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Chapter 2: Connecting YourVCR
Connecting theAntenna or Cableto the VCR(cont.)
_Important:
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Connect
the fourth
coaxial cable to'the "OUT" terminal
on the
A/B switch.
Connect
the other end of this cable to the ':'AN-
TENNA
IN" terminal
on your VCR.
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When you are finished,
go to page 14, "Connecting
the Televi-
sion."
With this connection,
you should set the A!B switch
to "B" only
when you are recording
a scrambled
channel
In that case, you
should
set your VCR to record channel
3 (or _:), and manually
set
the cable box to the channel
you wish to record.
You should leave the A/B switch
set to "A" for all other situations.
If you have questions
concerrJng
your cable system,
please
contact
your cable company.
With this connection,
you ca_ not record a scrambled
channel
and
watch a non-scrambled
channel
at the same time. You also cannot
watch a scrambled
channel
a:ad record a non-scrambled
channel
at the same time.
Connectingotherantennas
If you don't have cable TV, you'll need to connect
a regular
an-
tenna.
Your antenna
may have one of two different
kind of ends
(called "leads") on it.
The two kinds of leads are:
300-ohm
flat twin leads
that look like this ... :
... or a 75-oh'n
round lead
that looks like this:
Follow the procedures
for connecting
the kind of leads your
antenna
has, then go to page 14, "Connecting
the Television."
connecting an antenna witha 300-ohm flat twinlead
(If you have a 300-ohm
flat twin lead, you will need to purchase
a
300-75 ohm adapter
at your local hardware
or electronics
_,;tore.)
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Disconnect
the antenna
from the back of the TV.
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Before you can attach
the antenna
leads to the adapter,
you
need to expose a 5/8 inch segment
of each lead by scraping
off
the plastic
covering.
Sometimes
these
leads have "U" shaped
clips that fit around
the screw, in which case you will not
need to peel back the plastic.
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