RCA 390 - Manual (Page 7)

Cable-TV Connections
Your VCR is designed to receive unscrambled cable
channels 2 through 48 plus 98 and 99 without a “con­
verter box.” (These channels are sometimes designated 2
through 13, A through W, W-H through W-i-12, and A-2
and A-1.) There are several ways to hook up your VCR
and TV, depending on the type of TV you have, the cable
channels you receive, and whether or not some of the
cable channels must be “unscrambled." One of the five
methods shown on this page and the next will likely fit
your requirements. You may want to change from one
hookup to another, depending on what you want to do
with your VCR.
IF YOUR TV IS: AND YOUR CABLE-TV THEN USE
SYSTEM HAS: DIAGRAM(S):
cable-compatible
no scrambled channels A
some or all channels
scrambled
D
not
cable-compatible no scrambled channels B or C
some or all channels
scrambled
D
Note: if you wish to also record one or more local UHF
channels that your Cable-TV system does not offer, first
follow the appropriate cable-TV connection instructions
described below, then connect your UHF antenna to your
VCR as described in the section titled “Antenna
Connections”.
Q DISCONMECT CABLE TV
FROM CONVERTER CONNECT CABLE TV TO VCR. CONNECT VCR TO CONVERTER.
DO NOT CHANGE
ORIGINAL CONNECTION
FROM CONVERTER TO TV
FROM
CABLE TV
SYSTEM
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When you use this set of connections, keep your TV
tuned to the channel you have been using (usually chan­
nel 3 or 4) and use the converter box as you always have
for normal TV viewing and for viewing some other chan­
nel while you are recording.
When you want to view the channel you are recording, or
when you play the VCR, tune the “converter box" to the
same channel that you have set the channel switch on the
back of the VCR, either channel 3 or 4. (This is called the
“VCR channel" throughout the operating instructions in
this manual.)__________________________
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