Philips VR810BPH Owner's Manual page 9

Hookups with a Cable Box/Direct Broadcast System (cont'd) 9
With this connection:
• You may watch one channel while recording another.
• You may not record scrambled channels.
VCR
OUT IN
(MONO)
S VIDEO
CABLE BOX
IN
1
Cable signal
Connections
1
Connect a Cable signal to the VCR's ANTENNA IN jack.
2
Use an RF coaxial cable (supplied) to connect the TV OUT jack
on the VCR to the IN jack on the Cable Box/DBS.
3
Use a second RF coaxial cable to connect the OUT jack on the
Cable Box/DBS to the TV's ANTENNA IN jack.
Recording One Channel/Watching Another
1
Put the Cable Box/DBS on the same channel as the VCR's
CH3/CH4 switch. Set the TV to the Cable Box/DBS output
channel.
Then, with the VCR in VCR position (the VCR light will appear on
the display panel), use the CH(annel) 8/9 button to select the
channel you want to record at the VCR. Start the recording.
2
Press the VCR/TV button once to put the VCR in TV position.
(The VCR light will disappear.)
3
Select the channel you want to watch at the Cable Box/DBS.
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VHF/UHF
ANTENNA
IN
CH3 CH4
TV OUT
2
RF coaxial cable
Cable Box/DBS
IN
OU T
3
RF coaxial cable
• When you play a tape, make sure
the Cable Box/DBS is set to the
same channel as the CH3/CH4
switch on the VCR. Set the TV to
the Cable Box/DBS output channel.
7 5
A N T
/
C A B
L E
TV's
ANTENNA
IN jack
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