Connecting A Cable Box - GoVideo DV1040 User Manual

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ONNECTING A
How to connect
Cable Box
IN
OUT
A/B Switch
RF Cable
RF Cable
jack on the DVD+VCR to the IN or ANT jack on the rear of the TV.
1. Find the RF cable that goes into your cable box. Unplug it from the cable box and plug it into an
RF splitter (available at your local electronics store.)
2. Connect an RF cable between one OUT terminal on the splitter and the IN terminal on the cable
box.
3. Connect another RF cable between the other OUT terminal on the splitter and the A-IN terminal
on an A/B switch (available at your local electronics store.)
4. Connect a third RF cable between the OUT terminal on the cable box and the B-IN terminal on
the A/B switch.
5. Connect an RF cable between the OUT terminal on the A/B switch and the ANT. IN jack on your
DVD+VCR.
When the A/B switch is set to B, use the cable box control to change channels. When the A/B switch
is set to A, use the DVD+VCR remote to change channels.
How to watch regular TV and record Cable TV
1
Set the Channel Select switch of the cable Box to CH 3. If Channel 3 is used by a TV station, you
must change it to Channel 4. See "To Set Output Channel" on page 23.
2
Select the channel to be recorded on the Cable Box. If you want to watch the show that is
recording, press [TV/INPUT] button on your TV to select "Out (VCR)".
3
Press the [REC] button on the DVD+VCR.
4
To watch regular TV while you record from cable, select the desired channel on your TV.
Because of the nature of cable boxes, you cannot watch one Cable TV channel and record
another at the same time.
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ABLE
Rear Panel of DVD+VCR
DVD + VCR
IN
VIDEO VIDEO 1
(FROM ANT.)
OUT IN
R
AUDIO
RF
OUT
L
(TO TV)
VIDEO
RF Cable
Splitter (Not supplied)
OUT
IN
OUT
B
OX
Rear Panel of TV
INPUT 1 INPUT 2
ANT IN
AUDIO/VIDEO Cable
If your cable system
provides all your channels
(i.e., pay-TV channels), follow
these steps: connect an RF
Cable from the OUT jack of the
Cable Box to the IN jack on the
DVD+VCR unit. Then connect
Cable Outlet
another RF cable from the OUT
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