ProScan PS27123 Owner's Manual page 41

Cable TV Connections
Follow one of these steps to connect a cable-TV system to your TV instead of a home antenna. Since cable-TV systems
vary, you may wish to consult your local cable-TV company for additional information.
A, Follow this diagram if your cable company does not require a converter/decoder box (no scrambled channels):
Incoming [___
Cable
Back of "IV
CABLE/ ANTENNA
ANT A
ANT B
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CONVERTER
Bo
Follow this diagram if your cable company requires a converter/decoder box that can be controlled by remote control.
Most brands of remote-controllable boxes can be controlled by the remote that came packed with your TV.
Details for programming 3,our TV's remote to also control the converter/decoder box are on page 39.
See diagram D if you want to connect a VCR.
Incoming
Cable
Back of TV
_ CABLE/ANTENNA . .
ANT A
• " " ANT B
Remember to tune.your "l"Vto the output ,_}_
channel of the converter box (usually 2. 3,
or 4) when selecting channels via the _
converter box. "_
CONVERTER
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...... N OUT
CONVERTER / DECODER 80X
Co Follow thisdiagram if your cable company requires a converter/decoder box that cannot be coritrolledby remote control:
Scrambled CabIeTV Channels • '
Some cable-TV decoders require that you manually switch from regular to scrambled channels on the decoder
whenever you wish to view the premium pay channels. By connecting the decoder to the ANTA input and CONVERTER
output on your TV and leaving the decoder box setto the scrambled channel, you-can switch between the scrambled
and unscrambled channels by using the TV's remote control.
Simply press the
ANTENNA
button on the remote control to switch
between the scrambled and nonscrambled channels.
Each time 3,ou press the
ANTENNA
button, the channel numbers
will change color on the screen to show which antenna sigmil
you're watching:
Nonscrambled cable channels will come through the ANTB input.
whenever the channel numbers are yellow.
The scrambled channel fr6m the decoder box will come through
the ANT
A inpul whenever the chan.nel numbers arc bluc. Be surc
to leave the decoder box. set to the scrambled channel, and
ri:member to tune your TV to the output channel of the converter
box (usually 2, 3, or 4).
Incoming
Cable
CONVERTER/DECODERBOX .
Antenna Cables
(such as AH037*)
CABLE i ANTENNA "%
ANT A
• _- _-I
ANT B
CONVERTER
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