Sylvania DVR90VG manual Connection to a TV cont’d, Connection to a cable box or satellite box

Connections

Connection to a TV (cont’d)

After you have completed connections

•Switch the input selector on your TV to an appropriate external input channel (usually near channel 0). Press a button on the TV’s original remote control that selects an external input channel until the DVD recorder’s picture appears. Check your TV owner’s manual for details.

Input Mode Names for Common TV Brands (Example)

Admiral	AUX	Panasonic	TV/VIDEO
Curtis Mathis	LINE1, LINE2, 00, 90, 91, 92, 93	RCA	INPUT, TV/VCR, 00, 90, 91, 92, 93
GE	INPUT, TV/VCR, 00, 90, 91, 92, 93	Samsung	TV/VIDEO
Hitachi	INPUT, AUX	Sanyo	VIDEO
JVC	VIDEO, VIDEO 1, VIDEO 2, VIDEO 3	Sharp	00
Kenwood	AUX	Sony	VIDEO1, VIDEO2, VIDEO3
LXI-Series	00	Toshiba	TV/GAME
Magnavox	AUX CHANNEL	Zenith	00

This unit is compatible with the Progressive Scan System. The feature provides you with the
		Video - Progressive
higher definition images than the traditional output system does. To utilize this feature, you				DVD
		ON
must set Progressive Scan mode to “ON” in the Setup menu by following the steps below.		OFF
1. Press [SETUP] to call up the Setup menu.
2. Select “Playback” using [K / L], then press [ENTER].
3. Select “Video” using [K / L], then press [ENTER].
4. Select “Progressive” using [K / L], then press [ENTER].		Video - Progressive		DVD
5. Select “ON” using [K / L], then press [ENTER].
	Activating progressive scan:
	Check your TV has progressive scan
6. Select “Yes” using [{ / B], then press [ENTER].	and connect with component video cable.
	NOTE: If there is no picture or picture is
7. Confirmation window will appear in Progressive mode. Select “Yes”, using [K / L],
		distorted after selecting “Yes”,
		Wait about 15 seconds for auto recovery.
then press [ENTER] within 15 seconds.
• If there is no picture or picture is distorted after selecting “Yes” at step 6, wait about		Activate?	Yes	No
15 seconds. It will go back to Video-Progressive menu automatically.

•If your TV is compatible with Progressive Scan (525p / 480p), you must use the Component Video cable (commercially available) to connect this unit to the TV. (See Method 3 on page 14.) Make sure the “P.SCAN” appears on the front panel display.

If not, use the video cable and set the Progressive mode to “OFF” or press and hold [SETUP] for more than 3 seconds during playback DVD disc, so that the “P.SCAN” on the front panel display disappears.

Connection to a cable box or satellite box

Before you start Connections Getting started Recording Playing discs

(Cable box or

Satellite box)		DVD/VCR
Cable TV signal
IN	OUT

(Back of this unit)

ANTENNA

IN

	RF cable	E
OUT	(supplied)

(Back of TV)

Editing

This connection allows you to view or record a scrambled channel. With this connection, channels cannot be changed on this unit. You can view or record ONLY the channels you have selected on the cable box or the

satellite box.

•While you are recording, only the recorded channel can be viewed.

To select channels of the cable box or satellite box

1)Turn on this unit by pressing [POWER]. The “POWER” indicator on the front panel will appear. Then, press [CHANNEL L / K] to select channel 3 or 4 (the same channel as the output channel of the cable box or satellite box).

•If noise appears on the TV screen, press [VIDEO/TV] on the remote control.

•If you use the channel 4, you will need to change this unit’s RF output to channel 4. Refer to “RF output switch” on page 81.

2)At the TV, select channel 3 or 4 (the same channel as you have selected at step 1).

3)At the cable box or satellite box, select the channel you want to view or record.

Note to the Cable TV System Installer :

This reminder is provided to call the Cable TV system installer’s attention to Article 820-40 of the National Electrical Code, which provides guidelines for proper grounding - in particular, specifying that the cable ground shall be connected to the grounding system of the building, as close to the point of cable entry as possible.

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