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Getting Started (Hookups)
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If your TV is a fairly recent model, you probably have both audio and video jacks. Look at the
back of your TV for two jacks - possibly color-coded yellow and white. They will be labeled
AUDIO IN, or Video IN. (If you are not sure, look at the back of your VCR - you will see two
sets of these jacks.
If you have no jacks like these on your TV, skip this step and proceed to Step 4.
TV with Audio and Video Jacks
• Connect the yellow VIDEO OUT jack on the VCR (bottom row of jacks) to the VIDEO IN
jack on TV.
This direct video input will give you the best picture. It will also let you play videos in a "picture
in picture" feature, if your TV has it.
• Then connect the white AUDIO OUT jack on the VCR to the AUDIO IN jack on the TV. This
audio hookup will give you better sound than the RF signal hookup, because the electronic signal
won't have to go through a conversion process.
Capabilities: The audio and video signal connections are all you need to paly back a prerecorded
tape. If you do not intend to record on your VCR from your antenna/cable, then you're all hooked
up now. Otherwise, continue with step 4 which will let you record off TV channels.
4 Hook Up the RF Signal
Look at the back of your TV for a connector that looks like one of these, and follow the
corresponding hookup option. If you have any sort of cable box, see the hookup options in
Advanced Operations (page 44).
Simple Antenna/Cable 75 Ohm Hookup