Hook Up The Rf Signal - Hitachi VT-M281A Owner's Manual

Introduction
TV with Audio and Video Jacks
Connect the yellow VIDEO OUT jack on the VCR (bottom row of jacks)
to the VIDEO IN jack on the TV.
This direct video input will give you the best picture. It will also let you
play videos in a "picture in picture" feature, if your TV has it.
Then connect the white AUDIO OUT jack on the VCR to the AUDIO IN
jack on the TV. This audio hookup will give you better sound than the RF
signal hookup, because the electronic signal won't have to go through a
conversion process.
Capabilities: The audio and video signal connections are all you need to
play back a prerecorded tape. If you do not intend to record on your VCR
from your antenna/cable, then you're all hooked up now. Otherwise,
continue with Step 4, which will let you record off TV channels.

4 Hook Up the RF Signal

Look at the back of your TV for a connector that looks like one of these,
and follow the corresponding hookup option. If you have any sort of cable
box, see the hookup options in Advanced Operations (page 38)
Simple Antenna/Cable 75 Ohm Hookup
This is an easy hookup that you can use if your cable or antenna has a 75
ohm round wire connector. You will need the 75 ohm cable supplied with
your VCR. It looks like this:
(Refer to page 11 for 300 ohm UHF connection to the TV and antenna.)
If you have been watching the TV in your home before getting the VCR,
you will already have a round wire attached to your TV. Otherwise, look
for a cable connection coming in through the wall from outside. (If you find
this connection, remember to call your local cable company to start the
service.)
1. If still hooked up to your TV, unscrew the round wire from the 75 ohm
connector on your television. Otherwise, take the wire that comes in from
the wall.
2. Screw this round wire into the IN FROM ANT lower jack on the back of
your VCR.
3. Using the 75 ohm cable supplied with your VCR, slide on either end to
the OUT TO TV upper jack on the back of the VCR.
4. Connect the other end of the same cable onto the 75 ohm antenna
input on your TV (where you first disconnected the TV in step 1.)
5. Connect accordingly when you are using 300 ohm connection. (Refer
below.)
10