Getting Started
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3 Hook up the Audio/Video Signal
If your TV is a fairly recent model, you probably have both audio and video jacks. Look
on the back of your TV for two jacks - possibly color-coded yellow and white. They will
be labelled 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 the 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 play 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 38)
