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Getting Started - 11 -
Connect the yellow VIDEO OUT jack on the VCR to the VIDEO IN jack on the TV.
This direct video input will give you the best picture. It will also let you play videos in a
"picture in picture" feature, if your TV has it.
Then connect the AUDIO OUT jacks (red and white) on the VCR to the AUDIO IN
jacks on the TV (Left to left, right to right).
This audio hookup will give you better sound than the RF signal hookup, because the
electronic signal won't have to go through a conversion process. Plus your VCR has a
stereo decoder, which your TV might not. For big speaker sound, you can also use
these jacks to connect the VCR to your stereo system (page 64).
Capabilities: The audio and video signal connections are all you need to play back a
prerecorded tape. If you do not intend to record on your VCR from your
antenna/cable, then you're all hooked up now. Otherwise, continue with Step 4, which
will let you record off TV channels.
TV with S-VIDEO Jack
If you do find a S-VIDEO jack on your TV, you need a supplied S-video cable, like this:
Connect the S-VIDEO OUT jack on the VCR to the S-VIDEO jack on the TV.
When you make the above connection, you need not connect VIDEO IN and VIDEO
OUT jack. This direct S-VIDEO input will give you the best picture.
4 Hook Up the RF Signal
Look at the back of your TV for a connector that looks like one of these,
and follow the corresponding hookup option. If you have any sort of cable box, see
the hookup options in Advanced Operations (page 60).
Simple Antenna/Cable 75 Ohm Hookup
This is an easy hookup that you can use if your cable or antenna has a 75 ohm round
wire connector. You will need the 75 ohm cable supplied with your VCR. It looks like
this: