Cable Box Only
Before connecting a cable box, see “About Using CableCARD” on page 16.
For best results, use this connection if:
❑Your cable company scrambles all channels, which requires you to use a cable box.
❑You do not have a VCR. (If you have a VCR, see pages 23 and 24.)
With this connection you can:
Setup
SETUP
❑Use the TV remote control to change channels coming through the cable box to the TV’s VHF/UHF jack. (You must first program the remote control for your specific cable box.)
To connect the cable box
1Connect the CATV cable to the cable box’s input jack.
2Use a coaxial cable to connect the cable box’s output jack to the TV’s VHF/UHF jack.
| CATV | Coaxial cable | VHF/UHF | TV |
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| 3 Run Auto Program, as described in “Setting Up the Channel List” | |||
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Notes on Using This Connection |
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Use the cable box | Tune the TV to the channel the cable box is set to (usually channel 3 or 4) | |||
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Set up the TV remote control | Program the remote control. See “Programming the Remote Control” on | |||
to operate the cable box | pages 49. |
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Activate the remote control to | Press SAT/CABLE FUNCTION. |
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operate the cable box |
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