CONNECTIONS
Choosing a VCR Connection
There are several different ways to hook up your VCR, depending on whether or not you have cable, and if you have cable, whether you have a cable box, and if some of the channels are scrambled and...well, you get the picture.
Three connections are described in this section and one of them should provide you with a VCR hookup that works.
•TV with RF jack only
•TV with audio/video jacks
•TV with audio/video jacks and cable box to unscramble pay channels only
If you need to hook up additional components not shown in the diagrams here (and are unsure of how to connect them), refer to the instruction manual that came with that particular component.
Advantages of Audio/Video Cable Connections
Using a simple coaxial cable connection gives you good picture quality. If your television has audio/video jacks, I highly recommend using them to get better picture and sound quality when recording and playing back videotapes. These connections give you more convenient operation by not having to share the TV’s antenna signal.
Don’t Forget About the Auto TV/VCR Feature
The TV/VCR switch controls whether the picture signal is coming from the VCR or the TV.
Set the Auto TV/VCR feature to ON when using only ANT.IN and RF OUT jacks and OFF when using the AUDIO and VIDEO OUT
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