Connecting the TV

Cable Box

Before connecting a cable box, see “Using the CableCARD Device” on page 32.

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 36 and 37.)

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

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

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 page 34.

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 48.

 

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

Use the Channel Fix setting to set the channels for the cable box.

 

See “Accessing the Channel Settings” on page 90.

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