Citizen JDVD3825PB Manuel D'instructions page 11

Many cable companies offer services permitting reception of extra channels including pay or subscription channels. This DVD/
VCR has an extended tuning range and can be tuned to most cable channels without using a cable company supplied converter
box, except for those channels which are intentionally scrambled. If you subscribe to a special channel which is scrambled, you
must have a descrambler box for proper reception.
Example 1:
Incoming Cable
ALLOWS: * Recording of nonscrambled channels.
* Use of the programmable timer.
* Recording of one channel while watching another.
Example 2:
Converter/
Descrambler
Incoming
Cable
ALLOWS: * Recording of channels through the converter box
(scrambled and unscrambled).
* Using the programmable timer to record only the
channel selected at the converter box.
PREVENTS: * Recording one channel while watching another.
* Using the DVD/VCR tuner to select channels.
Example 3:
Incoming Cable
ALLOWS: * Recording of nonscrambled channels.
* Use of the programmable timer.
* Recording an unscrambled channel while watching any
channel selected at the converter box.
PREVENTS: Recording scrambled channels.
NOTE: Whenever a Converter/Descrambler box is placed before the DVD/VCR, you must tune the DVD/VCR to the output
of the Converter/Descrambler box, usually channel 3 or 4.
CABLE TV connections
DVD/VCR
IN
(ANT)
OUT
(TV)
DVD/VCR
IN
(ANT)
OUT
(TV)
DVD/VCR
IN
Converter/Descrambler
(ANT)
OUT
(TV)
VHF/UHF
IN (ANT)
VHF/UHF
IN (ANT)
NOTE:
To record from converter/descrambler, DVD/
VCR tuner must be tuned to the converter
output channel, usually channel 3 or 4.
VHF/UHF
IN (ANT)
NOTE:
If you are playing a tape or using the tuner
built into the DVD/VCR, the converter must
be set to the video channel output of the DVD/
VCR (either 3 or 4).
TV
TV
TV
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