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Hookup 2: Connecting a cable box with many scrambled channels, Hookup 2: Connecting a cable box

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Basic Hookups and Settings Hookup 2: Connecting a cable box with many scrambled channels Use this hookup if your cable system scrambles all or most channels. With this hookup: - You can record any unscrambled channel by selecting the channel on the cable box. Be sure that the cable box is turned on. - You cannot record one channel while watching another channel. Wall Hookup 3: Connecting a cable box with only a few scrambled channels Use this hookup if your cable system scrambles only a few channels. With this hookup: - You can record any non-scrambled channel by selecting the channel on the recorder. - You cannot record scrambled channels that require a cable box. Wall Cable box IN OUT VHF/UHF IN OUT CONTROL S IN DIGITAL OUT PCM/DTS/DOLBY DIGITAL COAXIAL 1 LINE IN R-AUDIO-L VIDEO S VIDEO LINE OUT R-AUDIO-L VIDEO 1 S VIDEO OPTICAL 3 2 Y PB PR COMPONENT VIDEO OUT DVD recorder ~ AC IN VHF/UHF IN to VHF/UHF IN OUT to VHF/UHF OUT TV to antenna input Antenna cable (supplied) : Signal flow z Hint If the cable box has the audio/video output jacks, connect them to the LINE IN 1 or 3 jacks of this recorder. You can record unscrambled channels by setting the recorder's input to "L1" or "L3." Note When connecting the cable box with the antenna hookup only, set the recorder to the channel where the signal from the cable box appears on the TV screen. VHF/UHF IN OUT CONTROL S IN DIGITAL OUT PCM/DTS/DOLBY DIGITAL LINE IN COAXIAL R-AUDIO-L 1 VIDEO S VIDEO LINE OUT R-AUDIO-L VIDEO 1 S VIDEO OPTICAL 3 2 Y PB PR COMPONENT VIDEO OUT DVD recorder ~ AC IN VHF/UHF IN to VHF/UHF IN OUT to VHF/UHF OUT Cable box IN OUT TV to antenna input Antenna cable (supplied) : Signal flow 17 Step 2: Connecting the Antenna Cable

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Step 2: Connecting the Antenna Cable
Basic Hookups and Settings
Hookup 2: Connecting a cable box with
many scrambled channels
Use this hookup if your cable system scrambles all or most
channels.
With this hookup:
– You can record any unscrambled channel by selecting the
channel on the cable box. Be sure that the cable box is turned
on.
– You cannot record one channel while watching another
channel.
z
Hint
If the cable box has the audio/video output jacks, connect them to the
LINE IN 1 or 3 jacks of this recorder. You can record unscrambled
channels by setting the recorder’s input to “L1” or “L3.”
Note
When connecting the cable box with the antenna hookup only, set the
recorder to the channel where the signal from the cable box appears on
the TV screen.
Hookup 3: Connecting a cable box with
only a few scrambled channels
Use this hookup if your cable system scrambles only a few
channels.
With this hookup:
– You can record any non-scrambled channel by selecting the
channel on the recorder.
– You cannot record scrambled channels that require a cable box.
IN
OUT
~
AC IN
S VIDEO
VIDEO
R-AUDIO-L
COMPONENT
VIDEO OUT
P
B
Y
P
R
S VIDEO
VIDEO
R-AUDIO-L
1
3
1
2
VHF/UHF
IN
OUT
DIGITAL OUT
PCM/DTS/DOLBY DIGITAL
COAXIAL
OPTICAL
CONTROL S IN
VHF/UHF
IN
OUT
LINE
IN
LINE
OUT
to VHF/UHF IN
Wall
DVD recorder
to VHF/UHF OUT
Cable box
to antenna
input
Antenna cable (supplied)
: Signal flow
TV
IN
OUT
~
AC IN
S VIDEO
VIDEO
R-AUDIO-L
COMPONENT
VIDEO OUT
P
B
Y
P
R
LINE
IN
LINE
OUT
S VIDEO
VIDEO
R-AUDIO-L
1
3
1
2
VHF/UHF
IN
OUT
DIGITAL OUT
PCM/DTS/DOLBY DIGITAL
COAXIAL
OPTICAL
CONTROL S IN
VHF/UHF
IN
OUT
to VHF/UHF IN
Wall
DVD recorder
to VHF/UHF OUT
Cable box
to antenna
input
Antenna cable (supplied)
: Signal flow
TV