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

 

 

IN

 

(ANT.)

 

Incoming Cable

OUT (TV)

ALLOWS: * Recording of nonscrambled channels.

*Use of the programmable timer.

*Recording of one channel while watching another.

2

DVD/VCR

Converter/

 

Descrambler

 

IN

 

(ANT.)

Incoming

 

Cable

OUT

 

(TV)

TV

VHF/UHF IN (ANT)

TV

VHF/UHF IN (ANT)

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

 

 

 

TV

 

IN

Converter/Descrambler

VHF/UHF

Incoming Cable

(ANT.)

 

 

 

 

IN (ANT)

 

OUT

 

 

 

(TV)

 

 

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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JVC HR-XVC1UJ manual Catv Cable TV connections, Incoming Cable, Converter/Descrambler

HR-XVC1UJ specifications

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