Connecting and Setting Up the DTV
Connecting a VCR and Cable Box
Use this hookup if
❑Your cable TV company scrambles some channels, but not all of them (pay channels vs. regular cable channels), so you need to use a cable box
❑You want to use the Twin View or Scrolling Index feature.
With this setup you can
❑Use the DTV remote control to change channels using your cable box when the signal is scrambled.
❑Use the DTV remote control to change channels using your DTV when the signal is not scrambled. (Your DTV’s tuner provides a better signal than the cable box.)
❑Use the Twin View and Scrolling Index features.
❑Record both regular cable TV and scrambled channels.
To connect a cable box and a VCR, you will need
❑A small inexpensive device known as a splitter.
❑Three short coaxial cables.
❑Either a combination audio/video cable, or an S VIDEO cable and audio cables.
1Connect the CATV cable to the single (input) jack of the splitter.
2Use a coaxial cable to connect one of the two output jacks of the splitter to the DTV’s CABLE jack.
3Use a coaxial cable to connect the other output jack of the splitter to the input jack of the cable box.
4Use a coaxial cable to connect the output jack of the cable box to the input jack of the VCR.
5Use the video line (yellow) of a combination audio/video (A/V) cable to connect the video output jack of the VCR to the video input jack of the DTV.
✍If your VCR has an S VIDEO jack, you can substitute an S VIDEO cable for the video line of an A/V cable. The S VIDEO cable will provide improved video signal quality.
6Connect the left (white) and right (red) audio output jacks on the VCR to the respective input jacks on the DTV.
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