20 connecting a vcr and cable box – Sony KDP 65XBR2 User Manual
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Setting Up the Projection TV
20
Connecting a VCR and Cable Box
Use this hookup if
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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
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You want to use the Twin View or Scrolling Channel Index
feature.
With this setup you can
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Use the projection TV remote control to change channels using
your cable box when the signal is scrambled.
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Use the projection TV remote control to change channels using
your projection TV when the signal is not scrambled. (Your
projection TV’s tuner provides a better signal than the cable box.)
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Use the Twin View and Scrolling Channel Index features.
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Record both regular cable TV and scrambled channels.
To connect a cable box and a VCR, you will need
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A small inexpensive device known as a splitter.
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Three short coaxial cables.
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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 projection TV’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 projection TV.
6
Connect the left (white) and right (red) audio output channels of
the VCR to the respective input jacks on the projection TV.
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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.