Chapter 2
Receiver Description and Installation
19.You may need to change the cable connection on the splitter that sends the TV signal throughout your house. The change that needs to be made is move the cable coming from the receiver CH
The following figure shows an example of what your splitter may look like. Your splitter may look different. The places where the splitter indicates OUT refers to all TVs connected to your cable system. The places where the splitter indicates IN refers to where the signal is fed into the splitter.
1 Input, 4 Output (4-Way) Splitter
20.Find where the TV signal is distributed throughout your house. It should be near where the cable TV service enters the house.
21.Disconnect the cable TV service cable or antenna cable from the splitter input, if necessary. Make sure the disconnected cable is capped or otherwise protected from the weather.
22.Disconnect the cable coming from the receiver CH
23.If you have multiple TVs on the cable system, do the following to determine which cable on the splitter is coming from the receiver:
•If you have at least some picture on your TV(s), turn on all remote TVs connected to the cable system. Disconnect and reconnect each cable one by one observing what happens to the TV(s). When all remote TVs lose the signal, you have disconnected the receiver’s cable. If only some or one TV loses the signal, then you have disconnected a cable from the TV(s).
•If the above step does not work, disconnect one of the output cables and connect to the splitter input. If you do not see a picture, connect the cable back to its output. Repeat this step on every connection until you get a picture on the remote TV(s).
24.Reconnect the receiver’s cable to the input of the splitter.
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