Sony SLV-380 Service Manual page 9

Cable box with only a
few scrambled
channels, using an A/B
switch
!
Recommended
use
By using an A/B switch (not supplied), this hookup allows you to
record both scrambled and unscrambled channels conveniently. With
the A/B switch set to position "A," you can record unscrambled
channels by selecting channels directly with the VCR. You only use
position "g" and the cable box to record a scrambled channel.
What you can and can't do with this hookup
What you ran do
• Record any unscrambled channel by selecting the channel directly
with your VCR (the A/B switch is set to "A')
• Record any scrambled channel by selecting the channel on the cable
box the (the A/B switch is set to "B")
W/_t you ran't do
• Record one scrambled channel while watching another channel
Splitter
A/B switch A _ B
Cable box
Rear of TV
VHF/UHF
....................... _ A Match
the type of
connector on your TV: A, B.
or C.
or
VHE
....................... _ B
For connector types B and
C. no UHF connection is
i UHE required.
i or
i VHF
UHF
16 I Getting
Started
Hookup 5: VCR setup
1
_t the RF UNIT switch to CH 3 (channel 3) or
CH 4 (channel 4), whichever channel is not used in
your area. If both are used, set the switch to either
channel.
If you made A/V connections (from page 7), you can
skip this step.
For details, see page 44,
2 set
the A/B switch to "A."
3
s_t NORM/CATV to CATV:
Press MENU and select
TUNER PRESET.
1"2oo
s_r vcM PP_. CH_J.S
Set NORM/CAW to CATV
and press EXECUTE,
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_ xom_c_w Momd"CAw
PRESET
m' "_',_ :_
Fordetails,see page20.
4 Press the unscrambled channels into the VCR.
press MENU and select
TUNER PRESET.
For details, see page 20.
Select AUTO PRESET
and press EXECUTE.
I _._ pm_k-r cH1
_o _'_T
5 Preset the cable box output channel (usually 2, 3, or 4):
Press MENU and select
TUNER PRESET.
_ TU_ER _S_T
SETVC_ _._. c_Ls
CC_T_O.
Enter the cable box output
channel,
Set MANUAL SET to ADD
and press EXECUTE.
Channel tO be preset
I
FOr details, see page 21.
Hookup 5: VCR Plus+ channel setup
1 Find the VCR Plus+ Channel Listing in your program
guide. For details on the VCR Plus+ Channel listing,
see page 26.
2
For unscrambled channels, if the channels in the
program guide are diffez_nt from the channels that
you actually use on your TV, set the channels that are
different as follows:
Press MENU and select
SET VCR Plus+
CHANNELS.
_S_T VCR _... C_LS
Enter the program guide
channel, then the channel
you use on your _/.
S_T VC_ _. €_N_LS
Program guide channel
Your actual "IV channel
!
For details, see page 27. press EXECUTE.
3
For scrambled channels, enter all the scrambled
channels you want to record and the cable box output
channel (usually 2, 3, or 4):
Press MENU and select
SET VCR Plus+
CHANNELS.
Enter the Program guide
channel, then the cable
box output channel,
SETVC_ _ _LS
o-_ XEYSTO ,_T
Program guide channel
For details, see page 27.
Your cable box channel --
!
Press EXECUTE.
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