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Syntax Olevia LT30HV

March 30th, 2005 | by Mike Bell

Setup and Use

The connectors were easily accessible behind the rear covers, and with the covers in place, the back of the unit has a smooth, finished look. There is plenty of space for all of the input cables, and they route nicely through the center “C” cover. The only cable visible from the front of the unit is the power cord. For some reason, the power cord was omitted from the cable management architecture and cannot be completely hidden, even when routed through the center cover.

The only drawback to the neat connector arrangement is that the connectors cannot be viewed straight on when connecting the cables. This is due to the connectors being recessed in the “A” and “B” compartments and mounted parallel to the back of the panel. This design keeps the cables from protruding straight out of the back and enables the smooth panel profile. Connection diagrams are provided in the “A” and “B” compartments.

The headphone output is placed in the “B” compartment, but is accessible with the cover in place. A better location would have been on the bottom of the panel, where the panel controls are placed.

A Toshiba SD-6915 DVD changer with progressive scan output was connected to the YPbPr component input on the LT30. A Dish Network PVR was connected to the S-Video input. According to the manual, there is a second component input labeled YCbCr for interlaced input. In spite of it being labeled differently than the progressive scan input (YCbCr is the nomenclature for digital component input), we suspect that both are analog component inputs. The bottom line is that there are two component inputs, but only one is designated for progressive scan inputs.