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Media Center Setup To connect the HP Media Center hardware to your existing satellite TV or cable TV source (with a set-top box) in a single-tuner connection: 1. Connect an RF coaxial cable from your cable or satellite TV wall jack to the TV-In jack on your cable or satellite set-top box 1. 2. Connect an RF coaxial cable from the TV-Out jack on your cable or satellite set-top box to the TV1 jack on the rear of the TV tuner 2. 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. ✎ For improved video quality you can connect your set-top box to the TV tuner using a composite video or S-Video cable instead of an RF coaxial cable. Refer to Chapter 4, "Advanced Connections (Optional)," for instructions. 3. Connect the TV tuner USB cable from the USB connector on the TV tuner to a USB port on your notebook 3. 4. Connect the infrared (IR) blaster cable from the TV tuner to the set-top box. Refer to "Step 3: Connect the Infrared (IR) Blaster Cable (Set-Top Box Connections Only)," later in this chapter. 5. 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 3-7

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Media Center Setup
Hardware Setup
3–7
To connect the HP Media Center hardware to your existing
satellite TV or cable TV source (with a set-top box) in a
single-tuner connection:
1. Connect an RF coaxial cable from your cable or satellite TV
wall jack to the TV-In jack on your cable or satellite set-top
box
1
.
2. Connect an RF coaxial cable from the TV-Out jack on your
cable or satellite set-top box to the TV1 jack on the rear of the
TV tuner
2
.
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.
✎
For improved video quality you can connect your set-top
box to the TV tuner using a composite video or S-Video
cable instead of an RF coaxial cable. Refer to
Chapter 4,
“Advanced Connections (Optional),”
for instructions.
3.
Connect the TV tuner USB cable from the USB connector on
the TV tuner to a USB port on your notebook
3
.
4. Connect the infrared (IR) blaster cable from the TV tuner to
the set-top box. Refer to
“Step 3: Connect the Infrared (IR)
Blaster Cable (Set-Top Box Connections Only),”
later in this
chapter.
5. 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.