ProScan PS20112 Owner's Manual page 38

• Cah,le-T.V Conn_ctionls, ioconltinued '
D. Follow this diagram if your cable company requires a converter/decoder box for premium channels and you also want to
connect a VCR.
Incoming
Cable
2-way Signal Splitter*_
(suchas AH047)
Conveaer/DecoderBox
Remember to tune the VCR to
the output channel of the
converter box (usually 2, 3, or 4).
Coaxial Antenna Cables*
(suchas AH037or AH065G)
Back of VCR
Back of TV
CABLE/ANTENNA
ANTA
O,
ANT B
CONVERTER
Remember to tune the TV to the output
channel of the VCR (usually 3 or 4)-the
same channel as the position of the VCR's
CH3/CH4switch.
Most cable companies that require use of a converter/decoder
box only require the box for scrambled premium channels
like HBO or Showtime. All the other cable-TV channels can
usually be viewed without the converter box. Therefore, by
using a signal splitter, you can send the incoming cable-TV
signals directly to the TV and also thru the converter/decoder
box and VCR as shown above.
You can easily switch between the signals coming into the
ANT A jack and the ANT Bjack by pressing the ANTENNAbutton
on the remote control. The channel numbers will change
colors to let you know which antenna signals you are
watching. When the numbers are blue, you are seeing the
ANTA signals. When the numbers are yellow, you are seeing
the ANT B signals.
The cable-TV channels that are not scrambled can then be
seen whenever the TV is receiving the ANTA signals. The
cable-TV channel_ that are scrambled can then be seen thru
the converter box and then thru the VCR whenever the TV is
receiving the ANT B signals. Most VCRs will feed the signal
thru their _ntenna jacks even when the VCR is turned off.
This allows you to watch scrambled channels from the
converter box without having to turn on the VCR.
This connection can be useful because it will let you record a
scrambled channel on the VCR at the same time you are
watching a non-scrambled channel thru the ANT Ajack on the
TV.
For stereo playback, be sure to also connect the audio/video
cables from the VCR to the TV as shown on pages 37-40.
The VCR must be turned on and tuned to the output channel
of the cable box (usually 2, 3, or 4) for stereo playback.
Note: Be sure to also connect the VCR's AUDIOand VIDEOOUTjacks to
the TV's AUDIOand VIDEOINjacks as shown on pages 37-38. The
audio/video connections are necessary for stereo playback from the
VCR. To see the signals from the VCR that are going into the TV's
INPUTjacks, select TV channel 91 if you connected the VCR to the
INPUT 1 jacks or select channel 92 _fyou connected the VCR to the
INPUT 2 jacks. Select TV channel q0 if you have an S-VHS VCR
connected to the TV's S-VIDEOconnector.
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