Yamaha AV Receiver User Manual

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With the component video signal system, the video signal 
is separated into the Y signal for the luminance and the P

B

 

and P

R

 signals for the chrominance. Color can be 

reproduced more faithfully with this system because each 
of these signals is independent. The component signal is 
also called the “color difference signal” because the 
luminance signal is subtracted from the color signal.
A monitor with component input jacks is required in order 
to use the component signal for output.

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With the composite video signal system, the video signal 
is composed of three basic elements of a video picture; 
color, brightness and synchronization data. A composite 
video jack on a video component transmits these three 
elements combined.

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With the S-video signal system, the video signal normally 
transmitted using a pin cable is separated and transmitted 
as the Y signal for the luminance and the C signal for the 
chrominance through the S-video cable. Using the 
S VIDEO jack eliminates video signal transmission loss 
and allows recording and playback of even more beautiful 
images.