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Connecting your TV

Setting up your TV

  • Our interactive HD TV connection wizard makes setup simpler
  • See how to connect all your Scart and HDMI cables, and print out diagrams to suit your set-up
  • HD TV jargon buster explains setup in easy terms
  • Watch our VIDEO GUIDES for tips on saving LCD TV power

What's in this guide

TV connection wizard

Helping you to make sense of all the cables behind the modern HD TV

TV hints and tips

Short of Scart inputs or don't know your RGB from your HDMI?

Getting the best TV picture

Advice on what you should do once you get your new HD TV home

Advanced TV settings

LCD and plasma TVs offer a bewildering number of picture settings – are they worth the bother?

Letterbox format and being green

How your widescreen TV will deal with letterbox format. Plus, how to be green with your HD TV

VIDEO GUIDE: How to save LCD TV power

Our video guide shows you how to cut your energy bills by saving power on your LCD TV. Contains video

VIDEO GUIDE: Top tips to save LCD TV power

Watch the Which? video guide for our top tips on saving LCD TV power, including screen blanking and the truth about quick-start modes. Contains video