Connecting A Vcr And Cable Box - Sony KDP-57XBR2 Operating Instructions Manual

Setting Up the Projection TV
Connecting a VCR and Cable Box
Usethis hookupif
O 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
O You want to use the Twin View or Scrolling Channel Index
feature.
With this setupyou can
O Use the projection TV remote control to change channels using
your cable box when the signal is scrambled.
O 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.)
O Use the Twin View and Scrolling Channel Index features.
O Record both regular cable TV and scrambled channels.
To connect a cable box and a VCR,you will need
O A small inexpensive device known as a splitter.
O Three short coaxial cables.
O Either a combination audio/video cable, or an S VIDEO cable
and audio cables.
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Connect the CATV cable to the single (input) jack of the splitter.
Use a coaxial cable to connect one of the two output jacks of the
splitter to the projection TV's CABLE jack.
Use a coaxial cable to connect the other output jack of the splitter
to the input jack of the cable box.
Use a coaxial cable to connect the output jack of the cable box to
the input jack of the VCR.
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.
If your VCRhas an SVIDEOjack, you can substitute an S VIDEOcable for
the video line of an AN cable. The S VIDEOcable will provide improved
video signal quality.
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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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