Sony VMC-IL4415 - Manual (Page 21)

Connecting and Setting Up the DTV
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Connecting a VCR and Cable Box
Use this hookup if
❑ Your cable TV company scrambles some channels, but not all of
them (pay channels vs. regular cable channels), so you need to
use a cable box
❑ You want to use the Twin View or Scrolling Index feature.
With this setup you can
❑ Use the DTV remote control to change channels using your cable
box when the signal is scrambled.
❑ Use the DTV remote control to change channels using your DTV
when the signal is not scrambled. (Your DTV’s tuner provides a
better signal than the cable box.)
❑ Use the Twin View and Scrolling Index features.
❑ Record both regular cable TV and scrambled channels.
To connect a cable box and a VCR, you will need
❑ A small inexpensive device known as a splitter.
❑ Three short coaxial cables.
❑ Either a combination audio/video cable, or an S VIDEO cable
and audio cables.
1 Connect the CATV cable to the single (input) jack of the splitter.
2 Use a coaxial cable to connect one of the two output jacks of the
splitter to the DTV’s CABLE jack.
3 Use a coaxial cable to connect the other output jack of the splitter
to the input jack of the cable box.
4 Use a coaxial cable to connect the output jack of the cable box to
the input jack of the VCR.
5 Use the video line (yellow) of a combination audio/video (A/V)
cable to connect the video output jack of the VCR to the video
input jack of the DTV.
6 Connect the left (white) and right (red) audio output jacks on the
VCR to the respective input jacks on the DTV.
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If your VCR has an S VIDEO jack, you can substitute an S VIDEO cable for
the video line of an A/V cable. The S VIDEO cable will provide improved
video signal quality.
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