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Hooking Up Your VCR
Connecting Cable and Cable Box, if only some channels are scrambled
VHF/UHF
VHF
UHF
ANTENNA
OUT
IN
TV Rear Panel
VCR Rear Panel
OR
From Cable
wall outlet
Cable box
Splitter
A/B Switch
OUT
IN
A
B
IN
OUT OUT
supplied coaxial cable
1 You will need a cable splitter, five lengths of
coaxial cable, and a cable A/B switch.
2 Connect cable from wall outlet to IN terminal
on the cable splitter.
3 Connect the coaxial cable to OUT terminal on
the cable splitter and A-IN on the A/B switch.
4 Connect the second coaxial cable to the
other OUT terminal on the splitter and IN (or
CABLE) on the cable box.
5 Connect the third coaxial cable to the OUT
or TV on the cable box and B-IN on the A/B
switch.
6 Connect the fourth coaxial cable to OUT
terminal on the A/B switch and ANTENNA
IN on the VCR.
7 Connect the fifth coaxial cable to the
ANTENNA OUT on the VCR to the TV’s
ANTENNA jacks (varied by TV).
8 If your TV has audio and video inputs,
continue with the connections on the next
page. If not, plug in power cords of VCR,
TV, and cable box.
This connection will allow you to watch one non-
scrambled channel while you record another
non-scrambled channel.
With this connection, you should set the A/B
switch to A to record a non-scrambled channel.
You may watch the same channel or any other
non-scrambled channel at the same time.
To record a scrambled channel, set the switch to
B, select your cable output channel (usually 3 or
4) on the VCR and select the channel you wish
to record on the cable box. At this time your TV
will not be able to show any other channel.
IMPORTANT
With this connection, you cannot:
• record a scrambled channel and watch
a non-scrambled channel at the same
time.
• record a non-scrambled channel and
watch a scrambled channel at the same
time.
• record one scrambled channel and
watch a different scrambled channel.