Connecting a VCR

If you connect a VCR to the CinemaStation using commercially available audio/video cables, you can enjoy videos with the CinemaStation and record AV sources played on the CinemaStation on the VCR. For information on your VCR, refer to the owner’s manual for the VCR.

Notes

Do not connect the power cable of the CinemaStation until all cable connections are completed.

Turn off the AV equipment before connecting it to the CinemaStation.

Use commercially available audio/video cables (shown below) to connect a VCR to the CinemaStation or a TV. To make all connections, three audio/video cables are required.

Connecting External AV Components

TV

VCR

 

IN

 

OUT

 

 

 

IN

 

 

VIDEO

 

VIDEO

 

5

 

VIDEO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L

 

 

 

L

 

L

 

L

 

AUDIO

 

AUDIO

 

 

 

AUDIO

 

R

 

 

 

R

 

R

 

R

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

1

3

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MONITOR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OUT

 

 

 

 

 

VCR

 

 

(DVD ONLY)

S VIDEO

VIDEO

DIGITAL

 

OUT

 

 

Y

AUDIO

 

 

 

 

 

MONITOR

VCR

 

 

 

 

AM

 

 

IN

 

VCR

 

 

 

OUT

OUT

 

 

ANT

 

MONITOR

 

 

 

 

IN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GND

PB

OUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

(DVD ONLY)

 

 

 

 

VIDEO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IN

 

FM

 

 

 

 

 

R

L

 

ANT

PR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

VIDEO

VCR

 

AUDIO

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UNBAL

COMPONENT

 

IN

IN

OPTICAL

 

VIDEO

 

 

 

 

PREPARATION

Audio/Video cable

SCART cable

For U.K. and Europe models only: Do not connect a TV to CinemaStation via a VCR using SCART connections. The copyright protection technology incorporated in the CinemaStation may not allow the VCR to play.

TV

CinemaStation

1Connect the VCR OUT L/R (AUDIO) jacks on the CinemaStation to the audio input L/R jacks on your VCR using a commercially available audio/video cable.

2Connect the VCR OUT (VIDEO) jack on the CinemaStation to the video input jack on your VCR using the audio/video cable (used in step 1).

3Connect the VIDEO IN L/R (AUDIO) jacks on the CinemaStation to the audio output L/R jacks on your VCR using another audio/video cable.

4Connect the VIDEO IN (VIDEO) jack on the CinemaStation to the video output jack on your VCR using the audio/video cable (used in step 3).

5To watch videos when the CinemaStation is turned off, connect the audio and video output jacks on your VCR to the audio and video input jacks on your TV using another audio/video cable.

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For information on how to connect a TV to CinemaStation, refer to “Connecting a TV” (page 12).

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