ProScan Monitor/Receiver Owner's Manual page 44

D.
Follow this diagram if your cable company requires a converter/decoder box for premium channels and you also want to
connect a VCR.
Incoming
Incoming
Cable
Cable
2-way Signal Splitter* 2-Way Signal Splitter*
(such as AHO47)
(such as AH047)
Most cable companies that require use of a converter/decoder
box only require the box for scrambled premium channels
like HBO or Showtime. All the other cable-TV channels can
usually be viewed without the converter box. Therefore, by
using a signal splitter, you can send the incoming cable-TV
signals directly to the TV and also thru the converter/decoder
box and VCR as shown above.
You can easily switch between the signals coming into the
jack and the jack by pressing the
ANT A ANT B
on the remote control. The channel numbers will change
colors to let you know which antenna signals you are
watching. When the numbers are blue, you are seeing the
signals. When the numbers are yellow, you are seeing
ANT A
the signals.
ANT B
The cable-TV channels that are not scrambled can then be
seen whenever the TV is receiving the
cable-TV channels that are scrambled can then be seen thru
the converter box and then thru the VCR whenever the TV is
receiving the signals. Most VCRs will feed the signal
ANT B
thru their antenna jacks even when the VCR is turned off.
This allows you to watch scrambled channels from the
converter box without having to turn on the VCR.
This connection can be useful because it will let you record a
scrambled channel on the VCR at the same time you are
watching a non-scrambled channel thru the
TV.
For picture-in-picture viewing, be sure to also connect the
audio/video cables from the VCR to the TV as shown on
pages 43-44. The VCR must be turned on and tuned to the
output channel of the cable box (usually 2, 3, or 4) for
picture-in-picture viewing.
*Optional accessory available from your dealer or electronics
supply store. Mail order form is on page 33.
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Coaxial Antenna Cables*
(such as AH037 or AH065G)
IN
FROM
IN OUT ANT
Convertor / Decoder Box
Converter/Decoder Box
OUT
TO
TV
Remember to tune the VCR to
the output channel of the
converter box (usually 3 or 4).
button
ANTENNA
signals. The
ANT A
jack on the
ANT A
See note
below
V L R
Remember to tune the TV to the output
channel of the VCR (usually 3 or 4)–the
same channel as the position of the VCR's
/
switch.
CH 3 CH 4
Back of VCR
Back of VCR
Note: Be sure to also connect the VCR's
the TV's and jacks as shown on pages 43-44. The
AUDIO VIDEO IN
audio/video connections are necessary for picture-in-picture viewing
and for stereo playback from the VCR. To see the signals from the
VCR that are going into the TV's
INPUT
you connected the VCR to the
INPUT
connected the VCR to the jacks. Select TV channel 90 if you
INPUT 2
have an S-VHS VCR connected to the TV's
Back of TV
CABLE / ANTENNA
ANT A
ANT B
CONVERTER
and jacks to
AUDIO VIDEO OUT
jacks, select TV channel 91 if
jacks or select channel 92 if you
1
-
connector.
S VIDEO