RCA VPT 385 owner manual Cable Connections

Cable-

TV

Connections

(continued)

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you

use

these

connections

the

A*B switch

is

as

a "remote-controlled

converter

box"

when you are

used

to select either

the converter

output or

the VCR

not recording,

as

explained below

the

diagram.

output. This arrangement will let you use your VCR

G) Disconnect Cable-TV from converter.

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Connect

splitter

to

converter.

(_) Connect

VCR to A-B switch.

(_) Disconnect TV

from converter cable.

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Connect

splitter

to

VCR.

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Connect

A-B switch to TV.

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Use "A" Position of A-BSwitch For:

•Viewing any cable-TV channel while you record some other channel with the VCR.

•Viewing all scrambled channels.

•Viewing cable channels when the VCR is turned off. (Cable channels 2 through 13 can also be viewed with the VCR turned off and the A-B switch set to position "B.")

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Use "B" Position of A-B Switch For:.

•Playing a recording.

•Viewing a nonscrambled channel at the same time you are recording it (channel selected with the VCR tuner).

Note: When you set the A-B switch to "B," tune your TV to the same channel that you have selected on the back of your VCR (3 or 4). This is called the "VCR channel" throughout this manual.

D, This

system

requires

two

"converter

boxes"

from

the

converter

boxes,

both

for recording

and normal

your

cable-TV

company,

and there may

be

an

TV

viewing.

additional charge. All channels must be selected with

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Disconnect

Cable-TV

from

converter.

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splitter to each

of the

converters.C)

Connect

VCR

to A-B switch.

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Disconnect

TV

from

converter cable.

(_) Connect

one converter

to A-B

switch.

(_) Connect

A-B

switch to TV.

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input

of splitter.

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other

converter

to VCR.

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Position of A-B Switch

For:

Use "B"

Position of

A-B

Switch

For:

•

Viewing

any

cable-TV

channel

while you record

some

•

Playing

a recording.

other channel

with the

VCR.

•

Viewing

any

channel

at the same

time

you

are recording

•

Viewing

any cable-TV

channel when your VCR is turned

it. Select

the

channel

with

the converter

that

is connected

off.

to the VCR, and tune the VCR to the

output channel of

the converter (usually 3 or 4).

Note: When you set the A-Bswitch to "B," tune your TV to the same channel that you have selected on the back of your VCP, (3 or 4). This is called the "VCR channel" throughout this manual.