Chapter 2. TV Connections 29
VCR to a Cable Box (Audio & Video)
Required:Two-wayRFsplitter,4coaxialcables,rightand
leftaudiocables,S-Videoorcompositevideocable,plus
componentorS-Videocablesandaudiocablesrequired
toconnecttheTVtothecablebox.
1. Connecttheincomingcableto
IN
ontheRFsplitter.
2. Connectonecoaxialcablefrom
OUT
ontheRFsplit-
terto
CABLE IN
onthecablebox.
3. Connectonecoaxialcablefrom
OUT
ontheRFsplit-
terto
ANT 1/MAIN
ontheTVbackpanel.
4. Connectonecoaxialcablefrom
OUT
onthecable
boxto
ANTENNA IN
ontheVCRbackpanel.
5. ConnectthecableboxoutputstotheTVasshownin
eitherfigure4orfigure5,earlierinthischapter.This
connectionallowstheTVtoreceivethebestavailable
signaldirectlyfromthecablebox.
Figure 4:ComponentvideooutputtotheTV’s
COMPONENT Y Pb Pr
jacks;analogstereo
audiototheassociated
AUDIO
jacks.
Figure 5:S-VideooutputtotheTV’s
INPUT/S-VIDEO
jack;analogstereoaudioto
theassociated
AUDIO
jacks.
6. TousetheTVspeakerswiththeVCR,connectleft
(white)andright(red)audiocablesfrom
AUDIO
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ontheVCRbackpanelto
INPUT/AUDIO
LEFT
and
AUDIO RIGHT
ontheTVbackpanel.
IfyourVCRismono(non-stereo),connectonlythe
white(left)cable.
7. ConnecteitheranS-Videoorcompositevideo
cablefrom
VIDEO OUT
ontheVCRbackpanelto
INPUT/VIDEO
or
INPUT/S-VIDEO
ontheTV
backpanel.Connectonlyonetypeofvideocable.
S-Videoisrecommended,ifavailable.
Optional
8. ToallowrecordingfromtheTVtotheVCR:
a. Connectleft(white)andright(red)audiocables
from
AUDIO IN
ontheVCRbackpanelto
MONITOR OUT/LEFT
and
RIGHT
ontheTV
backpanel.
b. Connectavideocablefrom
VIDEO IN
onthe
VCRbackpanelto
MONITOR OUT/VIDEO
on
theTVbackpanel.
Note: Whenusingthisconnectioncongurationwiththe
connectionsusedinstep5,itispossibletoview
livecableprogramsthroughtheVCRDevice.For
bestpicturequalityalwaysviewlivecablepro-
gramsdirectlyfromthecableboxdevice.