Connecting; Get The Picture; Receiving Digital Channels; What You Need - RCA 27V514T User Manual

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Note: Note: You may experience a delay of several seconds before digital pictures appear, both when Note: You may experience a delay of several seconds before digital pictures appear, both when
you first turn on the digital signals and when you change channels. This is normal. Check with
your local cable company for available content.

Receiving Digital Channels

Coaxial cable
or
Indoor or Outdoor
Antenna
or

What You Need to Know

• This television is equipped with a QAM (Quadrature amplitude modulation) tuner that enables reception of
unscrambled digital cable content. Check with your cable provider for information about content availability in
your area.
• Visit www.antennaweb.org to get help deciding what type of antenna to use to receive the off-air local digital
channels available to you. By entering where you live, this mapping program tells you what local analog and
digital stations are available using a certain antenna.
• When you get to the Auto Channel Search screen in the Initial Setup, make sure you set the signal type for using
a digital signal source. (You can also choose Both, digital and analog). To complete a channel search now, go to
page 11.
• When you are ready to watch digital channels, make sure you are tuned to the Digital Input. Press the ANTENNA
button to tune to the Digital Input. Go to page 13 for more information.
Chapter 1
ANTENNA/CABLE
DIGITAL INPUT
VIDEO IN
VIDEO
ANTENNA/CABLE
ANALOG INPUT
AUDIO

What You Need

• Antenna ("rabbit ears") or outdoor antenna with a coaxial cable. Plug the antenna
or coaxial cable from the wall outlet into the ANTENNA/CABLE DIGITAL INPUT
to receive free off-air local digital channels.
OR
• Coaxial cable from a cable outlet. Plug the coaxial cable into the ANTENNA/
CABLE DIGITAL INPUT to receive your digital cable channels.
OR
• You can use a signal splitter (shown at left) to divide the signal from one cable
or antenna source to connect to both the ANTENNA/CABLE ANALOG INPUT and
ANTENNA/CABLE DIGITAL INPUT jacks on the TV. When you get to the Auto
Channel Search screen in the Initial Setup, make sure you set the signal type to
Both ( Both (digital and analog). Both (digital and analog).
When using both of these jacks, use the ANTENNA button on the
remote to toggle between the digital and analog signals.
ANTENNA
button
Connections & Setup

Get the Picture

The first part of connecting your TV is to get a signal. The back
panel of your TV allows you to receive analog channels by using the
ANTENNA/CABLE ANALOG INPUT and digital channels by using the
ANTENNA/CABLE DIGITAL INPUT. The graphic to the left shows
these inputs.
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