VIZIO VP42 HDTV20A User Manual

2.4 Connecting Your Basic Set-Top Box

2.4.1 Using Composite Video

1.Turn off the power to the HDTV and Set-Top Box.

2.Using the AV Cable, connect the Video (yellow color) connector on your Set-Top Box to the corresponding Video (yellow color) connector in the

AV1 group (yellow color area) at the rear of the HDTV.

3.Using the white and red

connectors, connect the cable to the audio output connectors associated with the Video output on your Set-Top Box and connect the other end to the audio connectors associated with the AV1 input (yellow color area) at the rear of the HDTV.

4.Turn on the power to the HDTV and Set-Top Box.

5.Select AV1 using the INPUT button on the remote or side of the HDTV, or directly by pressing the AV button on the Remote Control.

Note: If you are already using the AV1 input for another component, or you do not want to use the AV1 input for the Set-Top Box, you can connect the Set-Top Box to the AV2 connections coded by the orange area.

2.4.2Using Coax (RF)

1.Turn off the power to the HDTV and Set-Top Box.

2.Using a Coax (RF) cable, connect one end to the TV OUT (RF) on your Set Top Box and the other end to the DTV/TV input at the rear of the HDTV.

3.Turn on the power to the HDTV and Set-Top Box.

4.Select TV using the INPUT button on the remote or side of the HDTV, or directly by pressing the TV button (below the WIDE button) on the Remote Control.

Note: Refer to your Set Top Box user manual for more information about selecting the video or RF output of the product.

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VP42 specifications

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