Catv(Cable Tv) Connections - Pioneer DVR-RT300 Operating Instructions Manual

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CATV(CABLE TV) connections

Many cable companies offer services permitting reception of extra channels including pay or subscription chan-
nels. This DVD/VCR has an extended tuning range and can be tuned to most cable channels without using a cable
company supplied converter box, except for those channels which are intentionally scrambled. If you subscribe to a
special channel which is scrambled, you must have a descrambler box for proper reception.
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DVD/VCR
Incoming cable
2
DVD/VCR
Converter/
descrambler
Incoming cable
Note
• To record from converter/descrambler, DVD/VCR
tuner must be tuned to the converter output
channel, usually channel 3 or 4.
3
Incoming
cable
Note
• If you are playing a tape or using the tuner built into
the DVD/VCR, the converter must be set to the video
channel output of the DVD/VCR (either 3 or 4).
Note
• Whenever a converter/descrambler box is placed before the DVD/VCR, you must tune the DVD/VCR to the
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output of the converter/descrambler box, usually channel 3 or 4.
En
DVD/VCR
Converter/
descrambler
Allows
• Recording of
nonscrambled channels.
• Use of the programmable
TV
timer.
• Recording of one channel
while watching another.
Allows
• Recording of channels
through the converter box
(scrambled and un-
TV
scrambled).
• Using the programmable
timer to record only the
channel selected at the
converter box.
Prevents
• Recording one channel
while watching another.
• Using the DVD/VCR tuner
to select channels.
Allows
• Recording of
nonscrambled channels.
• Use of the programmable
TV
timer.
• Recording an un-
scrambled channel while
watching any channel
selected at the converter
box.
Prevents
• Recording scrambled
channels.