Sony TRINITRON KV-30HS510 Service Manual page 176

TV
A/V cable
Notes on Using This Connection
To Do This ...
Watch cable (unscrambled)
channels
Watch cable box (scrambled)
channels
Watch the VCR
Set up the TV remote control
to operate the cable box or
VCR
Activate the remote control to
operate the cable box or VCR
Control specific cable box and
VCR functions with the TV
remote control
Label video inputs to easily
identify equipment connected
to the TV
VCR
Do This ...
Press TV/VIDEO repeatedly to select the cable input (UHF/VHF in the
illustration).
Turn on the VCR and tune it to the channel the cable box is set to (usually
TV/VIDEO
channel 3 or 4). Press
in the illustration). Use the cable box to change channels.
TV/VIDEO
Press repeatedly to select the VCR input (VIDEO 1 in the
illustration).
If you have a non-Sony VCR, you must program the remote control. See
"Programming the Remote Control" on pages 43-44.
SAT/CABLE
For the cable box, press
cover, as shown on page 42. Then set the A/V slide switch to the position
you programmed for the VCR.
See "Operating a Cable Box" on page 63 and "Operating a VCR" on page 62.
See the instructions for setting up Video Labels on page 78.
Splitter
(not supplied)
Coaxial
cable
Cable box
Coaxial
cable
Cables are often
color-coded to connectors.
Connect red to red,
white to white, etc.
repeatedly to select the VCR input (VIDEO 1
FUNCTION. For the VCR, open the outside
CATV
cable
If you are connecting a
digital cable box, you will
need a special
bi-directional splitter
designed to work with
your cable box.
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