Connecting Your Satellite Receiver

Advanced Connection: Connecting Your VCR

Satellite Receiver

1c

 

 

1a

If your TV and VCR have A/V jacks

 

 

 

1a

 

 

 

 

Connect the VIDEO OUT jacks of your Satellite

 

 

 

 

Receiver to the A/V input jacks of your VCR

 

 

 

 

using the supplied A/V cable. Then, connect

 

 

 

 

the A/V output jacks of your VCR to the A/V

 

1b

 

input jacks of your TV using an A/V cable. (Be

 

 

sure to match the colors on the jacks with the

 

 

 

VCR

colored plugs on the A/V cable.) Some TVs

 

 

 

and VCRs do not have stereo audio, if yours

IN

 

IN

 

does not, just connect the white A/V cable to

 

 

LINE

 

the Left output jack.

 

 

LINE

AUDIO

 

 

S VIDEO VIDEO

 

OUT

OUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

1b If your TV and VCR have S-Video jacks

Use an S-Video cable instead of the yellow video connection. S-Video cable is supplied.

zTip

To allow your Satellite Receiver to control the recording functions of your VCR, see page 14.

1c If your TV and VCR do not have A/V jacks

Connect the VHF(SAT)/UHF OUT jack on the Satellite Receiver to the VHF/UHF input jack on your VCR using coaxial cable.

Then, connect the VHF/UHF output jack on your VCR to the VHF/UHF input jack on your TV using a second coaxial cable.

Set the CH3/CH4 switch to the channel that does not carry off-air broadcasts in your area.

Note

With this connection, your input source is channel 3 or channel 4 depending on how you set the CH3/CH4 switch on your VCR.

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