Panasonic PV-M2036 - Manual (Page 5)

Basic and Cable Connections
Back of Combination VCR
Outdoor Antenna Connection
Unhook the antenna from your previous TV
or VCR and connect it to the back of the
Combination VCR as shown in the diagram.
If your antenna system has separate UHF
and VHF lead-ins, you need a UHF/VHF
Band Mixer {not supplied).
300-75 ohm Transformer
(not supplied)
Cable Connections
(A) Without a Converter/Descrambler Box
With this connection, you can; use your
Combination VCR remote control to select
channels for viewing and select unscrambled
channels for timer recording. Scrambled
channels may not be viewed or recorded with
this connection.
(B) With a Converter/Descrambler Box
With this connection, you may record and view
any channel including scrambled channels.
Please note, however that channel selection
must be made at the cable company converter
box. Timer recording is limited to one channel at
a time, and you can only view the channel you
are recording.
Back of Combination VCR
from CATV
(cable)
To Watch and Record Scrambled/
Unscrambled Channels
Set the Combination VCR channel
selector to the output channel of the
cable converter box (e.g. CHS).
Now, select channels to be viewed or
recorded at the cable converter box.