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OPERATING YOUR HOME TERMINAL (cont.)
Using a bypass module
If a bypass module has been installed on the rear panel of your home terminal, the regular (analog)
channels can bypass your home terminal. For you to turn bypass on or off, your home terminal must
be turned on. However, once set, the bypass will work even when your home terminal is turned off.
To turn on the bypass feature, press the
BYPASS
button on your remote control.
To turn off the bypass feature, press the
BYPASS
button again.
While the bypass is on, the word BYPASS is lighted on the front panel of your home terminal.
When the bypass is on
, you can use the TV’s remote control to tune to any of the available regular
(analog) channels and watch that channel on your TV. This may be a different channel from the
channel that your home terminal is tuned to. (The number of the channel it is tuned to is shown on
its front panel.) You can record on your VCR the channel that your home terminal is tuned to. This
means that, when the bypass is on, you can watch a regular (analog) channel on your TV and, at the
same time, record a
different
channel (digital or analog) on your VCR.
When the bypass is off
, you will see on your TV the channel that your home terminal is tuned to. This
is the same channel that your VCR receives. So, when the bypass is off, you can record only the
channel that you are watching on your TV.
Lightning storms
Occasionally, a lightning storm may affect your home terminal. It may appear that it has stopped
working, but you can easily restore its operation as follows.
Unplug your home terminal’s power cord at the wall AC outlet. Then plug this power cord in again
at the wall AC outlet (and, if there is a switch by this outlet, switch it to its ON position).
