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Tips & Troubleshooting
How Signal Flow works
If you use coaxial cables
(and no audio/video
cables), view the satellite
or off-air antenna signal
by tuning the:
TV to channel 3
VCR to channel 3
Coaxial cables
How the Satellite Signals get to Your TV
In the example above:
1. Program providers send signals to your antenna dish.
2. The antenna dish sends the signal to the receiver's SATELLITE IN jack.
3. The signal continues through the coaxial cable to the VCR and then to the TV. (The VCR may seem like an
unnecessary link in the chain, but this setup lets you record programming and off-air antenna/cable programming.)
If you use audio/video cables, the satellite signal also flows through the audio/video cables to the TV's line inputs (left,
right, and video or S-video).
How Off-Air Antenna/Cable Signals get to Your TV
In the example above:
1. Off-air/cable broadcasters send signals to your off-air antenna or through cable to your home.
2. The signal continues through the coaxial cable to the receiver and then to the VCR. The signal can also pass through
the VCR to the TV. (The VCR may seem like an unnecessary link in the chain, but this setup lets you record
programming and off-air antenna/cable programming.)
Satellite Signal
From dish antenna
Digital Satellite Receiver
OUT
IN
TO
FROM
SATELLITE IN
TV
ANT
ANT IN
OUT TO TV
Audio In
ANT IN
Left
TV Signal
From antenna or cable
Audio Out
Video Out
Right
Video
S-Video
Left
VCR
CH 3
CH 4
TV
Video In
Right
Video
S-Video
If you use coaxial cables along
with audio/video cables, view
the satellite signal or off-air
antenna by tuning the TV to its
video input channel.
Audio/video cables
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