Color coding of RCA jacks

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Spehro Pefhany

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Yellow for video
White for audio?



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Hello Spehro,

Yellow for video
White for audio?
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Looks like it.

http://www.svideo.com/svideoaudiorca.html
http://hometheaterinfo.com/wiring.htm

Then there is stereo which is red for right and white for left, afaik.
That always got me confused since I grew up in Europe and in politics
the color red is associated with the left wing over there. In the US it
would be blue ;-)

Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com
 
On Fri, 04 Mar 2005 21:33:50 GMT, the renowned Joerg
<notthisjoergsch@removethispacbell.net> wrote:

Hello Spehro,

Yellow for video
White for audio?



Looks like it.

http://www.svideo.com/svideoaudiorca.html
http://hometheaterinfo.com/wiring.htm
Click to expand...
Okay, thanks.

Then there is stereo which is red for right and white for left, afaik.
That always got me confused since I grew up in Europe and in politics
the color red is associated with the left wing over there. In the US it
would be blue ;-)

Regards, Joerg
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I never noticed the latter, but you're right. Blue and Red are the
colors of the main right and left main parties in Canada (and orange
for labor far left). But red is still identified with communism
everywhere I think- the East Is Red, the "Reds" etc.

There's the mnemonic port->wine->red->left ;-)

And I have to think of black = death to remember which is hot and
which is neutral. I guess that wouldn't work if you were Japanese and
knew white as the color of mourning.



Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
--
"it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward"
speff@interlog.com Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com
Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com
 
On Fri, 04 Mar 2005 21:33:50 GMT, Joerg wrote:

Hello Spehro,

Yellow for video
White for audio?



Looks like it.

http://www.svideo.com/svideoaudiorca.html
http://hometheaterinfo.com/wiring.htm

Then there is stereo which is red for right and white for left, afaik.
That always got me confused since I grew up in Europe and in politics
the color red is associated with the left wing over there. In the US it
would be blue ;-)

Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com
Click to expand...
I would think that nowadays in Europe it would be green.

Bob
 
I read in sci.electronics.design that Joerg <notthisjoergsch@removethisp
acbell.net> wrote (in <2v4Wd.9214$OU1.826@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com>)
about 'Color coding of RCA jacks', on Fri, 4 Mar 2005:

That always got me confused since I grew up in Europe and in politics
the color red is associated with the left wing over there. In the US it
would be blue ;-)
Click to expand...
Nevertheless, for stereo Red is Right and bLue is Left. It confuses
sailors as well.
--
Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only.
The good news is that nothing is compulsory.
The bad news is that everything is prohibited.
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Hello John,

Nevertheless, for stereo Red is Right and bLue is Left. It confuses
sailors as well.
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That makes me wonder even more why they picked red for right. But blue?
I have never seen a blue RCA plug on a cable that came with a TV or
stereo. At least in the US it is always red and white for the audio path.

Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com
 
I read in sci.electronics.design that Joerg <notthisjoergsch@removethisp
acbell.net> wrote (in <c_mWd.12359$OU1.5563@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com>)
about 'Color coding of RCA jacks', on Sat, 5 Mar 2005:
Hello John,

Nevertheless, for stereo Red is Right and bLue is Left. It confuses
sailors as well.



That makes me wonder even more why they picked red for right. But blue?
I have never seen a blue RCA plug on a cable that came with a TV or
stereo. At least in the US it is always red and white for the audio path.

Four-core leads for hi-fi cassette recorders have red, white, black and
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yellow in US and Japan. In UK, the colours varied until the Far Eastern
imports flooded the market. One set I had was red, blue, orange, green.
--
Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only.
The good news is that nothing is compulsory.
The bad news is that everything is prohibited.
http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Also see http://www.isce.org.uk
 
Joerg wrote:
Hello Spehro,

Yellow for video
White for audio?
Click to expand...
Composite video is yellow
Component video is green, blue, red

Stereo audio: Red is right, white is left.

For digital audio, 5.1 channel audio, etc. good luck. :-/

Looks like it.

http://www.svideo.com/svideoaudiorca.html
http://hometheaterinfo.com/wiring.htm

Then there is stereo which is red for right and white for left, afaik.
That always got me confused since I grew up in Europe and in politics
the color red is associated with the left wing over there. In the US it
would be blue ;-)

Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com
Click to expand...
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On Sun, 06 Mar 2005 02:53:14 +0000, Mac wrote:

On Fri, 04 Mar 2005 21:33:50 +0000, Joerg wrote:

Hello Spehro,

Yellow for video
White for audio?



Looks like it.

http://www.svideo.com/svideoaudiorca.html
http://hometheaterinfo.com/wiring.htm

Then there is stereo which is red for right and white for left, afaik.
That always got me confused since I grew up in Europe and in politics
the color red is associated with the left wing over there. In the US it
would be blue ;-)


I think the whole red blue thing is relatively new. Communism has been
associated with red for a long time, but I don't remember anyone
making a big deal about blue as a color for Democrats and red as a color
for Republicans until the 2004 presidential election.
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Red/blue maps were drawn for the 2000 election, though before that I
don't recall the issue.


http://www.geog.ucsb.edu/~sara/html/mapping/election/map.html

The red/blue maps don't look much different than the 2004 version except
that, becasue of the 2000 census, there are more electors represented by
"red" states. ...and there will be more (the pundits say 6) after the 2010
census.

--
Keith
 
On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 22:21:53 +0000, John Woodgate wrote:

I read in sci.electronics.design that Joerg <notthisjoergsch@removethisp
acbell.net> wrote (in <2v4Wd.9214$OU1.826@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com>)
about 'Color coding of RCA jacks', on Fri, 4 Mar 2005:

That always got me confused since I grew up in Europe and in politics
the color red is associated with the left wing over there. In the US it
would be blue ;-)

Nevertheless, for stereo Red is Right and bLue is Left. It confuses
sailors as well.
Click to expand...
How's your color vision?

Boats and planes have green lights on the starboard side. I may have
an RCA cable with a green jack. I've never seen a blue one, though.
--
Best Regards,
Mike
 
I read in sci.electronics.design that Active8 <reply2group@ndbbm.net>
wrote (in <1t7axl44zv8zs$.dlg@ID-222894.news.individual.net>) about
'Color coding of RCA jacks', on Sun, 6 Mar 2005:

How's your color vision?
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Normal trichromatic.
Boats and planes have green lights on the starboard side. I may have an
RCA cable with a green jack. I've never seen a blue one, though.
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I'd post pictures of my blue and orange examples, if only I could find
them. :)-(
--
Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only.
The good news is that nothing is compulsory.
The bad news is that everything is prohibited.
http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Also see http://www.isce.org.uk
 
On Sun, 6 Mar 2005 18:32:12 +0000, John Woodgate wrote:

I read in sci.electronics.design that Active8 <reply2group@ndbbm.net
wrote (in <1t7axl44zv8zs$.dlg@ID-222894.news.individual.net>) about
'Color coding of RCA jacks', on Sun, 6 Mar 2005:

How's your color vision?

Normal trichromatic.
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Oh, good. Then I doubt you think the starboard running light is
blue, just that red/right ( R = R ) messes with sailors heads.
Boats and planes have green lights on the starboard side. I may have an
RCA cable with a green jack. I've never seen a blue one, though.

I'd post pictures of my blue and orange examples, if only I could find
them. :)-(
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Oh I believe you on the cables. Aesthetically speaking, blue and
orange sound ok. They'd go well with some high-falutin' gold-plated
speaker wires.
--
Best Regards,
Mike
 
I read in sci.electronics.design that Active8 <reply2group@ndbbm.net>
wrote (in <1h24sqdy2reya$.dlg@ID-222894.news.individual.net>) about
'Color coding of RCA jacks', on Sun, 6 Mar 2005:

Oh, good. Then I doubt you think the starboard running light is blue,
just that red/right ( R = R ) messes with sailors heads.
Click to expand...
Yes.
--
Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only.
The good news is that nothing is compulsory.
The bad news is that everything is prohibited.
http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Also see http://www.isce.org.uk
 
Mac wrote:
On Fri, 04 Mar 2005 21:33:50 +0000, Joerg wrote:

Hello Spehro,

Yellow for video
White for audio?



Looks like it.

http://www.svideo.com/svideoaudiorca.html
http://hometheaterinfo.com/wiring.htm

Then there is stereo which is red for right and white for left, afaik.
That always got me confused since I grew up in Europe and in politics
the color red is associated with the left wing over there. In the US it
would be blue ;-)


I think the whole red blue thing is relatively new. Communism has been
associated with red for a long time, but I don't remember anyone
making a big deal about blue as a color for Democrats and red as a color
for Republicans until the 2004 presidential election.
Click to expand...
After the collapse of the Soviet Union and the cessation of their
interference with foreign governments, the neocons stepped into that
role and, as a result, were assigned the 'Red' designation.

:-/

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Active8 wrote:
On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 22:21:53 +0000, John Woodgate wrote:


I read in sci.electronics.design that Joerg <notthisjoergsch@removethisp
acbell.net> wrote (in <2v4Wd.9214$OU1.826@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com>)
about 'Color coding of RCA jacks', on Fri, 4 Mar 2005:


That always got me confused since I grew up in Europe and in politics
the color red is associated with the left wing over there. In the US it
would be blue ;-)

Nevertheless, for stereo Red is Right and bLue is Left. It confuses
sailors as well.


How's your color vision?

Boats and planes have green lights on the starboard side. I may have
an RCA cable with a green jack. I've never seen a blue one, though.
Click to expand...
It doesn't confuse sailors--the jacks are like coming into port. The
rule is Red-Right-Returning.

Cheers,

Phil Hobbs
 
On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 15:57:01 -0500, Phil Hobbs wrote:
It doesn't confuse sailors--the jacks are like coming into port. The
rule is Red-Right-Returning.
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Yeah. Thinking outside the boat, I see.
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Best Regards,
Mike
 
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