Toshiba F25Series User Manual page 167

Getting to Know the Windows ® XP Media Center Edition 2005
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For those VCR/DVD players or Set-top boxes that
support S-video out, connect an S-video cable from the
VCR/DVD player or Set-top box to the S-video in port on
the back of the computer.
Existing setup
Wall
Cable
Coaxial
cable
Set-top box/
satellite In
Set-top box/
satellite Out
Coaxial
cable
VCR/DVD
Player In
VCR/DVD
Player Out
Coaxial
cable
TV In
Sample wall-to-VCR/DVD player-to-TV setup
Connecting the External IR Remote Blaster
The external IR remote blaster is a small device that connects
to the computer and allows the remote control to work with
the Media Center programs.
If you have a cable TV Set-top box, satellite, or other Set-top
box that controls your TV signal, connect the IR remote
blaster control cable to the IR remote blaster and position the
end of it over the remote receiver on your cable box.
Add the notebook with a splitter
Wall
Cable
Set-top box/
IR remote blaster
satellite In
Set-top box/
satellite Out
Splitter In
Splitter Out
Coaxial cable
VCR/DVD
Player In
VCR/DVD
Player Out
TV In
Media Center Setup
Remote
sensor
Coaxial antenna
in on back of
computer
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IR receiver
IR remote blaster
Remote sensor
control cable
control cable