TV

 

 

 

 

Splitter

 

 

(not supplied)

 

Coaxial

CATV

 

cable

 

 

cable

 

 

Cable box

 

Coaxial

 

 

cable

 

 

VCR

 

 

 

Cables are often

 

 

color-coded to connectors.

 

 

Connect red to red,

 

 

white to white, etc.

A/V cable

 

 

Notes on Using This Connection

 

 

To Do This ...

Do This ...

 

Watch cable (unscrambled)

Press TV/VIDEO repeatedly to select the cable input (UHF/VHF in the

channels

illustration).

 

Watch cable box (scrambled)

Turn on the VCR and tune it to the channel the cable box is set to (usually

channels

channel 3 or 4). Press TV/VIDEO repeatedly to select the VCR input (VIDEO 1

 

in the illustration). Use the cable box to change channels.

Watch the VCR

Press TV/VIDEO repeatedly to select the VCR input (VIDEO 1 in the

 

illustration).

 

Set up the TV remote control

If you have a non-Sony VCR, you must program the remote control. See

to operate the cable box or

“Programming the Remote Control” on pages 51-52.

VCR

 

 

Activate the remote control to

For the cable box, press SAT/CABLE FUNCTION. For the VCR, open the outside

operate the cable box or VCR

cover, as shown on page 50. Then set the A/V slide switch to the position

 

you programmed for the VCR.

 

Control specific cable box and

See “Operating a Cable Box” on page 54 and “Operating a VCR” on page 53.

VCR functions with the TV

 

 

remote control

 

 

Label video inputs to easily

See the instructions for setting up Video Labels on pages 83-84.

identify equipment connected

 

 

to the TV

 

 

Setup

SETUP

SETUP

SETUP

SETUP

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