Catv (Cable Tv) Connections - Panasonic PV-D744S Operating Instructions Manual

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
Incoming Cable
ALLOWS: * Recording of nonscrambled channels.
* Use of the programmable timer.
* Recording of one channel while watching another.
2
Converter/
Descrambler
Incoming
Cable
ALLOWS: * Recording of channels through the converter box
(scrambled and unscrambled).
* 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
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: Whenever a Converter/Descrambler box is placed before the DVD/VCR, you must tune the DVD/VCR
to the output of the Converter/Descrambler box, usually channel 3 or 4.
14
DVD/VCR
IN
(ANT)
OUT
(TV)
DVD/VCR
IN
(ANT)
OUT
(TV)
DVD/VCR
IN
(ANT) Converter/Descrambler
OUT
(TV)
NOTE:
To record from converter/descrambler,
DVD/VCR tuner must be tuned to the
converter output channel, usually
channel 3 or 4.
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).
TV
VHF/UHF
IN (ANT)
TV
VHF/UHF
IN (ANT)
TV
VHF/UHF
IN (ANT)