CATV (CABLE TV) connections
Many cable companies offer services permitting reception of extra channels including pay or subscription channels. This DVD/VCR has an extended tuning range and can be tuned to most cable channels without using a cable company supplied converter box, except for those channels which are intentionally scrambled. If you subscribe to a special channel which is scrambled, you must have a descrambler box for proper reception.
1 | DVD/VCR | VHF/UHF |
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Incoming Cable | OUT(TV) | IN(ANT) |
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ALLOWS: * Recording of nonscrambled channels.
*Use of the programmable timer.
*Recording of one channel while watching another.
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| (AT)IN | IN(ANT) |
Converter/ | DVD/VCR | TV | |
| Descrambler | OUT(TV) | |
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Cable |
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Incoming |
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ALLOWS: * Recording of channels through the converter box (scrambled and unscrambled).
*Using the programmable timer to record only the channel selected at the converter box.
PREVENTS: * Recording one channel while watching another. * Using the DVD/VCR tuner to select channels.
NOTE:
To record from converter/descrambler, DVD/VCR tuner must be tuned to the converter output channel, usually channel 3 or 4.
3 | DVD/VCR |
| VHF/UHFTV |
| (AT)IN | Converter/Descrambler | |
Incoming Cable | OUT(TV) |
| IN(ANT) |
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ALLOWS: * Recording of nonscrambled channels.
*Use of the programmable timer.
*Recording an unscrambled channel while watching any channel selected at the converter box.
PREVENTS: Recording scrambled channels.
NOTE:
If you are playing a tape or using the tuner built into the DVD/VCR, the converter must be set to the video channel output of the DVD/VCR (either 3 or 4).
NOTE: Whenever a Converter/Descrambler box is placed before the DVD/VCR, you must tune the DVD/VCR to the output of the Converter/Descrambler box, usually channel 3 or 4.
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