Choosing a VCR Connection

Thereare severaldifferentways to connectyour VCR, dependingon whether or not you havecableservice,if you havea cablebox to seethis service,whethersome of the cablechannelsare scrambled,and so on .

Threeconnectionsare describedin this sectionand one of them shouldprovideyou with a VCRconnectionthat works.

. TV with RFjack only

. TV with audio/videojacks

. TV with audio/videojacksand cablebox to unscramble pay channelsonly

lf you needto connectadditionalcomponentsnot shown in the diagramshere(andare unsureof how to connect them),referto the instructionmanualthat camewith that particularcomponent .

Advantages of Audio/Video Connections

Usinga simplecoaxialcableconnectiongivesyou good picturequality .lf your televisionhas audio/videojacks,I highly recommendusingthem to get even betterpicture qualityand stereosoundwhen recordingand playingback videotapes.Theseconnectionsgive you more convenient operationby not havingto sharethe TV'santennasignal .

Don'tForget About the Auto TV/VCR Feature

The TV/]/CRswitchcontrolswhetherthe picturesignalis coming from the VCRor the TV.

Set the Auto TV/CRfeatureto ON when you use only the RF ANT,lN and OUT TO TV connectionsand OFFwhen usingthe AUDIO^/IDEOOUTjacks-soyour TV signalis not interrupted when the VCRis turnedon.

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