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Advanced Operations (Cable Box Hookups)
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Advanced Operations (Cable Box Hookups cont.) pg. 44
Check all the TV and VCR functions. If you don't get all the functions you want, precede with Option 3.
Option 3--Some Channels Scrambled
This hookup requires three coaxial jumpers with connectors, a 1-into-2 splitter, and an A-or-B switch box.
1. Disconnect the cable from the cable box and attach it to the input line of the 1-into-2 splitter.
2. Using a coaxial jumper, reconnect one of the splitter outputs to the cable box's input that you just freed
up.
3. Using a second coaxial jumper, connect the other splitter output to the A of the A-or-B switch.
4. Using the cable box output line, connect the cable box receptacle to the B of the A-or-B switch.
5. Using a third coaxial jumper, connect the output of the A-or-B switch to the input of the VCR.
6. Take the coaxial cable that is still connected to the television and hook it to the output of the VCR.
Some Channels Scrambled Cable Box Hookup
This setup lets you switch between the two configurations in Options 1 and 2. Check all the TV and VCR
functions. If you still don't get the functions you want, proceed with Option 4.