Samsung SIR-TS160 Jacks and cables, Protect your components from overheating, Avoid cable damage

Chapter 3: Setting up and connecting

Protect your components from overheating

•Do not block ventilation holes in the top of the DIRECTV® High-Definition Receiver, or any other components. Make sure to position the components so that air can circulate freely.

•If you are positioning the components in a stand or rack, make sure to allow for proper ventilation.

•Do not stack components.

•If you have a stereo amplifier or receiver as a system component, please place it on the top shelf or top rack so that hot air rising from it will not flow around other components.

Make strong connections

•Make sure you securely connect cables when making connections. When a tight fit makes a secure connection difficult, you can sometimes make it easier by gently twisting the cable-end while pushing it onto the jack. (Important: never twist S-Video or Optical Digital Audio cables — they have specially shaped ends that must be correctly oriented before connecting.)

Avoid cable damage

•Never kink, bend, or twist optical digital audio cables; doing so might break the fragile optical fibers they contain, rendering them unable to carry a signal.

Jacks and cables

The illustrations in this section show the various types of jacks and cables used to connect your DIRECTV HD Receiver.

RF jacks and coaxial cable

The TV OUT RF jack on the DIRECTV HD Receiver uses a coaxial cable to connect to your TV or VCR. This jack provides monaural sound and a good TV picture. An RF jack is also used for standard analog (NTSC) and digital (ATSC) TV antenna connection (AIR IN), for a cable TV service connection (CABLE IN), and using an RG-6 coaxial cable, for the satellite dish (SATELLITE IN) input connection.

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