Sony VHS SLV-685HF - Manual (Page 10)

Getting Started 10
SONY SLV-685HF (E) 3-859-040-11 (1)
Step 3: Hookups (continued)
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 page 31.
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
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Rear of TV
VHF
UHF
Positioning the Cable Mouse
Place the Cable Mouse so that it
hangs out over the cable box
front.
VCR
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
VHF/UHF
Cable box
( )
CABLE BOX
CONTROL
CTRL S
OUT
PLUG IN
POWER
IN
OUT
VHF/UHF
IN
OUT
RM-CM101
Cable Mouse
(not supplied)