Philips DVDR3435V/37 Connection to a TV cont’d, Connection to a cable box or satellite box

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After you have completed connections

•Switch the input selector on your TV to an appropriate external input channel (usually near channel 0). Press a button on the TV’s original remote control that selects an external input channel until the DVD recorder’s picture appears. Check your TV owner’s manual for details.

Input Mode Names for Common TV Brands (Example)

Admiral	AUX	Panasonic	TV/VIDEO
Curtis Mathis	LINE1, LINE2, 00, 90, 91, 92, 93	RCA	INPUT, TV/VCR, 00, 90, 91, 92, 93
GE	INPUT, TV/VCR, 00, 90, 91, 92, 93	Samsung	TV/VIDEO
Hitachi	INPUT, AUX	Sanyo	VIDEO
JVC	VIDEO, VIDEO 1, VIDEO 2, VIDEO 3	Sharp	00
Kenwood	AUX	Sony	VIDEO1, VIDEO2, VIDEO3
LXI-Series	00	Toshiba	TV/GAME
Magnavox	AUX CHANNEL	Zenith	00

To set progressive scan mode, refer to page 90

•This unit is compatible with the Progressive Scan System. The feature provides you with the higher definition images than the traditional output system does. To utilize this feature, you must set Progressive Scan mode to “ON”.

Connection to a cable box or satellite box

(Cable box or

DVD/VCR

(Back of this unit)

Satellite box)

Cable TV signal

IN OUT

ANT-IN

RF cable E

ANT-OUT

(supplied)

(Back of TV)

This connection allows you to view or record a scrambled channel. With this connection, channels cannot be changed on this unit. You can view or record ONLY the channels you have selected on the cable box or the satellite box.

•While you are recording, only the recorded channel can be viewed.

•If you use the VCR Plus+ programming system, set the Cable/TV channel to 03 or 04 (Cable Box/DBS output channel) for every VCR Plus+channel in the Channel Line-Up Chart.You must set the Cable Box/DBS to the channel you want to record; leave the Cable Box/DBS on for the timer recording. (Refer to page 22.)

To select channels of the cable box or satellite box

1) Turn on this unit by pressing []. The “POWER” indicator on the front panel will appear. Then, press [CH +/-]to select channel 3 or 4 (the same channel as the output channel of the cable box or satellite box).

•If noise appears on the TV screen, press [TV/VIDEO] on the remote control.

•If you use the channel 4, you will need to change this unit’s RF output to channel 4. Refer to “RF output switch” on page 100.

2)At the TV, select channel 3 or 4 (the same channel as you have selected at step 1).

3)At the cable box or satellite box, select the channel you want to view or record.

Note to the Cable TV System Installer :

This reminder is provided to call the Cable TV system installer’s attention to Article 820-40 of the National Electrical Code, which provides guidelines for proper grounding - in particular, specifying that the cable ground shall be connected to the grounding system of the building, as close to the point of cable entry as possible.

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