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To determine the hookup
you need:
1.
If you don't have
a ('able
system,
(_se the Basic
Connections.
2.
IfyotJ
have
a cable system
but no converter
box, use
the Basic Cable
Connections.
3_
If you have
a cable system
with
a converter
box (some
or all channels
are scrambled
or premimn),
tJse Cable
Converter
Box HooktJp
(or
Alternative
Ca ble Converter
Box Hookup).
Your exact hookup
will depend
on whether
or not you
subscribe
to ('able,
and whether
you have
a cable
converter
box or other
equipment.
However,
the basic
idea is the same.
The signal
(whether
antenna,
cable,
or satellite)
coming
into yo_r ho_Jse needs
two things
for the
program
to appear
on your TV: cables
and tuners.
FL'ts_, the signal
travels
through
a cable.
Secr)nd,
the signal
goes to a device with
a tuner
such
as your TV or VCR. The t_mer selects
the one channel
that
yo_J are watching
fiom the many
channels
that
yo_ have
available.
ARer yo_ have
chosen
the desired
channel
with
this
tuner,
the device
may convert
the signal
into the
audio
and video that
yo_ see on yo_Jr television
screen,
or it may rebroadcast
the signal,
on a 1)re-set
channel,
to another
device.
For ex_m/;]e,
a cable
may go into a device
with
a tuner
(a cable
box or VCR) and have
a cable
going fiom
this
device
into another
tuner
s_ch as your TV. This
means
that
the channel
selected
on the first tuner
(Cable
box or VCR) is the one that
the second
tuner
(TV) will pick up. This
is why yotJ select
your TV
channels
_Jsing yo_Jr VCR remote
control.
The signal
is
coming
to the VCR which
tunes
in the channel
yo_J
select
and sends
that
channel
to the TV. This
is also
why, if you have
a ('able
converter
box, you select
TV
channels
using
the cable converter
box.
When
one t_mer
sends
a signal
f_}r a channel
to the
next t_mer, the first
tuner
always
_Jses a particular
channel
of its own to broadcast
on. For example,
yo_Jr
VCR uses either
channel
3 or 4. If your VCR is set to
broadcast
on channel
3, you must
set your TV to
channel
3 to receive
this
signal.
So, to watch
TV channel
12, yo_J wo_Jld tune
in channel
12 on your VCR and channel
3 or yo_Jr TV. Your con-
verter
box, if you have
one, works
the same
way.
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