Hookups With A Cable Box/Direct Broadcast System - Philips SV2000 Owner's Manual

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8 Hookups With a Cable Box
This connection allows you to view any channel. After you connect the Cable Box, VCR, and
TV as shown below, the features described on this page will be available.
1. Connect a Cable signal to
the IN Jack on the Cable Box.
IN
2. Use an RF coaxial cable (supplied) to
connect the OUT Jack on the Cable Box to
the ANT(enna) IN Jack on the VCR.
Recording and Viewing a Scrambled or
Unscrambled Channel
1
With the VCR on and in VCR position (the VCR/TV light will
appear), use the CHANNEL (Up/Down) buttons to set the
VCR to the Cable Box output channel (channel 03 or 04).
2
Set the TV to the same channel to which you set the
VCR.
3
Select the channel you want to watch or record at the
Cable Box.
Watching TV With the VCR Off
Use the TV channel selector to set the TV to the Cable
Box output channel (channel 03 or 04). Then, select the
channel you want to watch at the Cable Box.
Timer Recordings
With this connection, you may set a timer recording as described
on pages 26 - 29. However, remember the following:
You can only program a timer recording for one channel at a
time.
Set the TV and the VCR to the Cable Box output channel
(channel 03 or 04).
When you enter the channel you want to record, select chan-
nel 03 or 04 (the Cable Box output channel). (This is step 7 on
page 28.)
Set your Cable Box to the channel you want to record.
Leave the Cable Box on while you are recording.
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OUT
AUDIO
OUT IN
VIDEO
3. Use a second RF
coaxial cable to con-
nect the OUT jack on
the VCR to the TV's
ANTENNA IN Jack.
ANT
IN
OUT
CH3 CH4
CHANGED
INSERT NEW
• With this hookup, channels cannot
be changed using the VCR remote
control. You must select channels at
the Cable Box.
• You can not view a channel other
than the one you are recording (the
instructions on page 32 do not work
with this hookup).
• You cannot program channels with
this hookup (as discussed on page
12).
7 5
A N T
/
C A B
L E
ANTENNA IN Jack
Back of TV
(example only)
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