8 Hookups With a Cable Box/DSS Receiver
This connection allows you to view any channel. After you connect the Cable Box/DSS Receiver, VCR, and TV as shown below, the features described on this page will be available.
1.Connect a Cable signal to the IN Jack on the Cable Box/DSS Receiver.
IN
OUT 
CABLE
BOX IN OUT ANT.IN
R 
AUDIO
L
RF OUT
VIDEO
CH3 CH4
2. Use an RF coaxial cable (supplied) to connect the OUT Jack on the Cable Box/DSS Receiver to the ANT(enna) IN Jack on the VCR.
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ANTENNA IN Jack
Back of TV (example only)
Recording or Viewing a Scrambled or Unscrambled Channel
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With the VCR on and in VCR position (the VCR light will appear on the display panel), use the CHANNEL Up/Down buttons to set the VCR to the Cable Box/DSS Receiver output channel (03 or
04). Set the CH3/CH4 switch on the back of the VCR to the same channel.
2
Set the TV to the same output channel.
3
Use the CHANNEL Up/Down buttons at the Cable Box/DSS Receiver to select the channel you want to watch or record.
Watching TV With the VCR Turned Off
1
Use the CHANNEL Up/Down buttons at the TV to set the TV to the Cable Box/DSS Receiver output channel (03 or 04).
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Use the CHANNEL Up/Down buttons at the Cable Box/DSS Receiver to select the channel you want to watch.
Timer Recordings
With this connection, you may set a timer recording as described on pages 34 - 36. However, remember the following:
•Only program a timer recording for one channel at a time.
•Set the TV and the VCR to the Cable Box/DSS Receiver output channel (03 or 04).
•When you are prompted to enter the channel you want to record, select channel 03 or 04 (the Cable Box/DSS Receiver out- put channel). This is step 5 on page 35.
•Set your Cable Box/DSS Receiver to the channel you want to record.
•Leave the Cable Box/DSS Receiver on while recording.
Helpful Hints
•With this hookup, select channels at the Cable Box/DSS Receiver.
•If your Cable Box/DSS Receiver has VIDEO/AUDIO OUT Jacks, use video and audio cables to connect these jacks to the VIDEO/AUDIO IN Jacks on the VCR.
•You can not view a channel other than the one you are recording. (The instructions on page 33 do not work with this hookup.)
•You cannot program channels with this hookup (as discussed on page 12).
