VCR and Cable Box

Before connecting a cable box, see “Using CableCARD Device” on page 25.

Connecting the TV

Use this hookup if:

❑ Your cable TV company scrambles some channels, but not all of them

 

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

Connecting

 

box.

 

 

With this setup you can:

 

❑

Use the TV’s remote control to change channels on your cable box

 

 

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

the

 

operate your cable box, see “Programming the Remote Control” on

 

TV

 

page 44.

 

 

❑

Use the TV’s remote 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.

 

1

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

 

2

Use a coaxial cable to connect one of the splitter’s two output jacks to

 

 

the TV’s CABLE jack.

 

3

Use a coaxial cable to connect the splitter’s other output jack to the

 

 

cable box’s input jack.

 

4

Use a coaxial cable to connect the cable box’s output jack to the VCR’s

 

 

RF input jack.

 

5

Use an A/V cable to connect the cable box’s A/V output jacks to the

 

 

TV’s A/V input jacks.

 

6

Use 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 input

 

 

jacks.

 

7

Run Auto Program, as described in “Setting Up the TV Channel List”

 

 

on page 30.

 

✍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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