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How to Hook Up a Wii to a Bigscreen

Connecting your Nintendo Wii to a big screen TV or HDTV is simple and similar to connecting it to a standard TV. If you're using a big screen TV or HDTV, you will want to invest in some component cables. Component cables produce a better quality picture and are more suited to handling big screen or high resolution TVs. The cables that come with the Wii are designed for smaller, standard definition TVs.

Things You'll Need

Wii component cable

Instructions

- 1
  Turn he television and the Wii off.
- 2
  Find the component inputs on your television. These are generally on the side or in the back, but it isn't unusual for them to be in front. Component inputs are labeled as such. They are green, blue and red.
- 3
  Connect the rectangular end of the component cable into the back of the Wii into the "Digital AV Out" port.
- 4
  Connect the green, blue and red prongs on the opposite end of the component cable, into their corresponding colors on your TV.
- 5
  Connect the additional red and white prongs of the component cable into their corresponding colors on your TV. These are the audio inputs and they are usually labeled as such on the TV.
- 6
  Turn your television on. Place your TV into its component video mode. Doing this is usually similar to turning on your DVD player.
- 7
  Turn the Wii on. If everything is connected properly, the Wii logo will come up on your TV.

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