TV

 

 

 

 

 

Splitter

 

 

 

(not supplied)

 

Coaxial

 

CATV

 

cable

 

 

 

 

cable

 

 

 

If you are connecting a

 

 

Cable box

digital cable box, you will

 

 

need a special

 

 

 

 

 

 

bi-directional splitter

 

 

 

designed to work with

 

 

 

your 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 47-48.

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 46. 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 59 and “Operating a VCR” on page 58.

VCR functions with the TV

 

 

 

remote control

 

 

 

Label video inputs to easily

See the instructions for setting up Video Labels on page 90.

identify equipment connected

 

 

 

to the TV

 

 

 

Setup

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SETUP

SETUP

SETUP

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