LG LHX-557 Owners Manual - Page 13

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System Setup Connections Tips: • Depending on your TV and other equipment you wish to connect, there are various ways you could connect the Home Theater System. Use only one of the connections described below. • Please refer to the manuals of your TV, VCR, Stereo System or other devices as necessary to make the best connections. Caution: • Make sure the Home Theater System is connected directly to the TV. Tune the TV to the correct video input channel. • Do not connect the Home Theater System's AUDIO OUT jack to the phono in jack (record deck) of your audio system. • Do not connect your Home Theater System via your VCR. The DVD image could be distorted by the copy protection system. Connecting Antenna/Cable TV to Home Theater System 1. Disconnect the antenna leads from the rear of the TV. 2. Identify the type of cable from your antenna. If it is a round cable as illustrated, it is a 75 ohm coaxial antenna cable. This cable will connect directly to the jack marked ANT.IN on your Home Theater System. Tips: If your antenna lead wire is a flat type antenna cable, connect it to an Antenna Adapter (300-ohm to 75ohm) (not supplied) and slip the Adapter onto the jack. The Adapter does not screw on to the Home Theater System, it just slips over the jack. Cable Service Without Cable Box If your cable wire is connected to your TV without a converter or descrambler box, unscrew the wire from your TV and attach it to the ANT.IN jack on the Home Theater System. Use the supplied round coaxial cable to connect between the Home Theater System's RF.OUT jack and the 75 ohm antenna input jack on the TV. With this connection, you can receive all midband, super band, and hyperband channels. (All cable channels.) Cable Service With Cable Box If a converter is required in your cable system, follow the instruction below: The cable hookup permits both TV and Home Theater System operation. To view or record a CATV channel 1. Tune the TV to the correct video input channel. 2. Set the Home Theater System channel selector to the output channel of the Cable Converter box using TRK/PRESET(-/+) (v / V) or number (0-9) of your Home Theater System. (Example: CH3) 3. Select the channel to view at the Cable Converter Box. Note: If you are using a cable box to tune channels, it is not necessary to do Auto Channel Set as indicated on page 22. Back Panel of Typical Cable Box Cable TV Wall Jack Rear of Home Theater System 13

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13
System Setup
Connections
Tips:
Depending on your TV and other equipment you
wish to connect, there are various ways you could
connect the Home Theater System. Use only one of
the connections described below.
Please refer to the manuals of your TV, VCR,
Stereo System or other devices as necessary to
make the best connections.
Caution:
Make sure the Home Theater System is connected
directly to the TV. Tune
the TV to the correct video
input channel.
Do not connect the Home Theater System’s AUDIO
OUT jack to the phono in jack (record deck) of your
audio system.
Do not connect your Home Theater System via your
VCR. The DVD image could be distorted by the
copy protection system.
Connecting Antenna/Cable TV to
Home Theater System
1.
Disconnect the antenna leads from the rear of the
TV.
2.
Identify the type of cable from your antenna. If it is
a round cable as illustrated, it is a 75 ohm coaxial
antenna cable. This cable will connect directly to
the jack marked ANT.IN on your Home Theater
System.
Tips:
If your antenna lead wire is a flat type antenna cable,
connect it to an Antenna Adapter (300-ohm to 75-
ohm) (not supplied) and slip the Adapter onto the jack.
The Adapter does not screw on to the Home Theater
System, it just slips over the jack.
Cable Service Without Cable Box
If your cable wire is connected to your TV without a
converter or descrambler box, unscrew the wire from your
TV and attach it to the ANT.IN jack on the Home Theater
System. Use the supplied round coaxial cable to connect
between the Home Theater System’s RF.OUT jack and the
75 ohm antenna input jack on the TV. With this connection,
you can receive all midband, super band, and hyperband
channels. (All cable channels.)
Cable Service With Cable Box
If a converter is required in your cable system, follow the
instruction below:
The cable hookup permits both TV and Home Theater
System operation.
To view or record a CATV channel
1.
Tune the TV to the correct video input channel.
2.
Set the Home Theater System channel selector to the
output channel of the Cable Converter box using
TRK/PRESET(-/+) (
v
/
V
) or number (
0
-
9
) of your Home
Theater System. (Example: CH3)
3.
Select the channel to view at the Cable Converter Box.
Note:
If you are using a cable box to tune channels, it is not
necessary to do Auto Channel Set as indicated on page 22.
Cable TV
Wall Jack
Back Panel of
Typical Cable Box
Rear of Home Theater System