Sony RDR-GX7 Operating Instructions Manual page 17

Hookup 2: Connecting a cable box with
many scrambled channels
Use this hookup if your cable system scrambles all or most
channels.
With this hookup:
– You can record any unscrambled channel by selecting the
channel on the cable box. Be sure that the cable box is turned
on.
– You cannot record one channel while watching another
channel.
Cable box
IN
OUT
VHF/UHF
IN
DIGITAL OUT
PCM/DTS/DOLBY DIGITAL LINE IN
S VIDEO
R-AUDIO-L VIDEO R-AUDIO-L
COAXIAL
1 1
OUT
CONTROL S IN 3 2
OPTICAL
VHF/UHF
IN
to VHF/UHF IN
OUT
to VHF/UHF OUT
to antenna
input
Antenna cable (supplied)
: Signal flow
Hint
z
If the cable box has the audio/video output jacks, connect them to the
LINE IN 1 or 3 jacks of this recorder. You can record unscrambled
channels by setting the recorder's input to "L1" or "L3."
Note
When connecting the cable box with the antenna hookup only, set the
recorder to the channel where the signal from the cable box appears on
the TV screen.
Wall
DVD recorder
~
AC IN
LINE OUT
Y
S VIDEO
VIDEO
P B
P R
COMPONENT
VIDEO OUT
TV
Hookup 3: Connecting a cable box with
only a few scrambled channels
Use this hookup if your cable system scrambles only a few
channels.
With this hookup:
– You can record any non-scrambled channel by selecting the
channel on the recorder.
– You cannot record scrambled channels that require a cable box.
Wall
VHF/UHF
IN
DIGITAL OUT
LINE IN
PCM/DTS/DOLBY DIGITAL
S VIDEO
R-AUDIO-L VIDEO R-AUDIO-L
COAXIAL
1 1
OUT
CONTROL S IN OPTICAL 3 2
VHF/UHF
IN
to VHF/UHF IN
OUT
to VHF/UHF OUT
Cable box
IN
OUT
Antenna cable (supplied)
: Signal flow
Step 2: Connecting the Antenna Cable
DVD recorder
~ AC IN
LINE OUT
Y
S VIDEO
VIDEO
P B
P
R
COMPONENT
VIDEO OUT
TV
to antenna
input
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