User Guide

11
Connecting a Display
HDMI offers a high-quality video and audio signal, and is the
preferred way of connecting all models of Raspberry Pi to a
modern television. To connect a high-definition television:
• Plug one end of an HDMI cable into the Raspberry Pi’s
HDMI socket, and the other end into an HDMI input
on your TV.
If your display does not support HDMI, you can connect the
composite video and audio outputs to the auxiliary A/V input of
most televisions. These connections are colored yellow, red, and
white. You need a cable that has a 4-pole jack on one end, and
three RCA plugs on the other (one yellow, one red, and one
white). To use these cables:
1. Plug the 4-pole 3.5 mm jack plug into the 3.5 mm
jack socket on the Raspberry Pi 2 Model B.
2. Connect the yellow composite video plug to the
yellow video input socket on your TV.
3. Connect the red RCA plug to the red audio socket
on your TV.
4. Connect the white RCA plug to the white audio
socket on your TV.
If your TV does not have the yellow, red, and white auxiliary
inputs, you can plug the composite outputs into a SCART
adapter and connect that to your TV instead.
When using the composite video, you always have the option of
connecting the video to a television and the audio output (the
red and white connectors) to other devices, such as headphones,
powered speakers, or amplifiers.
There are two holes on the printed circuit board (PCB) of the Pi
2 Model B. These holes are labelled “RUN” and you can solder a
switch across these two connections to create a reset button.