Connections
Tips
Depending on your TV and other equipment you wish to connect, there are various ways you could connect the DVD/VCR Receiver. Use connections described on pages
Please refer to the manuals of your TV, VCR, Stereo System or other devices as necessary to make the best connections.
Caution
Make sure the DVD/VCR Receiver is connected directly to the TV. Tune the TV to the correct video input channel.
Do not connect the DVD/VCR Receiver’s DVD/VCR AUDIO OUT jack to the phono in jack (record deck) of your audio system.
Do not connect your DVD/VCR Receiver via your VCR. The DVD image could be distorted by the copy protection sys- tem.
The unauthorized recording, use, distribution, or revision of television programs, videotapes, DVDs and other materials, is prohibited under the Copyright Laws of the United States and other countries, and may subject you to civil and/or criminal liability.
Connecting Antenna/Cable TV to DVD/VCR Receiver
1.Disconnect the antenna leads from the rear of the TV.
2.Identify the type of cable from your antenna. If it is a round cable as illustrated, it is a 75 ohm coaxial antenna cable. This cable will connect directly to the jack marked ANT.IN on your DVD/VCR Receiver.
Tip
If your antenna lead wire is a flat type antenna cable, connect it to an Antenna Adaptor
Antenna Antenna
Cable TV
Wall Jack
Flat Wire |
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(300 ohm) |
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300/75 ohm | OR | OR |
Adaptor |
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(Not supplied) |
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Rear of DVD/VCR Receiver
Without Cable Box
If your cable wire is connected to your TV without a converter or descrambler box, unscrew the wire from your TV and attach it to the ANT.IN jack on the DVD/VCR Receiver. Use the sup- plied round coaxial cable to connect between the DVD/VCR Receiver’s RF.OUT jack and the 75 ohm antenna input jack on the TV. With this connection, you can receive all midband, super band, and hyperband channels.
With Cable Box
If a converter is required in your cable system, follow the instruction below:
The cable hookup permits both TV and DVD/VCR Receiver operation.
To view or record a CATV channel
1Tune the TV to the DVD/VCR Receiver output channel (CH 3 or 4).
2Set the DVD/VCR Receiver channel selector to the output channel of the Cable Converter box using CH/TRK (v/V) or number
3Select the channel to view at the Cable Converter Box.
Notes
With this connection, you CANNOT record one program while viewing another.
If you are using a cable box to tune channels, it is not nec- essary to do Auto Channel Programming, (Auto Channel Search) as indicated on page 18.
Cable TV
Wall Jack
Back Panel of
Typical Cable Box
Rear of DVD/VCR Receiver
PREPARATION
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