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Preparation for Using your new TV
Connecting to a cable converter box
This television has an extended tuning range and can tune most cable channels without using a cable
Converter box. Some cable companies offer premium pay channels in which signal is scrambled.
Descrambling these signals for normal viewing requires the use of a descrambler device which is generally
Provided by the cable company.
For subscribers
to Basic Cable TV Service
For basic cable service not requiring a Converter/Descrambler
box, connect the CATV 75 ohm Coaxial
Cable directly to the Antenna Jack on the back of the television.
For subscribers
to Scrambled
Cable TV Service
If you subscribe to a cable service which requires the use of a Converter/Descrambler
box, connect the
incoming cable to the ConvertertDescrambler
box and connect the output of the box to the Antenna Jack
on the back of the television. Follow the connections shown below. Set the television to the output of the
ConvertertDescrambler
box(usually channel 3 or 4)and use the ConvertertDescrambler
box to select
channels.
For Subscribers
to Unscrambled
Basic Cable with Scrambled
Premium
Channels
If you subscribe to a cable service in which basic cable channels are unscrambled and premium channels
require the use of a Converter/Descrambled
box, you may wish to use a two-set signal splitter(sometimes
called(two set coupler) and anA/B Switch box from the cable installer or an electronics supply store.
Follow the connections shown below. With the switch in the B position, you can directly tune any
nonscrambled channels on your TV. With the switch in the A position, tune your TV to the output of the
Converter/Descrambler
box(usually channel 3 or 4) and use the box to tune scrambled channels.
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Converter/D escrambler
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Converte rtD escrambler
Splitter
A/B Switch
Note:
When you use a converter
box with your
TV, there may be features
that you cannot
program
using
the remote
control.
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