CONNECTIONS
CHOOSING A VCR CONNECTION
There are several different ways to connect your VCR, depending on whether or not you have cable service, and if you have a cable box, and whether some of the channels are scrambled, and maybe you have a satellite receiver along with cable (but no cable box), or a satellite receiver and no cable or...well, you get the picture.
Five connections are described in this section and one of them should provide you with a VCR connection that works.
•TV with RF jack only
•TV with audio/video jacks
•TV with audio/video jacks and cable box to unscramble pay channels only
•TV with RF jack and satellite receiver
•TV with audio/video jacks and satellite receiver
If you need to connect additional components not shown in the diagrams here (and are unsure of how to connect them), refer to the instruction manual that came with that particular component.
ADVANTAGES OF AUDIO/VIDEO CABLE
CONNECTIONS
Using a simple coaxial cable connection gives you good picture quality. If your television has audio/video jacks, I highly recommend using them to get even better picture quality and to hear stereo sound when recording and playing back videotapes. These connections give you more convenient operation by not having to share the TV’s antenna signal.
DON’T FORGET ABOUT THE AUTO TV/VCR
FEATURE
The TV/VCR switch controls whether the picture signal is coming from the VCR or the TV.
You can change the setting manually by using the TV•VCR button on the remote or you can set the Auto TV/VCR feature to ON when using only IN FROM ANTENNA and OUT TO TELEVISION jacks and OFF when using the AUDIO/VIDEO output
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