Sylvania DVC860E owner manual Hint for Cable Box or Satellite Box, Connection to an Audio System

Hint for Cable Box or Satellite Box

Setup

Connection A			(Back of DVD/VCR)
(Cable box or
Satellite box)		ANT-IN
IN	OUT	ANT-OUT	RF Cable	E
Cable
			(supplied)

Signal (Back of TV)

Select this connection when you want to view or record a scram- bled channel. With this connection, channels cannot be changed on the DVD/VCR. You can view or record ONLY the channels you have selected on the cable box or the satellite box.

•While you are recording, only the recorded channel can be viewed.

To select channels of the cable box or satellite box

1)Turn on the DVD/VCR by pressing the POWER button, and then, press the VCR/TV button.The “POWER” and “VCR” indi- cators on the front panel will light on. Then, press the CHAN-

NEL buttons to select channel 3 or 4 (the same channel as the output channel of the cable b ox or satellite box).

• If you use the channel 4, you need to change the DVD/VCR’s RF output to channel 4. Refer to “RF Output Channel”.

2)At the TV, select channel 3 or 4 (the same channel as you have selected at step 1).

3)At the cable box or satellite box, select the channel you want to

view or record.

Connection B	(Back of DVD/VCR)
	ANT-IN	(Cable box or
Cable	ANT-OUT	Satellite box)		E
Signal		IN	OUT
RF Cable (supplied)			RF Cable	(Back of TV)

Select this connection when you want to change channels on the DVD/VCR. With this connection, you may watch one channel while recording another.

• You may not view or record a scrambled channel.

To select channels of the cable box or satellite box

1)At the cable box or satellite box, select channel 3 or 4 (the same channel as the DVD/VCR’s RF output channel.)

• Refer to “RF Output Channel”.

2)At the TV, select the same channel as the output channel (3 or 4) of the cable box or satellite box.

3)Turn on the DVD/VCR by pressing the POWER button, and then, press the VCR/TV button. The “POWER” and “VCR” indi- cators on the front panel will light on. Then, select the channel you want to view or record.

To play back a tape

Follow the steps 1) to 2) above. Then, play back a tape.

• Refer to “Playback” on page 11.

To view one channel while recording another

1)While you are recording on the DVD/VCR, press the VCR/TV but- ton so that the “VCR” indicator disappears on the DVD/VCR.

2)At the cable box or satellite box, select the channel you want to view.

Connection to an Audio System

Method 1

Stereo system

Analog audio input jacks

RL

AUDIO

Audio cable

(supplied)

DVD/VCR	VCR
AUDIO OUT	AUDIO IN
L	L
R	R
VIDEO OUT	VIDEO IN
DVD/VCR

Method 2

Dolby Digital decoder

COAXIAL

		Digital audio
		input jacks
Audio Coaxial
Digital cable
(commercially
available)
	DVD
DIGITAL	AUDIO	S-VIDEOCOMPONENT
AUDIO OUT	OUT	OUT	VIDEO OUT
			Y
	L
			CB/
COAXIAL			PB
DIGITAL	R
			CR/

(Analog)		DVD
	DIGITAL	AUDIO S-VIDEO	COMPONENT
			VIDEO OUT
AUDIO OUT	AUDIO OUT	OUT OUT	Y

L

	CB/
COAXIAL	PB
	R
	CR/

PR

WARNING!

AUDIO OUT

Note

PR

Set “DOLBY DIGITAL” to “OFF” on the AUDIO menu (refer to pages 20-21.) Otherwise, you may generate noise distortion and/or damage the speakers.

•Set “DOLBY DIGITAL” to “ON” on the AUDIO menu for Dolby Digital sounds (refer to pages 20-21.)

•The audio source in a 5.1 channel Dolby Digital surround format cannot be recorded in the same format by an MD or DAT deck.

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