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Watching TV With the VCR Off
1
Use the TV channel selector to set the TV to the Cable
Box/DSS Receiver output channel (channel 03 or 04).
2
Select the channel you want to watch at the Cable
Box/DSS Receiver.
Timer Recordings
With this connection, you may set a timer recording as described
on pages 34-37. However, you must remember the following:
● You can only program a timer recording for one channel at a
time.
● Set the TV and the VCR to the Cable Box/DSS Receiver out-
put channel (channel 03 or 04).
● When you are prompted to enter the channel you want to
record, select channel 03 or 04 (the Cable Box/DSS Receiver
output channel). (This is step 5 on page 35.)
● Set your Cable Box/DSS Receiver to the channel you want to
record.
● Leave the Cable Box/DSS Receiver on while you are recording.
8 Hookups With a Cable Box/DSS Receiver
This connection allows you to view any channel. After you connect the Cable Box/DSS
Receiver, VCR, and TV as shown below, the features described on this page will be available.
CH3
CH4
OUT
IN
ANT
R
L
VIDEO
IN
OUT
IN
OUT
AUDIO
OUT
IN
ANTENNA IN Jack
Back of TV
(example only)
1. Connect a Cable signal to the IN Jack
on the Cable Box/DSS Receiver.
3. Use a second RF coax-
ial cable to connect the
OUT Jack on the VCR to
the TV’s ANTENNA IN
Jack.
• With this hookup, channels cannot
be changed at the VCR. You must
select channels at the Cable
Box/DSS Receiver.
• You can not view a channel other
than the one you are recording (the
instructions on page 32 do not work
with this hookup).
• You cannot program channels with
this hookup (as discussed on page
12).
• If you set up the VCR’s internal
Cable Box Controller, the VCR will
select the Cable Box channel auto-
matically during a timer recording.
You must place the Cable Box on
top of the VCR. Details are on
pages 38-39.
• Leave the Cable Box/DSS Receiver
on while you are recording.
2. Use an RF coaxial cable (supplied) to
connect the OUT Jack on the Cable
Box/DSS Receiver to the ANT(enna) IN
Jack on the VCR.
Helpful Hints
Recording/Viewing Any Channel
1
With the VCR on and in VCR position (the VCR light will appear
on the display panel), use the CH(annel) Up/Down buttons
to set the VCR to the Cable Box/DSS Receiver output
channel (channel 03 or 04).
2
Set the TV to the same channel to which you set the
VCR.
3
Select the channel you want to watch or record at the
Cable Box/DSS Receiver.