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Basic connections
to the TV
Your integrated
digital TV automatically
decodes and displays the four basic DTV
picture resolution
standards.
- SDTV (Standard Definition
TV) are broadcast as 480i (480-line
interlaced)
or
480p (480-line
progressive
scan) video,
- HDTV
(High-Definition
TV) are broadcast either
in the 1080i or 720p formats,
always with a widescreen
picture,
Note: Progressive scan video (p) is more like that you see in a movie theater: Images are
much more distinct and free of flicker; and motion is smoothen
Next to analog NTSC broadcast
reception,
your TV has an integrated
High
Definition
TV tuner which receives, decodes and displays terrestrial
ATSC and
unscrambled
cable (QAM)
signals.
HDTV quality is only reproduced
when a broadcaster
or cable provider
broadcasts
HDTV signals.
There are 2 ways to get HDTV content:
- via cable,
- via antenna,
Note; This dr_Jwing is used wherever you can connect cable or antenna,
- Cable
TV
Connect
the cable TV signal to the CABLE/ANTENNA
75 _r
jack at the bottom
of the TV.
Note: this connection will supply stereo sound to the TV if it is being broadcast by the
station you are watching,
- Cable
box
with
RF IN/OUT
" Connect
the incoming cable TV signal to the cable IN jack _) on the back of
the cable box.
. Connect
a coaxial cable (not supplied) from the TO TV jack on the back of the
cable box to the CABLE/ANTENNA
7fl n "lr jack _ at the bottom
of the TV.
Note: Your cable box may have a different label for the TO TV jack, such as
OUTPUT or OUT
• Set the OUTPUT
¢H switch 0) of the cable box to CH 3 or 4 (whichever
is
correct
for your cable box), then tune the TV to the corresponding
channel.
Once tuned, change channels at the cable box, not the TV.
Note: This connection will not supply stereo sound to the Tk The reason is that the RF
output on a cable box
labeled TO TV, OUT or OUTPUT for example
will not send a
stereo signal to the tuner (VHF/UHF) input on a Tk
- Cable
box with
A/V outputs
. Connect
the incoming cable TV signal (_ to a signal splitter
(not supplied).
The
signal splitter
enables you to avoid having to use the TO TV jack on the back of
the cable box. This jack will not supply stereo
sound to the TV.
Note: Your cable box may have a different label for the TO TV jack, such as
OUTPUT or OUT,
. Connect
a coaxial cable (not supplied) to a connector
on the signal splitter
and
to the CABLE/ANTENNA
75 n "lr" jack (_) on the TV.
• Connect
another coaxial cable (not supplied) to a connector
on the signal
splitter
and to the cable IN jack (3 on the back of the cable box.
" Connect
A/V cables (not supplied) to the VIDEO and AUDIO
L and R outputs
on the back of the cable box and to the AV2 video (labeled VIDEO)
and
AUDIO
(labeled L and R) jacks _ on the back of the TV.
• To view programs from your cable box, first press the SOURCE
button
on the
remote
control.
, Press the cursor
clown or up buttons
until the AV2 signal source
is selected.
• Press the OK button
to confirm
your
selection.
The AV2 input source
becomes
current
for the viewing
of cable TV programs
through
your
cable box.
Note; If your cable box Audio/Video outputs will not supply wdeo and stereo audio to
the T_ you will need to make the connection shown above in the example "Cable box
with RF INIOUT".