JVC TV-13143 TV VCR Combo User Manual


 
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ANT
ANT
This TV/VCR has an extended tuning range and can tune most cable channels without using a Cable TV converter box.
Some cable companies offer premium pay channels in which the signal is scrambled. Descrambling these signals for
normal viewing requires the use of a descrambler device which is generally provided by the cable company.
FOR SUBSCRIBERS TO BASIC CABLE TV SERVICE
For basic cable service not requiring a converter/descrambler box,
connect the CATV 75 ohm coaxial cable directly to the antenna jack
on the back of the TV/VCR.
CABLE TV CONNECTIONS
If you subscribe to a cable TV service which requires the use of a converter/descrambler box, connect the incoming
75 ohm coaxial cable to the converter/descrambler box. Using another 75 ohm coaxial cable, connect the output jack
of the converter/descrambler box to the antenna jack on the TV/VCR. Follow the connections shown below. Set the
TV/VCR to the output channel of the converter/descrambler box (usually channel 3 or 4) and use the converter/
descrambler box to select channels.
FOR SUBSCRIBERS TO SCRAMBLED CABLE TV SERVICE
75 OHM
COAXIAL CABLE
If you subscribe to a cable TV service in which basic channels are unscrambled and premium channels require the
use of a converter/descrambler box, you may wish to use a signal splitter and an A/B switch box (available from the
Cable company or an electronics supply store). Follow the connections shown below. With the switch in the B
position, you can directly tune any nonscrambled channels on your TV/VCR. With the switch in the A position, tune
your TV/VCR to the output of the converter/descrambler box (usually channel 3 or 4) and use the converter/
descrambler box to tune scrambled channels.
FOR SUBSCRIBERS TO UNSCRAMBLED BASIC CABLE TV SERVICE WITH
SCRAMBLED PREMIUM CHANNELS
SPLITTER
B
A
INCOMING
75 OHM
CATV CABLE
A/B SWITCH
75 OHM CABLE
TO TV/VCR
INCOMING
75 OHM
CATV CABLE
75 OHM CABLE
TO TV/VCR
CONVERTER/
DESCRAMBLER
CONVERTER/
DESCRAMBLER
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