SELECT OUTPUT CH
OF YOUR CABLE BOX
03
TO CONTINUE PUSH MENU
TO CORRECT PUSH CLEAR
TO END PUSH EXIT
• If your Cable Box does not respond
to any of the codes at step 8, the
Controller will not change channels
at the Cable Box during a timer
recording. You must select the chan-
nel to be recorded at the Cable Box
before a timer recording begins.
Leave the Cable Box on for the
timer recording. See page eight for
details. You may want to exchange
your current Cable Box for one that
can be controlled by the VCR’s
Controller.
• The Controller can change channels
at the Cable Box only during a timer
recording.
Helpful Hints
SELECT CODE NUMBER
OF YOUR CABLE BOX
02
TO TEST PUSH MENU
DID CABLE BOX CHANGE
TO CHANNEL 09?
1 YES 2 NO
TO END PUSH EXIT
7
Use the Number buttons to enter the two-digit code for
your Cable Box. (See list below.)
8
Press the MENU button. Wait for a few seconds.
• If the Cable Box changes to channel 09, go to step 9.
• If the Cable Box doesn’t change to channel 09, press the
Number 2 button to select NO. Use the Number buttons to
enter a different code for your Cable Box. Press the MENU but-
ton. When the Cable Box changes to channel 09, go to step 9.
9
Press the Number 1 button to select YES.
10
A zero will appear in the SELECT OUTPUT CH menu.
Press one Number button (3 or 4) to complete the out-
put channel of your Cable Box (channel 03 or 04).
• Press 0 if you connected the VIDEO/AUDIO OUT Jacks of the
Cable Box to the VCR’s VIDEO/AUDIO IN Jacks. A/V CON-
NECT A/V REAR ONLY will appear.
• If you make a mistake, press the CLEAR button, then enter the
correct output channel.
11
Press the MENU button or the EXIT/STATUS button.
“CABLE BOX CONTROL IS ON” will appear for five seconds.
44 Setting the Controller to Operate a Cable Box (cont’d)
...
...
POWER
CBL/DSS
VCR TV
EJECT MUTE
MENU
EXIT/STATUS
CLEAR
VCR PLUS+
/ENTER
LIGHT
F.ADV
PAUSE/STILL
1 2 3
4 5 6
7 8 9
100 0
GO-TO
MEMORY
INDEX
VAR. SLOW
REMOTE LOCATOR
SKIP
VCR/TVSPEED
SEARCH
SLOW
TRACKING
STOP
REW FF
PLAY
VOL CHANNEL
/OTR
REC
CABLE BOX/DSS RECEIVER CODES
GENERAL INSTRUMENTS . . .01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07
HAMLIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21, 22
JERROLD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07
OAK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16, 17, 18
PANASONIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19, 20
PIONEER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11, 12
SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .08, 09, 10
TOCOM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23, 24, 25
ZENITH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13, 14, 15
MAGNAVOX DSS Receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42, 43
RCA DSS Receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
SONY DSS Receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
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