Setting up your TV
Connections
If you are using an indoor or outdoor antenna, follow the instructions that correspond to your antenna system. If you are using a cable TV service (CABLE), see “Cable TV connections” on page 4.
Antenna connections
Combination VHF/UHF antenna (separate VHF and UHF 300 ohm
Connect the 75 ohm cable from the combination VHF/UHF antenna to the RF IN jack.
If your combination VHF/UHF antenna has a 300 ohm
RF IN jack | RF IN jack |
75 ohm coaxial cable
Combination VHF/UHF antenna (single 75 ohm cable or 300 ohm
Connect the UHF 300 ohm
300ohm
RF IN jack
Combiner
UHF 300 ohm
VHF 300 ohm
Separate VHF/UHF antennas (75 ohm VHF cable and 300 ohm UHF
Connect the VHF 75 ohm cable and UHF 300 ohm
RF IN jack
VHF 75 ohm
Combiner
UHF 300 ohm
Cable TV connections
Your TV has an extended tuning range and can tune most cable channels without using a Cable TV converter box. Some Cable TV companies offer “premium pay channels” in which the signal is scrambled. Descrambling these signals for normal viewing requires the use of a descrambler device which is generally provided by the Cable TV company.
For subscribers to basic cable TV service.
For basic cable service not requiring a converter/ descrambler box, connect the 75 ohm coaxial cable directly to the RF IN jack on the back of your TV.
RF IN jack
75 ohm coaxial cable
For subscribers to scrambled cable TV service.
If you subscribe to a Cable TV service which requires the use of a converter/descrambler box, connect the incoming 75 ohm Coaxial Cable to the converter/descrambler box. Using another 75 ohm Coaxial Cable, connect the output jack of the converter/descrambler box to the RF IN Jack on your TV. Set your TV to the output channel of the converter/descrambler box (usually channel 3 or 4) and use the converter/ descrambler box to select channels.
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Converter/descrambler | TV |
For subscribers to unscrambled basic cable TV service with scrambled premium channels.
If you subscribe to a cable TV service in which basic channels are unscrambled and premium channels require the use of a converter/ descrambler box, you may wish to use a signal Splitter and an A/B switch box (available from the cable TV company or an electronics supply store). With the switch in the “B” position, you can directly tune any
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