Step 3: Hookups (continued)

Hookup 4

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Cable box with only a few scrambled channels, using an A/B switch

Recommended use

By using an A/B switch (not supplied), this hookup allows you to record both scrambled and unscrambled channels conveniently.

What you can do with this hookup

•Record any unscrambled channel by selecting the channel directly on the VCR (the A/B switch is set to “A”)

•Record any scrambled channel by selecting the channel on the cable box (the A/B switch is set to “B”)

What you can’t do

•Record one scrambled channel while watching another channel (the A/B switch is set to “B”)

Wall

Splitter

Cable box

 

 

 

IN

 

 

OUT

A/B switch

A B

VCR

VHF/UHF

IN

OUT

or

or

Rear of TV

 

VHF/UHF

 

A

Match the type

 

of connector

 

on your TV: A,

VHF

B, or C.

B

For connector

 

types B and C,

UHF

no UHF

 

connection is

VHF

required.

C

 

UHF

 

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