RCA 390 owner manual Cable-TV Connections, I,.u...EolI, o,scoNNEcT, coNvERTEnBox, Bac O. Tv, Iiiii

Your VCR is designed to receive unscrambled cable channels 2 through 48 plus 98 and 99 without a "con- verter box." (These channels are sometimes designated 2 through 13, A through W, W+I through W+12, and A-2and A-1.)There are several ways to hook up your VCR and TV, depending on the type of TV you have, the cable channels you receive, and whether or not some of the

cable channels must be "unscrambled." One of the five

methods shown on this page and the next will likely fit your requirements. You may want to change from one hookup to another, depending on what you want to do with your VCR.

Note: If you wish to also record one or more local UHF

channels that your Cable-TV system does not offer, first follow the appropriate cable-TV connection instructions

Cable-TV Connections

IF YOUR TV IS:	AND YOUR CABLE-TV			THEN USE
	SYSTEM	HAS:		DIAGRAM(S):
cable-compatible	no scrambled		channels	A
	some or all		channels
				D
	scrambled
not	no scrambled		channets	B orC
cable-compatible	some or	all channels		D
	scrambled

described below, then connect

VCR as described in the Connections".

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your UHF antenna to your section titled "Antenna

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When you use this set of connections, keep your TV tuned to the channel you have been using (usually chan- nel 3 or 4) and use the converter box as you always have for normal TV viewing and for viewing some other chan- nel while you are recording.

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When you want to view the channel you are recording, or when you play the VCR, tune the "converter box" to the same channel that you have set the channel switch on the back of the VCR, either channel 3 or 4 (This is called the "VCR channel" throughout the operating instructions in this manual.)

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