VCR and Cable Box

Use

this

hookup

if:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[]

Your

cable TV

company scrambles some

channels,

but not all

of theln

 

 

(pay channels vs. regular cable channels) and you need to use a cable

 

 

box.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With

tiffs connection

you

can:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[]

Use

the TV's

remote

control

to change

channels

on

your

cable

box

 

 

when the signal is scralnbled. To program your Sony remote control to

 

 

operate your

cable box, see

"Programming

tile Remote Control" on

 

 

page

41.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[]

Use

the TV's

relnote

control

to change

channels

on

your

TV when the

 

 

signal is not scrambled. Your TV's tuner provides a better picture

 

 

quality than the output of your cable box.

 

 

 

 

 

Disconnect all power sources before making any connections.

tConnect the CATV cable to the single (input) jack of the splitter.

2Use a coaxial cable to connect one of the output jack of the splitter to the TV's CABLE jack.

3Use a coaxial cable to connect the splitter's other output jack to the cable box's input jack.

4Use a coaxial cable to connect the cable box's output jack to the VCR's RF input jack.

5Use an A/V cable to connect the cable box's A/V output jacks to the TV's A/V input jacks.

6Use an A/V and S VIDEO cables to connect the VCR's AUDIO and S VIDEO OUT jacks to the TV's AUDIO and S VIDEO IN jacks.

!_ If your VCR is not equipped with S VIDEO, use a VIDEO cable

(yellow) instead of the S VIDEO cable.

7' Run Initial Setup, as described in "Setting Up the Channel List" on page 28.

_ To view scrambled Channels' tune the TV to the channel the Cable

box is set to (usually channel 3 or 4) and then use the cable box to switch channels.

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Sony KDF-55E2000, KDF-50E2000 manual VCR and Cable Box

KDF-55E2000, KDF-50E2000 specifications

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