RCA Digital Satellite Receiver User Manual page 71

Tips & Troubleshooting
How Signal Flow Works
If you use coaxial cables
without audio/video cables,
view the satellite or off-air
antenna signal by tuning
the:
TV to channel 3
VCR to channel 3
Coaxial cables
How the Satellite Signals get to Your TV
In the example above:
1. Program providers send signals to your satellite dish antenna.
2. The satellite dish antenna sends the signal to the digital satellite receiver's SATELLITE IN jack.
3. The signal continues through the coaxial cable to the VCR and then to the TV. (The VCR may seem like an
unnecessary link in the chain, but this setup lets you record programming and off-air antenna/cable
programming.)
If you use audio/video cables, the satellite signal also flows through the audio/video cables to the TV's line inputs (left, right, and
video or S-video).
How Off-Air Antenna/Cable Signals get to Your TV
In the example above:
1. Off-air/cable broadcasters send signals to your off-air antenna or through cable to your home.
2. The signal passes through the digital satellite receiver along the coaxial cable to the VCR and then to the TV. (The
VCR may seem like an unnecessary link in the chain, but this setup lets you record programming and off-air
antenna/cable programming.)
Satellite Signal
From satellite dish antenna
Digital Satellite Receiver
OUT IN
TO FROM
SATELLITE IN
TV ANT
ANT IN
OUT TO TV
Audio In
ANT IN
Left
TV Signal
From antenna or cable
Audio Out
Video Out
Right
Video S-Video
Left
VCR
CH 3
CH 4
TV
Video In
Right
Video S-Video
If you use coaxial cables with
audio/video cables, view the
satellite or off-air antenna signal
by tuning the TV to its Line Input
Channel.
Audio/video cables
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