Philips VRA456AT - Manual (Page 8)

8 Hookups with a Cable Box/Direct Broadcast System
There are two ways to connect your Cable Box/DBS to the VCR. With this connection:
^ You may view any channel.
® You must select channels at the Cable Box/DBS. Channels cannot be changed at the VCR.
^ You may not view a channel other than the one you are recording.
^ You may not set up channels at the VCR.
^ You can only program a timer recording for one channel at a time. Set the TV and the VCR to the Cable
Box/DBS output channel (channel 03 or 04); set the CH3/CH4 switch to the same channel. Set your
Cable Box/DBS to the channel you want to record. When you enter the-channel you want to record in a
timer recording, select channel 03 or 04 (the Cable Box/DBS output channel). (This is step 3 on page 36.)
Leave the Cable Box/DBS on for a timer recording. (The VRA656 is illustrated here.The VRA456 has sin­
gle AUDIO IN/OUT Jacks.)
Connect a Cable signal to the IN jack on the Cable Box/DBS.
2
Use an RF coaxial cable (supplied) to connect the OUT jack on
the Cable Box/DBS to the ANT(enna) IN jack on the VCR.
3
Use a second RF coaxial cable to connect the RF OUT jack on the
VCR to the TV’s ANTENNA IN jack.
Recording/Viewing Any Channel
With the VCR on and in VCR position (the VCR light will appear
on the display panel), use the CH(annel) A/V button to set the
VCR to the Cable Box/DBS output channel (channel 03 or 04).
2
Set the TV to the same channel to which you set the VCR. Set the
CH3/CH4 switch on the VCR to the same channel.
3
Select the channel you want to view/record at the Cable Box/DBS.