Magnavox VRT245A Owner's Manual page 37

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Other Hookups (cont'd)
With a Converter/Descrambler Box
Cable Converter Box
Cable Input
-- IN FROM ANT(enna)
Jack
TO TV Jack
With this connection, you can record and view
any channel, including scrambled channels.
However, channel selections must be made al
the cable converter box. This means that:
Channels cannot be changed using the
VCR remote control. You must select
channels at the cable converter box.
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Timer recordings are programmed differ-
ently than shown on pages 20 - 24.
• You can only program a timer recording
for one channel at a time.
• When you are prompted to enter the
channel you want to record, select chan-
nel 3 or 4 (whichever is the output
channel of your cable converter box).
• Set your cable converter box to the
channel you want to record.
• Leave the cable converter box on for the
timer recording.
• You cannot view a channel other than the
one you are recording (the instructions on
page 17 do not work with this hookup).
• You cannot program channels with this
hookup (as discussed on pages 7 and 25).
Back of TV
TV Antenna
Panel
Set the TV to the same channel as the CH.3/CH.4, switch on
the back of the VCR.
Select the channel you want to record at the cable converter
box.
Watching TV With the VCR Off
Use the TV channel selector to set the TV to the same channel
as the output channel of the cable converter box.
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Use the cable converter box channd selector m sdect the
channel you want to watch.
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• The cable converter box must be on during recoMing.
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With the VCR on and in VCR position, use the numbcJ but-
tons to set the VCR to the output channel of the cable convert-
er box (channel 3 or 4).
Recording and Viewing a Scrambled
or Unscrambled Channel