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SETUP Setup SETUPSETUP SETUPSETUP
Notes on Using This Connection
To Do This ... Do This ...
Watch cable (unscrambled)
channels
Press TV/VIDEO repeatedly to select the cable input (UHF/VHF in the
illustration).
Watch cable box (scrambled)
channels
Turn on the VCR and tune it to the channel the cable box is set to (usually
channel 3 or 4). Press TV/VIDEO repeatedly to select the VCR input (VIDEO 1
in the illustration). Use the cable box to change channels.
Watch the VCR Press TV/VIDEO repeatedly to select the VCR input (VIDEO 1 in the
illustration).
Set up the TV remote control
to operate the cable box or
VCR
If you have a non-Sony VCR, you must program the remote control. See
“Programming the Remote Control” on pages 43-44.
Activate the remote control to
operate the cable box or VCR
For the cable box, press SAT/CABLE FUNCTION. For the VCR, open the outside
cover, as shown on page 42. Then set the A/V slide switch to the position
you programmed for the VCR.
Control specific cable box and
VCR functions with the TV
remote control
See “Operating a Cable Box” on page 63 and “Operating a VCR” on page 62.
Label video inputs to easily
identify equipment connected
to the TV
See the instructions for setting up Video Labels on page 78.
CATV
Coaxial
cable
A/V cable
cable
Splitter
(not supplied)
Coaxial
cable
TV
Cable box
VCR
Cables are often
color-coded to connectors.
Connect red to red,
white to white, etc.
If you are connecting a
digital cable box, you will
need a special
bi-directional splitter
designed to work with
your cable box.
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