RCA VPT 385 owner manual Cable- TV Connections, Your CABLE-TV

Cable- TV Connections

Your VCR is designed to receive unscrambled cable

channels 1 through 48 plus 98 and 99 without a

"converter box". (These channels are sometimes designated 2 through 13, A through W, W+ 1 through W+I2, A-2, A-I and A-8.)

IF YOUR	AND YOUR CABLE-TV		THEN USE
"IV IS:	SYSTEM HAS:		DIAGRAM(S):
	no scrambled	channels	A
cable-compatible	some or all	channels	D
	scrambled
not	no scrambled	channels	BorC

The manner in which you interconnect your VCR and TV with a cable-TV system is dependent primarily on

(a) whether your TV is cable-compatible and (b) whether

any channels on your cable-TV system are scrambled. Use the Selection Chart at the left to determine which

one of the following four Cable-TV connection diagrams (A-D) you should use.

Note: If you wish to also record one or more local UHF channels that your Cable-TV system does not offer, first follow the appropriate cable-TV connection instructions described below, then connect your UHF antenna to your VCR as described in the section titled "'Antenna Connections".

cable-compatible	some or all channels	D
	scrambled

A*	DISCONNECT		CABLE	FROM	"IV.					CONNECT	CABLE TO
							FROM			_::_,,
							SYSTEM	---
							CABLE TV
	FROM										'
	CABLE
	TV
	SYSTEM
.....				CABLE.READY
				TV	SET
			DISCONNECT		F_OM	I				.,.e__o.,_s.
				YOUR TV		[	NO
							UHF
						I
							CONNECTIONS			BACK OF VCR
						I
B.	DISCONNECT		CABLE	I	CONNECT		CABLE		TO VCR.
				"IV '				TV			CONNEC]"
	FROM	CONVERTER
				FROM						FCZ;
				_%_-_\
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	CABLE
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	SYSTEM	CONVERTER

RF CABLE

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DISCONNECT

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CONVERTER

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	I

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CONVERTER BOX

When you use this set of connections, keep your TV tuned to the channel you have been using (usually channel 3 or 4) and use the converter box as you always have for normal TV viewing and for viewing some other channel while you are recording.

When you want to view the channel you are recording, or when you play the VCR, tune the "'converter box" to the same channel that you have set the channel switch on the back of the VCR, either channel 3 or 4. (This is called the "VCR channel" throughout the operating instructions in this manual.)

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