Hookup 1: using cable box control, Hookup 1 using cable box control, Pages 11 to 14 – Sony SLV-M91HF User Manual

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Hookup 1

Using cable box control

Recommended use

You should use this hookup if you have a cable box, especially if your cable
system scrambles all or most channels. This hookup allows the VCR’s cable
box control feature to control the channel on the cable box, simplifying the
recording process. A list of compatible cable boxes is on pages 43 to 45.

What you can do with this hookup

• Record any channel using the VCR’s cable box control feature to select

channels on the cable box

What you can’t do

• Record with the cable box turned off
• Record one channel while watching another channel

Rear of TV

Cable Mouse

VHF/UHF

VHF

UHF

Positioning the Cable Mouse
Place the Cable Mouse so that it
hangs out over the cable box front.

Wall

A

Match the type of
connector on your
TV: A, B, or C.

B

For connector types
B and C, no UHF
connection is
required.

C

UHF

VHF

Side view

or

or

Cable box

VCR

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CABLE BOX
CONTROL

IN

OUT

VHF/UHF

IN

OUT

CONTROL S

OUT

PLUG IN
POWER

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