Cable Tv Connections - Toshiba 15LV505-T Owner's Manual

Cable TV connections

This TV/DVD has an extended tuning range and can tune most cable channels without using a cable TV converter box.
Some cable companies offer "premium pay channels" in which the signal is scrambled. Descrambling these signals for
normal viewing requires the use of a descrambler device which is generally provided by the cable company.
For subscribers to basic cable TV service
75
coaxial cable
For subscribers to scrambled cable TV service
If you subscribe to a cable TV service which requires the use of a converter/descrambler box, connect the
incoming 75 coaxial cable to the converter/descrambler box. Using another 75
output jack of the converter/descrambler box to the antenna jack on the TV/DVD. Follow the connections shown
below. Set the TV/DVD to the output channel of the converter/descrambler box (usually channel 3 or 4) and use
the converter/descrambler box to select channels.
Incoming 75 cable TV
For subscribers to unscrambled basic cable TV service with
scrambled premium channels
If you subscribe to a cable TV service in which basic channels are unscrambled and premium channels require
the use of a converter/descrambler box, you may wish to use a signal splitter and an A/B switch box (available
from the cable company or an electronics supply store). Follow the connections shown below. With the switch in
the "B" position, you can directly tune any unscrambled channels on your TV/DVD. With the switch in the "A"
position, tune your TV/DVD to the output of the converter/descrambler box (usually channel 3 or 4) and use the
converter/descrambler box to tune scrambled channels.
Incoming 75
cable TV
For basic cable service not requiring a converter/
Antenna
descrambler box, connect the cable TV 75
jack
directly to the antenna jack on the back of the TV/DVD.
Converter/descrambler
Converter/descrambler
Splitter
A/B switch
coaxial cable, connect the
75 cable to TV/DVD
75 cable to TV/DVD
A
B
coaxial cable
Antenna
jack
Antenna
jack
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