20 connecting a vcr and cable box – Sony KDP 65XBR2 User Manual

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Setting Up the Projection TV

20

Connecting a VCR and Cable Box

Use this hookup if
❑

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

❑

You want to use the Twin View or Scrolling Channel Index
feature.

With this setup you can
❑

Use the projection TV remote control to change channels using
your cable box when the signal is scrambled.

❑

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.)

❑

Use the Twin View and Scrolling Channel Index features.

❑

Record both regular cable TV and scrambled channels.

To connect a cable box and a VCR, you will need
❑

A small inexpensive device known as a splitter.

❑

Three short coaxial cables.

❑

Either a combination audio/video cable, or an S VIDEO cable
and audio cables.

1

Connect the CATV cable to the single (input) jack of the splitter.

2

Use a coaxial cable to connect one of the two output jacks of the
splitter to the projection TV’s CABLE jack.

3

Use a coaxial cable to connect the other output jack of the splitter
to the input jack of the cable box.

4

Use a coaxial cable to connect the output jack of the cable box to
the input jack of the VCR.

5

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.

6

Connect the left (white) and right (red) audio output channels of
the VCR to the respective input jacks on the projection TV.

✍

If your VCR has an S VIDEO jack, you can substitute an S VIDEO cable for
the video line of an A/V cable. The S VIDEO cable will provide improved
video signal quality.

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