Basic Connections: Connecting a Cable or Antenna

Cable or Antenna Only

The way in which you will connect your TV varies, depending on how your home receives a signal (cable, cable box, antenna) and whether or not you plan to connect a VCR.

For best results, use one of the following connections if you are connecting a cable or an antenna and you:

❑Do not need a cable box to unscramble channels. (If you have a cable box, see page 6.)

❑Do not intend to connect a VCR. (If you have a VCR, see pages 8 and 9.)

The connection you choose depends on the cable type you have in your home, as described below.

Setup

75-ohm coaxial cable

Cable Type Connect As Shown

VHF Only or

75-ohm

TV

VHF/UHF or

 

Cable

coaxial

 

cable

VHF/UHF

 

 

 

300-ohm twin lead cable

 

Cable Type

Connect As Shown

 

VHF Only or

300-ohm twin

 

UHF Only or

lead cable

TV

combined

 

 

VHF/UHF

 

VHF/UHF

 

Antenna connector

 

 

(not supplied)

 

75-ohm coaxial and 300-ohm twin lead cable

 

Cable Type

Connect As Shown

 

VHF and UHF

75-ohm

 

 

coaxial cable

 

TV

U/V mixer VHF/UHF (not supplied)

300-ohm twin lead cable

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