Is the most common type of connection used for video and audio. This type of connector does not have the best performance, but it can be very good.
Small audio connector with a middle pin and a round outer collar, used sometimes between mixers and audiocassette decks and often between amplifiers, speakers and phonograph turntables.
Look on the back of your VCR, stereo and other audio/video equipment. Those connectors, often colored red (audio-Right), black or white (audio-Left) and yellow (video) are RCA connectors.
The connector used with VCRs and stereos for composite video signals and audio.
a plug and a jack designed for use with coaxial cable for frequencies ranging from the very lowest up to several megahertz
The connector typically used for audio cables. Also called "phono" connectors or RCA jacks.
A small, single prong connector most commonly used to carry composite video and unbalanced audio signals.
Standard pin plug or jack used to connect audio and video components, developed by RCA Laboratories. Also known as a phono plug or jack, even when applied to non-phono equipment.
A male plug with a single prong that plugs into a round jack.
A plug and socket for a two-wire (signal and ground) coaxial cable that is widely used to connect audio and video components. Also called a "phono connector," rows of RCA sockets are found on the backs of stereo amplifiers and numerous A/V products. The prong is 1/8" thick by 5/16" long. See picture below.
Common audio connector found in home entertainment systems that passes line-level audio signals between components. Reflection Used in an audio context, the action or quality of surfaces causing sound waves to bounce back rather than be absorbed.
"Phono" plugs, used primarily as low-level connections between Phonographs/CD players/Tuners/Recievers/Amplifiers
Type of standard, low-level signal interconnect termination or connector featuring a single, cylindrical metal rod and an outer, round metal belt.
A standard push-on connector used most frequently with baseband audio and video signals.
An RCA jack, also referred to as a phono connector or CINCH/AV connector, is a type of electrical connector that is commonly used in the audio/video market. The name "RCA" derives from the Radio Corporation of America, which introduced the design by the early 1940s to allow phonograph players to be connected to amplifiers.
