Connecting The Ir Control Cable - LG DR787T Owner's Manual

Connecting the IR control
Connecting the IR control
cable
cable
The Recorder sends commands to your connected
Set-Top Box to change the channels of it through the
IR control cable when AV1 timer recording starts.
1. Connect the plug of the IR control cable to the IR
TRANSMITTER jack on the Recorder.
2. Find the Set-Top Box IR Sensor. Refer to "How to
find the IR sensor on the Set-Top Box" on right.
3. On the IR control cable, attach the adhesive tape
(included) to the flat surface just below of the IR
Blaster on the IR control cable.
4. Place the IR Blaster in front of the IR sensor on
your Set-Top Box approximately one inch away
from the remote sensor.
5 After connecting, make the necessary setting
(page 25).
Notes:
• If your Set-Top Box does not have Audio/Video
Out jacks, you cannot use the AV1 timer recording
using this connection
• Important, for the Recorder to record programs
received through the Set-Top Box, the Set-Top
box must remain turned on at all times.
• If your Set-Top Box has IR and RF control togeth-
er, set the control to IR on the Set-Top Box to use
this IR connection
• Do not connect an accessory other than the sup-
plied IR control cable to the IR TRANSMITTER
jack.
• Do not cover the transmitter.
Not all Set-Top Box devices will work with this
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Recorder.
• Refer to the owner's manual of the connected
Set-Top Box as well.
Caution:
Do not use RF coaxial cable to connect the
Set-Top Box
Recommended Set-Top Box devices
Cable Box: Motorola, Pioneer, Scientific Atlanta,
Sony
Satellite Box: DirecTV, Echostar, Dish NetWork,
HTS, Hughes, JVC, Proscan, RCA, Sony
Digital Video Recorder: Tivo, DirecTV,
Dish NetWork, Scientific Atlanta, Motorola,
Hughes, Humax, Philips, Sony
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Cable Box,
Satellite Box
Digital Video Recorder or
Other Set-Top Boxes
ANTENNA OUT
VIDEO AUDIO OUT
OUT
IR Blaster
Rear of Recorder
How to find the IR sensor on the
Set-Top Box
1. Turn off the Set-Top Box.
2. Hold the Remote Control of the Set-Top Box so
that it touches the front of the device.
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3. Slowly move the Remote Control across the front
of the device while pressing POWER button On
and Off. You must press and release the
POWER button each time you move the Remote
Control (holding down the button will not work).
4. When the cable box turns on, you have found the
sensor. Remember the location of the sensor.
Front
IR
Control
Cable
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