Connecting the TV

Cable Box

Before connecting a cable

box, see “Using

CableCARD Device” on

page 30.

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 34 and 35.)

With this connection you can:

❑Use the TV’s remote control to change channels coming through the cable box to the TV’s VHF/UHF input jack. (You must first program the remote control for your specific cable box.)

To connect the cable box

1 Connect the CATV cable to the cable box’s input jack.

2 Use a coaxial cable to connect the cable box’s output jack to the TV’s VHF/UHF input jack.

3 Run Auto Program, as described in “Setting Up the Channel List” on pages 32.

CATV cable

Coaxial cable

VHF/UHF

Rear of TV

IN

OUT

Cable box

Notes on Using This Connection

To do this...

Do This ...

Use the cable box

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.

 

 

Set up the TV remote control to operate the cable

Program the remote control. See “Programming the Remote

box

Control” on page 47.

 

 

Activate the remote control to operate the cable

Press SAT/CABLE (FUNCTION) once, and the SAT/CABLE

box

indicator lights up.

 

 

Prevent the accidental switching of TV channels

When using the cable box, ensure that the TV remains tuned to the

 

channel that the cable box is set to (usually channel 3 or 4).

 

 

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