 Service Manual"
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1305:Early Television Museum
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885:RCA stereo output on a
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2378:Hirose U.FL
2264:DisplayPort
2258:DisplayPort
2215:DVI-I/DVI-D
1996:3.5 mm
1920:Thunderbolt
1851:DisplayPort
1821:Belling-Lee
1591:Banana plug
1442:27 November
1023:CUI Devices
931:with 1080i
564:DisplayPort
394:-formatted
384:loudspeaker
365:female jack
243:vacuum tube
227:antonomasia
221:, the name
202:, mixer or
180:. The word
161:are called
157:and female
2625:Categories
2095:Video only
2059:, AES/EBU
1974:Audio only
1715:D-Terminal
1623:Audio jack
1515:2011-08-27
1488:2011-08-23
1469:2011-08-27
1301:"RCA TT-5"
1266:2011-08-23
1162:January 5,
1137:August 17,
957:References
901:DVD player
714:Subwoofer
598:Composite
499:where the
485:unbalanced
415:camcorders
329:Other uses
298:television
266:phonograph
208:radio sets
191:phonograph
2280:connector
2266:connector
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2178:Component
2167:Composite
2161:RCA jacks
2155:Component
2127:Composite
2076:, optical
2046:, optical
2040:, coaxial
1771:Micro-DVI
1606:Euroblock
1412:. EETimes
1090:Lafayette
887:CD player
812:(RGB/HV)
204:amplifier
2594:See also
2546:Twin BNC
2541:Triaxial
2472:Mini-UHF
2403:Microdot
2393:Motorola
2343:7/16 DIN
2188:Mini-DIN
2147:Mini-DIN
2133:RCA jack
2064:RCA jack
2038:RCA jack
1873:Minijack
1867:superMHL
1826:CCJ/EIAJ
1798:Mini-VGA
1759:Mini-DVI
1735:Mini-DIN
1616:Mini-DIN
1416:March 8,
1133:. Berlin
949:Apple TV
933:HD ready
669:surround
540:adapters
354:Xbox 360
279:Victrola
251:Victrola
247:AM radio
245:desktop
167:RCA jack
163:RCA plug
127:Passband
103:Diameter
90:Designed
80:Designer
2577:LEMO 00
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2272:HDBaseT
2237:Digital
2174:S-Video
2141:S-Video
2074:TOSLINK
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717:Purple
656:Center
648:Yellow
601:Yellow
552:S-Video
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233:History
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120:Coaxial
2550:Twinax
2527:RP-TNC
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2102:Analog
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1981:Analog
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585:S/PDIF
534:, and
497:Europe
392:S/PDIF
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2120:DVI-A
2115:DB-15
1888:SCART
1688:Video
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684:Grey
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667:Left
525:SECAM
501:SCART
339:YPbPr
294:radio
283:Phono
262:radio
223:cinch
182:phono
116:Cable
93:1930s
2582:Musa
2512:IPEX
2501:7 mm
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2278:8P8C
2250:HDMI
2244:HDMI
2184:VIVO
2057:AES3
1883:PDMI
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1761:бЕхк
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137:The
65:Type
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2517:MHF
2506:AMC
2468:UHF
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2438:SHV
2433:MHV
2428:RCA
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2398:MCX
2388:IPX
2373:FME
2353:BNC
2209:DVI
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2008:TRS
1994:TRS
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