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Getting Started
11
Hookups
Hookup 1 (SLV-N80 only)
Using the cable box control feature
Recommended use
You should use this hookup if you have a cable box, especially if your cable system
scrambles all or most channels. This hookup allows the VCR’s cable box control
feature to control the channels on the cable box, simplifying the recording process. A
list of compatible cable boxes is on pages 40 and 41.
What you can do with this hookup
• Record any channel by using the Cable Mouse to select channels on the cable box
What you can’t do
• Record with the cable box turned off
• Record one channel while watching another channel
CONTROL S
( )
CABLE BOX
CONTROL
PLUG IN
POWER
OUT
IN
OUT
VHF/UHF
IN
OUT
Rear of TV
VHF/UHF
RM-CM101
Cable Mouse
(not supplied)
VHF
UHF
Positioning the Cable Mouse
Place the Cable Mouse so that it
hangs out over the front of the
remote sensor on the cable box.
VCR
Wall
Match the type of
connector on your
TV: A, B, or C.
For connector types
B and C, no UHF
connection is
required.
B
C
Side view
or
or
Cable box
A
VHF
UHF
continued