Sony KDE-50XS955 User Manual
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Setup
Cable Box
For best results, use this connection if:
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Your cable company scrambles all channels, which requires you to use a
cable box.
cable box.
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You do not have a VCR. (If you have a VCR, see pages 30 and 32.)
With this connection you can:
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Use the remote control to change channels coming through the cable
box to the TV’s VHF/UHF jack. (You must first program the remote
control for your specific cable box, see page 58.)
box to the TV’s VHF/UHF jack. (You must first program the remote
control for your specific cable box, see page 58.)
To connect the cable box
1
Connect the CATV cable to the cable box’s input jack.
2
Use the 75-ohm coaxial cable (not supplied) to connect the cable box’s
output jack to the TV’s VHF/UHF jack.
output jack to the TV’s VHF/UHF jack.
3
Run the Auto Setup program, as described in “Setting Up the Channel
List” on page 53.
List” on page 53.
About Using This Connection with Dual Picture (Twin View, etc.) Features
With this connection, all channels come into the TV through your cable box and
only one unscrambled signal is sent to the TV, so you cannot use the dual picture
features. If some of your channels are scrambled, but others are not, consider using
the “Cable Box and Cable” connection on page 25 instead.
only one unscrambled signal is sent to the TV, so you cannot use the dual picture
features. If some of your channels are scrambled, but others are not, consider using
the “Cable Box and Cable” connection on page 25 instead.
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Before connecting a
cable box, See “Using
CableCARD
cable box, See “Using
CableCARD
VHF/UHF
75-ohm coaxial cable
OUT
IN
Cable Box
CATV
cable
cable
Rear of TV