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Connect Peripheral Equipment
Connect Peripheral Equipment
There is a wide range of audio and video equipment that can be connected
to your TV.The following connection diagrams show you how to connect
them.
Connect the aerial cables
1
,
2
and, to obtain the optimum picture quality,
eurocable
3
as shown opposite.
If your video recorder is provided with the EasyLink function, the eurocable supplied
with it should be connected to
EXTERNAL 2
to benefit from the EasyLink
functionality.
If the eurocable
3
is not used the following steps are required:
Search for and store the test signal of the video recorder
&
Unplug the aerial cable
1
from the aerial socket
x
of your video recorder.
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Switch on your TV and put the video recorder on the test signal.
(See the handbook for your video recorder.)
“
Search for the test signal of your video recorder in the same way as you
searched for and stored the TV signals. See Installation, Searching for and
storing TV channels, Manual installation, p. 5.
‘
Store the test signal under programme number 0 or between 90 and 99.
(
Replace the aerial cable in the aerial socket
x
of your video recorder after
you have stored the test signal.
Decoder and video recorder
Connect a eurocable
4
to your decoder and to the special euroconnector
of your video recorder. See also the video recorder handbook.
See Define Decoder/Descrambler prog. numbers, p. 7.
You can also connect your decoder directly to
EXTERNAL 1
or
2
with a
eurocable.
Video recorder and other peripherals
(except Digital Sources)
&
Connect the aerial cables
1
,
2
and
3
as shown opposite. Better picture
quality can be obtained if you also connect eurocable
5
to
EXTERNAL 2
and a eurocable
4
to
EXTERNAL 1
.
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Look for the test signal of your peripheral in the same way as you do for
a video recorder.
When a video recorder is connected to
EXTERNAL 1
you can only record a
programme from your TV.
Only when a video recorder is connected to
EXTERNAL 2
it is possible to record a
programme from your TV as well as from other connected equipment. See Record
with your video recorder, p. 24.
Note:
EXTERNAL 1
can handle CVBS and RGB,
EXTERNAL 2
CVBS, Y/C and RGB.
Video recorder
VCR 1
CABLE
1
4
2
EXTERNAL
2
3
VCR 1
CABLE
1
2
1
EXTERNAL
2
4
5
3
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