Connections, Connecting to a TV | Toshiba D-R17DTKB guide

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Connections

Connecting to a TV

Connect the unit to a TV after considering the capabilities of your existing equipment.

Before installation, plug off your TV and this unit. Using the Scart socket

1 Make a connection for the TV signal. Depending on the TV signal’s situation, choose one of following methods (A-C).

A: Receiving DVB-T signal:

If you are in a area that DVB-T signals are available, connect the antenna or cable to the ANTENNA IN (DVB-T) jack of this unit, then connect the ANTENNA OUT (DVB-T) jack of this unit to the Aerial jack of your TV. Use the supplied RF cable.

Antenna

Cable

Signal

RF cable	To Aerial jack of your TV
RF cable
(not
supplied)		IN
			Y
			PB/CB
	RF cable	OUT	PR/CR
		DVB-TANALOG	COMPONENT ANALO
		ANTENNA	VIDEO OUTPUT AUDIO O

(supplied)

B: Receiving ANALOG signal:

If you are in a area that DVB-T signals are not available, connect the antenna or cable to the ANTENNA IN (ANALOG) jack of this unit, then connect the ANTENNA OUT (ANALOG) jack of this unit to the Aerial jack of your TV. Use the supplied RF cable.

Antenna

Cable
Signal	To Aerial jack of your TV
	To Aerial jack of your TV
or
RF cable
(not supplied)
	IN
RF cable		Y
RF cable		PB/CB
(supplied)	DVB-TANALOG	COMPONENT ANALO
		PR/CR
	ANTENNA	VIDEO OUTPUT AUDIO O

C: Receiving both DVB-T and ANALOG signal:					Introduction
C: Receiving both DVB-T and ANALOG signal:
If you need to receive both DVB-T and ANALOG
signal (for hotels that send out cable and DVB-T
signals together etc.), connect the antenna or cable to					Connections
Aerial jack of your TV.					Connections
the ANTENNA IN (DVB-T) jack of this unit, and
connect the ANTENNA OUT (DVB-T) jack to the
ANTENNA IN (ANALOG) jack of this unit, then
connect the ANTENNA OUT (ANALOG) jack to the
	Antenna
Cable
Signal
	RF cable	RF cable (not supplied)			Basic
	or
	(not supplied)				Setup
		IN			Setup
			Y
			PB/CB
		OUT	PR/CR
		DVB-T	COMPONENT	ANALO
		ANTENNA	VIDEO OUTPUT	AUDIO O
			RF cable		Recording
			(supplied)		Recording
			(supplied)
		To Aerial jack of your TV
2 After you made a connection for the
	TV signal, connect AV1 (TV) Scart
	socket of this unit to the Scart
	socket of your TV. Use a				Playback
	commercially available Scart cable.				Playback
	commercially available Scart cable.
Audio/Video cable
(not supplied)
	Scart/RCA
	cable
	(not supplied)	Scart cable
		(not supplied)
	or	or
	Scart adaptor				Editing
	DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT				Editing
	(not supplied)
	COAXIAL
	PCM/BITSTREAM
	HDMI OUT
	L
	R
NT	ANALOGAV2 (DECODER)	AV1 (TV)
PUT	AUDIO OUT

	Note	Function
	Note
	• If your TV does not have a Scart socket, use a
	commercially available Scart adaptor or Scart/RCA	Setup
	cable to connect.	Setup
	cable to connect.
	• Connect this unit directly to the TV. If the AV cables
	are connected to a VCR, pictures may be distorted
	due to the copy protection system.
	• When changing the “Video Out” setting (“SCART
	(RGB)”, “Component Interlace (I)” or “Component	Others
	Progressive (P)”), connect to the corresponding jack
	on the TV. If the setting is changed, for example, to
	“Component Interlace (I)” or “Component
	Progressive (P)” while the scart cable is connected
	to the TV, a distorted video signal may be output.
	EN	19

D-R17DTKB specifications

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Toshiba D-R17DTKB owner manual Connections, Connecting to a TV, Commercially available Scart cable

Models: D-R17DTKB

Connections

Connections

Connecting to a TV

A: Receiving DVB-T signal:

B: Receiving ANALOG signal:

C: Receiving both DVB-T and ANALOG signal:

commercially available Scart cable.

D-R17DTKB specifications