Connections & Setup, Get the Picture, What You Need, Chapter

Connections & Setup

ANTENNA/CABLE

DIGITAL INPUT

		ANTENNA/CABLE
VIDEO IN	VIDEO OUT	ANALOG INPUT

Get the Picture

The ﬁrst part of connecting your TV is to get a signal. The back panel of your TV allows you to receive analog channels by using the ANTENNA/CABLE ANALOG INPUT and digital channels by using the ANTENNA/CABLE DIGITAL INPUT. The graphic to the left shows these inputs.

Note: You may experience a delay of several seconds before digital pictures appear, both when the digital broadcast ﬁrst appears and when you change channels. This is normal. Check with your local cable company for available content.

Receiving Digital Channels

Coaxial cable

Indoor or Outdoor Antenna

What You Need

•Antenna (“rabbit ears”) or outdoor antenna with a coaxial cable. Plug the antenna or coaxial cable from the wall outlet into the ANTENNA/CABLE DIGITAL INPUT to receive free off-air local digital channels.

•Coaxial cable from a cable outlet. Plug the coaxial cable into the ANTENNA/ CABLE DIGITAL INPUT to receive your digital cable channels.

• You can use a signal splitter (shown at left) to divide the signal from one cable

or antenna source to connect to both the ANTENNA/CABLE ANALOG INPUT and ANTENNA/CABLE DIGITAL INPUT jacks on the TV. When you get to the Auto Channel Search screen in the Initial Setup, make sure you set the signal type to Both (digital and analog).

What You Need to Know

•This television is equipped with a QAM (Quadrature amplitude modulation) tuner that enables reception of unscrambled digital cable content. Check with your cable provider for information about content availability in your area.

•Visit www.antennaweb.org to get help deciding what type of antenna to use to receive the off-air local digital channels available to you. By entering where you live, this mapping program tells you what local analog and digital stations are available using a certain antenna.

•When you get to the Auto Channel Search screen in the Initial Setup, make sure you set the signal type for using a digital signal source. (You can also choose Both, digital and analog). To complete a channel search now, go to page 11.

•When you are ready to watch digital channels, make sure you are tuned to the Digital Input. Press the ANTENNA button to tune to the Digital Input. Go to page 13 for more information.

When using both of these jacks, use the ANTENNA button on the remote to toggle between the digital and analog signals.

ANTENNA button