Toshiba 51HX93 Connecting a VCR and Cable box, one Cable signal splitter, five coaxial cables

Chapter 2: Connecting your TV

Connecting a VCR and Cable box

You will need:

￿ one Cable signal splitter
￿ five coaxial cables
￿ one set of standard A/V cables
¥	For better picture performance from your VCR: If your VCR has
	S-video, connect an S-video cable (plus the audio cables) instead
	of the standard video cable. Do not connect an S-video cable and a
	standard video cable to VIDEO 1 (or VIDEO 2) at the same time
	or the picture performance will be unacceptable.
¥	If you have a mono VCR, connect L/MONO on the TV to your
	VCRÕs audio out jack using the white audio cable only.
¥	For better picture performance from your Cable box: If your Cable

From Cable TV

Cable box			Cable splitter	IN
	CH 3	IN	OUT
OUT
	CH 4		OUT
	Stereo VCR
			VIDEO	AUDIO
	IN from ANT			L R
		CH 3		IN

CH 4

OUT to TV

OUT

TV

box has component video, you can connect component video

cables (plus the audio cables) instead of the standard video cable

from the Cable box to the ColorStream HD-1 inputs on the TV. You

would then select ColorStream HD-1 as the video input source.*

¥ When you use a Cable box, you may not be able to use the

remote control to program or access certain features on

the TV.

￿To view basic Cable channels and use the TV’s features:

Select the ANT 2 video input source.* Use the TV front panel controls or remote control to change channels and access the TV’s features.

￿To view basic and premium Cable channels:

Turn OFF the VCR. Select the ANT 1 video input source.* Tune the TV to channel 3 or 4 (whichever channel is vacant in your area). Use the Cable box controls to change channels.

or…Turn ON the VCR. Tune the VCR to channel 3 or 4 (whichever channel is vacant in your area). Select the VIDEO 1 video input source.* Use the Cable box controls to change channels.

￿To view the VCR:

Select the VIDEO 1 video input source.*

Connect the G-LINK cable to the G-LINK jack (see page 25)

ANT( 75 )

			G-LINK		DVI/HDCP IN	TheaterNet
						IEEE1394
						1
ANT-1	ANT-2
						IEEE1394
REC OUT						2
VIDEO	L	R				DIGITAL
	AUDIO					AUDIO OUT
		IN
VIDEO 1	VIDEO 2	COLOR	COLOR
		STREAM	STREAM
		HD-1	HD-2
S-VIDEO		Y	Y		AUDIO
				R	L
		PB	PB
VIDEO				OUT	AUDIO CENTER
		PR	PR	VIDEO	CHANNEL IN
L/				L/
MONO		L	L	MONO	L	TheaterNet
AUDIO		AUDIO AUDIO		AUDIO	VAR
					AUDIO ON	OFF
R		R	R	R	R	IR OUT

Note: This will provide better picture performance if you connected an S-video cable as mentioned in the first bulleted item on this page.

or…Turn ON the VCR. Select the ANT 1 video input source.* Tune the TV to channel 3 or 4 (whichever channel is vacant in your area).

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*To select the video input source, press INPUT on the remote control (see page 61). To program the TV remote control to operate other devices, see pages 30Ð33.

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