8 Hooking Up the TV/VCR/DVD

1 Hook up your TV/VCR/DVD using one of the connections shown.

AHooking Up Your TV/VCR/DVD

with a Cable TV Signal or

Outdoor Antenna

Connect a Cable TV signal or an antenna to the ANT(enna) Jack.

ANT.

ANT.

B Hooking Up Your TV/VCR/DVD with a Cable Box/Satellite Receiver

To view any channel, set the TV/VCR/DVD to the output channel (channel 03 or 04) of the Cable Box/Satellite Receiver. Then, select chan- nels at the Cable Box/Satellite Receiver.

ANT.

Connect the Cable TV or Satellite signal to the IN Jack on the Cable Box/Satellite Receiver.

OUTIN

Connect an RF coaxial cable (not supplied) to the OUT Jack on the Cable Box/ Satellite Receiver and to the ANT(enna) Jack on the TV/VCR/DVD.

ANT.

Your Cable Box/Satellite Receiver may have Audio and Video Out jacks instead of the single Antenna Out jack (RF coaxial or 75 ohm) shown here.

If so, connect Audio and Video cables to the Audio/Video Out jacks of the Cable Box/Satellite Receiver and to the AUDIO/VIDEO In jacks on the front of the TV/VCR/DVD.

Set the TV/VCR/DVD to AUX (channel 00), not channel 3 or 4. Select channels you want to watch or record at the Cable Box/Satellite Receiver as usual, leaving the TV/VCR/DVD on AUX.

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Magnavox 27MDTR10S owner manual Hooking Up the TV/VCR/DVD

27MDTR10S specifications

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