Using Rf Bypass - Pace TDC776D Operator's Manual

OPERATING YOUR SET-TOP (cont.)

Using RF Bypass

You can use RF Bypass to watch the regular (analog) channels that are included in the cable service.
It makes these channels "bypass" your set-top and pass directly to your TV and/or VCR.
To use RF Bypass:
• Your set-top must be installed with the correct connections from the rear panel to your TV or
VCR (see the note, right); and
• The RF Bypass feature must be on (you may need to set it to "On" in the Setup menu; see page 35).
A BYPASS light on your set-top's front panel lights up green if RF Bypass is on. Your remote control
may have a button that allows you to turn Bypass on and off.
For you to start using RF Bypass, your set-top must be turned on. However, if the RF Bypass feature
has been set to "On", RF Bypass will work even if you turn your set-top off.
When RF Bypass is on: you can use your TV's remote control to tune to any of the available regular
(analog) channels and watch that channel on your TV (the path is the RF cable). You can, at the same
time, use your set-top's composite video and L & R audio outputs to record on your VCR the digital
channel that your set-top is tuned to. (This channel number is shown on your set-top's front panel.
This means that, when the Bypass is on, you can watch a regular (analog) channel on your TV and, at
the same time, record a digital channel on your VCR. (If you are recording to the hard disk, you can
record two different programs to it, while watching an analog channel on the bypass.)
When RF Bypass is off: you see on your TV the channel that your set-top is tuned to. This is the same
channel that your VCR receives. So, when RF Bypass is off, you can record on your VCR only the
program that you are watching on your TV (but you can still record a different one to the hard disk).
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NOTE
If you are not sure whether your
set-top has been set up to allow
RF Bypass, check your installation.
If there is a cable (RF cable)
going from the TO TV connector
on your set-top's rear panel to
your TV (or to your VCR and
TV, as shown by the dashed line
on pages 12 and 13) then RF
Bypass is correctly set up. Your
TV and VCR also need to have
been tuned to your set-top's VHF
output channel (3 or 4, depending
on your location).
NOTE
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* If the "Front LED Display" (see
page 35) is set to "Current Time",
you will not see the channel
number. To see the number of
the channel your set-top is tuned
to, you should set "Front LED
Display" to "Current Channel".