Tech Basics: Cables & Connectors

Learn to connect your electronics with ease. Understand cables, connectors, and adapters in this course to simplify your home tech setup.

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Brief Summary

This course introduces you to the world of electronic connectors, helping you untangle the mess of cables and ports. You'll learn to identify the right connections for your gadgets, making life easier with your devices!

Key Points

  • Understanding connectors between electronic devices
  • Identifying the right ports for various cables
  • Learning about audio and video connectors
  • Differentiating between video streams and video files
  • Gaining practical knowledge for home electronics

Learning Outcomes

  • Know how to connect various electronic devices with ease
  • Identify different types of cables and their uses
  • Understand audio and video signal flow
  • Differentiate between video streams and files
  • Gain confidence in setting up home electronics

About This Course

An introduction to help you understand connectors betwen the many electronics tools, devices and gizmos we use today.

 If you're like most folks - you have electronic devices that need to be connected and you're not totally sure where to plug all those connectors into which port... can I adapt that DVI plug to go into my HDMI port?  Does that Audio Out cable go into the Phono, Auxillary, or Tuner port?  Which cable should I use to transfer video from my new camcorder into my computer?  And which headphone connection is right for my new Smart Phone?

With this class from Your Technology Tutor, you will gain an understanding of the fundamentals and practical knowledge of the most common cables & connectors.  From audio and video connectors, to adapters - learn the most essential info by joining Chet Davis in these video lessons.


  • This class provides you with lessons to give you just the right amount of knowledge to better understand how to connect your home electronics.

  • Fundamentals of the electronic signal: elementary signal flow, shielded cables, plug vs. jack.

  • Differentiation between video streams and video files - critical info if you have or are looking for a new camcorder/camera

Course Curriculum

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Instructor

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Chet Davis

Chet loves to teach...he loves helping others learn, whether it's an artistic technique in video or photography; or a software application or technology tool. Whether you join Chet for a live hands-on workshop or an on-line lesson on Udemy you clearly experience his enthusiasm, his expertise, and his passion for teaching. Chet 'cut' his teacher teeth with 17 years in...

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4.9 course rating
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Carlos T.
3.0
8 months ago

very basic so far, i was expecting something more advanced and tech. No video or audio.

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Houcine
4.5
10 months ago

Tout est ok merci beaucoup

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Syed S. A.
5.0
1 year ago

Great job. Thank you so much. :)

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Joanne L. P.
5.0
2 years ago

Yes, it's a perfect course. Easy to understand about cables and connectors. I really enjoyed it. Thank you very much.

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Stephanie C.
4.5
2 years ago

A little outdated but pretty great for a free course. I work at a school so there's a lot of older equipment still and this was a very helpful refresher crash course.

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Abby M. S.
4.0
3 years ago

While this class is quickly becoming outdated, as a lot of the cables mentioned are rarely or not really used at all any more, I still found this class incredibly useful! It was a good refresher for cables a knew and helped me understand cables I never knew names for. There were also several times when he showed an outdated product that made me go "OH! I remember that [thing]!" or "Oooohh that makes sense now," as I recalled times from my childhood where I wondered about a piece of technology, but the adults around me were not tech savvy enough to answer my questions. Thanks for the fun class!

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Nina G.
5.0
3 years ago

It is clear and it is extremely good the pictures that are shown during the presentation

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Anonymized U.
4.5
3 years ago

Course dealt with lot of topics and most clearly explained. Also much hands on examples and types for each technologies which was good

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Jhoan R.
5.0
4 years ago

I like the way Chet explained from the very basics until HDMI obviously the video will need an update soon because of the new usb connector type C but that doesn't take the good way to show and explain the topics.

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Jason P.
3.0
4 years ago

THIS COURSE DOES NOT COVER NETWORK CABLING, AT ALL. It does, however, cover other types of cables (DVI, HDMI, USB), which is fine as long as you understand what you are purchasing. If you are an aspiring IT Manager or PC support person, this course may help. Visuals, audio and instruction are great. Just keep looking if you want to learn about network cables, connectors, etc.

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