Radio Shack U-75R owner manual Connecting to Your TV/VCR Routing the Cable to Your TV/VCR

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6.Wrap each lead of the twin-lead cable around one of the VHF antenna’s lead-in terminals (on both sides of the boom).

Twin-Lead Cable to UHF Antenna

VHF Antenna’s

Lead-In Terminal

Flat Washers

Large Wing

Nuts

7.Replace the spade terminals (if removed in Step 5), flat washers, and large wing nuts.

Note: In some locations, you might need to use an indoor/out- door 300-ohm splitter/combiner (available at your local Ra- dioShack store) to receive a satisfactory picture on your TV.

CONNECTING TO YOUR TV/VCR

ROUTING THE CABLE TO YOUR TV/VCR

If you use coaxial cable:

•Use plastic tape or mast standoff insulators to secure the coaxial cable to the mast at about 3-foot intervals. Continue down the roof and the side of the house using roof and wall standoff insulators.

•Use coaxial cable nail-in clips every few feet to secure the cable between the mast and where the cable enters the house.

•Use a 75-ohm grounding block at the point where the coax- ial cable enters the house. Read the Consumer Product Safety Commission sheet for grounding instructions.

•Use a wall-through lead-in tube (not supplied) to neatly route the coaxial cable through walls.

If you use twin-lead cable:

•Be sure the twin-lead cable remains at least 4 inches away from all metal surfaces.

•Use standoff insulators about every 4 feet. Twist the twin- lead cable about three turns between standoff insulators.

•Read the separate Consumer Product Safety Commission sheet for grounding instructions.

Connect the antenna’s lead-in cable to your TV/VCR’s antenna terminals according to the type of cable you used. RadioShack car- ries a variety of matching transformers, if one of these suits your needs. Below are some sample connections.

Make connections as described if you have:		Connect to TV/VCR’s
•	Coaxial antenna lead-in	300-Ohm Screw Terminals
•	Twin-lead TV/VCR antenna terminals

RadioShack
Indoor/Outdoor
Matching Transformer
Cat. No. 15-1140	Connect
	Coaxial Lead-In
	from Antenna

Make connections as described if you have: Connect to TV/VCR’s

•	Coaxial antenna lead-in	75-Ohm F-Connector
•	Coaxial TV/VCR antenna terminal

Coaxial Lead-In from Antenna

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