Pioneer DVR-RT500 Owner's Manual - Page 18

03 Connecting up CATV(CABLE TV) connections Many cable companies offer services permitting reception of extra channels including pay or subscription channels. This DVD/VCR has an extended tuning range and can be tuned to most cable channels without using a cable company supplied converter box, except for those channels which are intentionally scrambled. If you subscribe to a special channel which is scrambled, you must have a descrambler box for proper reception. 1 DVD/VCR Incoming cable Allows • Recording of nonscrambled channels. • Use of the programmable TV timer. • Recording of one channel while watching another. 2 DVD/VCR Converter/ descrambler Incoming cable Note • To record from converter/descrambler, DVD/VCR tuner must be tuned to the converter output channel, usually channel 3 or 4. Allows • Recording of channels through the converter box (scrambled and un- TV scrambled). • Using the programmable timer to record only the channel selected at the converter box. Prevents • Recording one channel while watching another. • Using the DVD/VCR tuner to select channels. 3 Incoming cable DVD/VCR TV Converter/ descrambler Note • If you are playing a tape or using the tuner built into the DVD/VCR, the converter must be set to the video channel output of the DVD/VCR (either 3 or 4). Allows • Recording of nonscrambled channels. • Use of the programmable timer. • Recording an unscrambled channel while watching any channel selected at the converter box. Prevents • Recording scrambled channels. Note 18 • Whenever a converter/descrambler box is placed before the DVD/VCR, you must tune the DVD/VCR to the En output of the converter/descrambler box, usually channel 3 or 4.