Sony KD-30XS955, KD-32XS945, KD-34SX955, KD-36SX955 manual Cable Box Only

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Cable Box Only

Before connecting a cable box, see “About Using CableCARD” on page 16.

For best results, use this connection if:

❑Your cable company scrambles all channels, which requires you to use a cable box.

❑You do not have a VCR. (If you have a VCR, see pages 23 and 24.)

With this connection you can:

Setup

SETUP

❑Use the TV remote control to change channels coming through the cable box to the TV’s VHF/UHF jack. (You must first program the remote control for your specific cable box.)

To connect the cable box

1Connect the CATV cable to the cable box’s input jack.

2Use a coaxial cable to connect the cable box’s output jack to the TV’s VHF/UHF jack.

	CATV	Coaxial cable	VHF/UHF	TV
	cable
	1	2
	IN	OUT
	Cable box
	3 Run Auto Program, as described in “Setting Up the Channel List”
	on page 43.
Notes on Using This Connection
To Do This ...	Do This ...
Use the cable box	Tune the TV to the channel the cable box is set to (usually channel 3 or 4)
	and then use the cable box to switch channels.
Set up the TV remote control	Program the remote control. See “Programming the Remote Control” on
to operate the cable box	pages 49.
Activate the remote control to	Press SAT/CABLE FUNCTION.
operate the cable box

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