Connections

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Depending on your TV and other equipment you wish to connect, there are various ways you could connect the DVD+VCR. Use connections described on pages 11-14. 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 is connected directly to the TV. Tune the TV to the correct video input channel.

Do not connect the DVD+VCR’s DVD/VCR AUDIO OUT jack to the phono in jack (record deck) of your audio system.

Do not connect your DVD+VCR via your VCR. The DVD image could be distorted by the copy protection system.

Connecting Antenna/Cable TV to

DVD+VCR

1 Disconnect the antenna leads from the rear of the TV.

Identify the type of cable from your antenna. If it is

2 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.

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If your antenna lead wire is a flat type antenna cable, connect it to an Antenna Adaptor (300-ohm to 75-ohm) (not supplied) and slip the Adaptor onto the ANT.IN jack. The Adaptor does not screw on to the DVD+VCR, it just slips over the jack.

Antenna Antenna

Cable TV

Wall Jack

Flat Wire

 

 

(300 ohm)

 

 

300/75 ohm

OR

OR

Adaptor

 

 

(Not supplied)

 

 

Rear of DVD+VCR

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. Use the supplied round

 

coaxial cable to connect between the DVD+VCR’s RF.OUT

PREPARATION

The cable hookup permits both TV and DVD+VCR operation.

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:

To view or record a CATV channel

1Tune the TV to the DVD+VCR output channel (CH 3 or 4).

2Set the DVD+VCR channel selector to the output channel of the Cable Converter box using CH/TRK (v/V) or number (0-9) of your DVD+VCR. (Example: CH3)

3Select the channel to view at the Cable Converter Box.

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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 20.

Cable TV

Wall Jack

Back Panel of

Typical Cable Box

Rear of DVD+VCR

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