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Getting Started
Cable-TV Operation
Your new TV is designed to receive up
to 181 TV channels, including
125
non-scrambled
cable channels (see
chart below).
To use this TV on a
cable-TV system, confirm that the
cable-TV system is properly
connected to your TV. Since cable
systems vary, you may wish to consult
your local cable.-TV company for
additional information.
If your cable-TV company follows
EIA/NCTA channel-identification
standards,
most of the channels
offered by your cable company will be
identified
by channel numbers that are
identical to those on your TV. For
example, ff your cable-TV
system has
programs
on cable channel 20, you can
choose this channel by selecting
channel 20 on your 'IV.
Some cable-TV
companies
do not
follow the EIA/NCTA standards and
instead assign their own channel
identification.
For example, some use
the standard broadcast
channel
numbers (2-13) for channels
2-13, but
identify their other channels
with
letters. If your cable company does
not follow the EIA/NCTA standards,
ask them for a cross reference
that
shows to which channels you should
tune your TV to receive their cable-
TV channels.
Scrambled
Cable-TV
Channels
Some cable companies
offer
"premium-pay"
channels in which the
signal is scrambled.
Descrambling
these signals for normal viewing may
require the use of a cable box which is
generally provided by the cable
company.
How you connect the cable box to
your TV depends upon whether or not
the cable box can be controlled
by
remote control.
If your cable box is
remote controllable,
you will want to
connect it as shown in Diagram B on
the previous page.
If your cable box cannot be controlled
by remote control, you will still be
able to remotely control
"unscrambled"
channels
with the
connection
shown in Diagram
C on
the previous page.
The chart below lists the "total" channel and cable capability count.
• Low VHF A-8 (Channel 01)
• VHF (Channels 2-13)*
• UHF (Channels 14-69)
• Low Midband A-5 through A-1 iChannels
95-99)**
• Midband (Channels 14-22 or A-I)
• Superband (Channels 23-36 or J-W)
• Hyperband (Channels 37-64 or W+I to W+28)
• Ultraband (Channels 65-94 and 100-125 or
W+29 to W+84)
Total*
12 *
56
68
1
12"
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9
14
28
56
125
* VI-IF is only countedonce in totalchannelcount becauseyou canreceive channels2-13 on
both"off-air" and"cable"channels. Thereforethe totalchannelcount f or "off-air" and
"cable"is 181 channels(68+125-12=18I).
** Channels 95, 96, and 97 are not applicable in Canada. Therefore, the total number in Canada
is 178.
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