Installing the TV
Connecting a VCR and Cable Box
Use this hookup if:
❑Your cable TV company scrambles some channels, but not all of them (pay channels vs. regular cable channels), so you need to use a cable box, and
❑You want to use the Twin View feature.
With this setup you can:
❑Use the TV remote control to change channels using your cable box when the signal is scrambled.
❑Use the TV remote control to change channels using your TV when the signal is not scrambled. (Your TV’s tuner provides a better signal than the cable box.)
❑Use the Twin View feature.
❑Record both regular CATV and scrambled channels.
To connect a cable box and a VCR, you will need:
❑A small, inexpensive device known as a splitter.
❑Three coaxial cables.
❑Either a combination audio/video cable, or an S VIDEO cable and audio cables.
1Connect the CATV cable to the single (input) jack of the splitter.
2Use a coaxial cable to connect one of the two output jacks of the splitter to the TV’s VHF/UHF jack.
3Use a coaxial cable to connect the other output jack of the splitter to the input jack of the cable box.
4Use a coaxial cable to connect the output jack of the cable box to the input jack of the VCR.
5Use the video line (yellow) of a combination audio/video (A/V) cable to connect the video output jack of the VCR to the video input jack of the TV.
✍If your VCR has an S VIDEO jack, you can substitute an S VIDEO cable for the video line of an A/V cable. The S VIDEO cable will provide improved video signal quality. (You will need audio cables for sound.)
Connect the left (white) and right (red) audio output channels of the VCR to the respective input channels on the TV.
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