RCA E09303 Owner's Manual

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Connecting Your TVCable-TV OperationYour new TV is designed to receiveup to 181 TV channels, including 125r_on-scrambled cable channels (seechart below). To use this TV on acable-TV system, confirm that thecable-TV, system is properlyconnected to your TV. Since cablesystems vary, you may wish toconsult your local cable-TV companyfor additional information.If your cable-TV company followsEIA/NCTA channel-identificationstandards, most of the channelsoffered by your cable company willbe identified by channel numbers thatare identical to those on your TV. Forexample, if your cable-TV system hasprograms on cable channel 20, youcan choose this channel by selectingchannel 20 on your TV.Some cable-TV companies do notfollow the EIA/NCTA standards andinstead assign their own channelidentification. For example, someuse the standard broadcast channelnumbers (2-13)for channels 2-13,but identify their other channels withletters. If your cable company doesnot follow the EIAfNCTA standards,ask them for a cross reference thatshows to which channels you shouldtune your TV to receive their cable-TV channels.Scrambled Cable-TV ChannelsSome cable companies offer"premium-pay" channels in whichthe signal is scrambled.Descrambling these signals fornormal viewing may require the useof a cable box which is generallyprovided by the cable company.How you connect the cable box toyour TV depends upon whether ornot the cable box can be controlledby remote control. If your cable boxis remote controllable, you will wantto connect it as shown in Diagram Bon the previous page.If your cable box cannot becontrolled by remote control, youwill still be able to remotely control"unscrambled" channels with theconnection shown in Diagram C onthe previous page.The chart below lists the "total" channel and cable capability count.• Low VHF A-8 (Channel 01) -- 1• VHF (Channels 2-13)" 12 * 12 *• UHF (Channels 14-69) 56 --• Low Midband A-5 through A-1 (Channels 95-99)** -- 5 "*• Midband (Channels 14-22 or A-l) -- 9• Superband (Channels 23-36 or J-W) -- 14• Hyperband (Channels 37-64 or W+I to W+28) -- 28• Ultraband (Channels 65-94 and 100-125 or -- 56W+29 to W+84)Total" 68 125* VHF is only counted once in total channel count because you can receive channels 2-13 onboth "off-air" and "cable" channels. Therefore the total channel count for "off-air" and"cable" is 181 channels (68+125-12=181).** Channels 95, 96, and 97 are not applicable in Canada. Therefore, the total number in Canadais 178.16