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- CABLE HOOK-UPS
-
-
- Copyright 1986 Dawn Gordon
-
-
- If you've ever had a problem hooking up your TV and VCR to a cable system with
- scrambled channels you know what the word painful really means. But you're in
- luck cause if you want to be able to restore programmability to your VCR,
- restore remote control to your TV, restore time shifting, and the ability to
- tape both regular channels and scrambled cable channels, here's the answer:
-
-
- SUPPLIES
-
-
- 1 Two-way splitter (a type with as little dB loss as possible--you can even
- get one with a built-in amp)
-
- 1 A/B switch
-
- 5 Coaxial cables with attached F connectors
-
-
- PROCEDURE
-
-
- 1) Take the main cable that normally goes into the cable box, and put a
- 2-way splitter on it.
-
- 2) Take a coax cable and attach it to one of the outputs on the
- splitter with the other end going to the cable box input.
-
- 3) The other output of the splitter goes to the A input of the A/B
- switcher.
-
- 4) The output of the cable box then goes to the B input of the A/B
- switch.
-
- 5) The output of the A/B switch then goes to the VCR RF input.
-
- 6) The VCR's RF output goes to the TV.
-
- Here's how it looks graphically:
-
-
- Main : Cable
- :
- ******
- Splitter -> * * ---------------
- ****** :
- : :
- : :
- ************** -------- :
- * Cable * : :
- * Box * ***************
- ************** * A/B *
- * Switch *
- ***************
- :
- :
- :
- ***************
- * VCR *
- ------------- * *
- : ***************
- :
- *******************
- * *
- * TV *
- * *
- *******************
-
-
- Well that's how it works. With the switch in the A position on a standard TV
- you get VHF channels, and when in the B position you get the output of your
- cable box, which unscrambles pay channels. If you own a cable-ready TV and/or
- a cable-ready VCR you can get all cable channels (except scrambled ones) in
- the A position.
-
-
- PAY CHANNELS & ROOF ANTENNA
-
-
- If you have both pay cable and a roof antenna and wish to mix them here's what
- you do:
-
-
- SUPPLIES
-
-
- 1 A/B Switch
-
- 3 Coaxial cables with F-connectors attached
-
-
- PROCEDURE
-
-
- 1) Take the main cable and connect it to the input of your cable box.
-
- 2) Connect a coaxial cable to the output of the cable box and run it to
- the B input of an A/B switch.
-
- 3) Take your main roof antenna cable and attach it to the A input of
- the A/B switch.
-
- 4) The output of the A/B switch then goes to the VCR RF input.
-
- 5) The VCR's RF output goes to the TV.
-
- Here's how it looks graphically:
-
-
-
- Roof : Antenna
- Main : Cable :
- : :
- : :
- : :
- : :
- ************** -------- :
- * Cable * : :
- * Box * ***************
- ************** * A/B *
- * Switch *
- ***************
- :
- :
- :
- ***************
- * VCR *
- ------------- * *
- : ***************
- :
- *******************
- * *
- * TV *
- * *
- *******************
-
-
- When you switch the A/B switch to the A position you get your roof antenna,
- and when you switch it to the B position you get your cable box.