Hookup 5

DSS (Digital Satellite System) receiver

Recommended use

Use this hookup if you have a DSS receiver. It allows the VCR’s cable box control feature to control the channel on the DSS receiver, simplifying the recording process. A list of compatible DSS receivers is on page 37.

DSS (Digital Satellite System) is a satellite broadcast that provides superior digital-quality video and crisp digital-quality audio. A variety of program packages are available through your program providers. It also has program guides that are sorted by program categories.

What you can do with this hookup

•Record any channels using the VCR’s cable box control feature to select channels on the DSS receiver.

What you can’t do

•Record with the DSS receiver turned off

•Record any channels from cable or an antenna (To record channels from cable or an antenna, turn off the cable box control feature.)

•Use a cable box

•Record programs with VCR Plus+

Started Getting

Wall

or

 

VCR

VHF/UHF

AUDIO

VIDEO

IN

LINE

LINE

IN

 

IN

 

OUT

 

CONTROL S OUT

Cable

Mouse (not supplied)

VHF/UHF

LINE IN

OUT

Rear of TV

VHF/UHF

AMatch the type of connector on

or

your

VHF

TV: A,B or C

 

B

For connector

 

types

or

B and C, no UHF

connection is

 

VHF

required.

C

 

UHF

 

Positioning the Cable Mouse

Place the Cable Mouse so that it hangs out over the DSS

AUDIO VIDEO

OUT

receiver front.

DSS receiver

Side view

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