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SETUP Setup SETUPSETUP SETUPSETUP
Notes on Using This Connection
To Do This ... Do This ...
Watch cable (unscrambled)
channels
Press TV/VIDEO repeatedly to select the cable input (UHF/VHF in the
illustration).
Watch cable box (scrambled)
channels
Turn on the VCR and tune it to the channel the cable box is set to (usually
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
to operate the cable box or
VCR
If you have a non-Sony VCR, you must program the remote control. See
Programming the Remote Control on pages43-44.
Activate the remote control to
operate the cable box or VCR
For the cable box, press SAT/CABLE FUNCTION. For the VCR, set the A/V s lide
switch to the position you programmed for the VCR. Then press VCR/DVD
FUNCTION.
Control specific cable box and
VCR functions with the TV
remote control
See Operating a Cable Box on page59 and Operatin g a VCR on page 58.
Label video inputs to easily
identify equipment connected
to the TV
See the instructions for setting up Video Labels on pages 72-73.
CATV
Coaxial
cable
A/V cable
cable
Splitter
(not supplied)
Coaxial
cable
TV
Cable box
VCR
Cables are often
color-coded to connectors.
Connect red to red,
white to white, etc.