HP Pavilion zd8000 HP Dual TV Tuner/Digital Video Recorder - Hardware Setup - Page 22

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Media Center Setup To connect the HP Media Center hardware to your existing regular TV or cable TV source (without a set-top box) in a single-tuner connection: 1. Connect an RF coaxial cable from your regular TV or cable TV wall jack to the TV1 jack on the rear of the TV tuner 1. Ä Do not plug the RF coaxial cable into the FM tuner jack. Be sure you are connecting to the TV1 jack on the TV tuner. ✎ Be sure to use the connectors on the rear of the TV tuner. The connectors on the front of the TV tuner are used in dual-tuner connections only. 2. Connect the TV tuner USB cable from the USB connector on the TV tuner to a USB port on your notebook 2. 3. Complete the setup of your Media Center hardware. Refer to "Step 4: Complete the Setup," later in this chapter. ✎ For additional connection steps, such as adding a television or setting up the FM radio antenna, refer to Chapter 4, "Advanced Connections (Optional)." ✎ You can have only 1 or 2 TV inputs connected at a time. In any setup, you will have several unused jacks. Hardware Setup 3-5

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Media Center Setup
Hardware Setup
3–5
To connect the HP Media Center hardware to your existing
regular TV or cable TV source (without a set-top box) in a
single-tuner connection:
1. Connect an RF coaxial cable from your regular TV or cable
TV wall jack to the TV1 jack on the rear of the TV tuner
1
.
Ä
Do not plug the RF coaxial cable into the FM tuner jack. Be
sure you are connecting to the TV1 jack on the TV tuner.
Be sure to use the connectors on the rear of the TV tuner.
The connectors on the front of the TV tuner are used in
dual-tuner connections only.
2.
Connect the TV tuner USB cable from the USB connector on
the TV tuner to a USB port on your notebook
2
.
3. Complete the setup of your Media Center hardware. Refer to
“Step 4: Complete the Setup,”
later in this chapter.
For additional connection steps, such as adding a television or
setting up the FM radio antenna, refer to
Chapter 4, “Advanced
Connections (Optional).”
You can have only 1 or 2 TV inputs connected at a time. In any
setup, you will have several unused jacks.