RCA connector

RCA connentors

An RCA connector (sometimes called a phono connector or cinch connector), is a type of electrical connector commonly used to carry audio and video signals. The yellow is for video, the white is for left stereo, and the red is for right stereo.

RCA Connector Media

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  Standard composite cables for hooking up video equipment. Yellow is video, red and white are for stereo sound.

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  Rear panel of a 1939 RCA model 45EM vacuum tube desktop AM radio with a female RCA jack. Tag reads "An inexpensive RCA Victor record player will make a fine Victrola of this radio. Plug here."

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  RCA female jacks used for YPbPr component video output

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  Composite video cable with RCA male plugs for the Xbox 360

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  "Bullet plug" variation – Note the hollow center conductor and the pin point for the return signal.

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  First generation of the Apple TV with RCA stereo outputs