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Cable TV connections
This TV/DVD 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 75 ohm coaxial cable directly to the antenna
jack
on the back of the TV/DVD.
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/DVD. Follow the connections
shown below. Set the TV/DVD 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/DVD. With the switch in the “A”
position, tune your TV/DVD 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
Cable TV cable
A/B Switch
75 ohm cable
to TV/DVD
Incoming
75 ohm
Cable TV cable
75 ohm cable to
TV/DVD
Converter/
descrambler
Antenna
jack
Antenna
jack
Converter/
descrambler
Antenna
jack
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