Connections & SetupChapter 1 23Why You Should Connect the G-LINK™ CableThe G-LINK cable enables the GUIDE Plus+ system (the on-screen interactive program guide) towork with your VCR and/or cable box.Cable Box – If your TV is connected to a cable box, you must connect the G-LINK cable to receiveTV program listings for your area and to tune directly to a channel when the program guide is onyour TV screen.VCR – If your TV is connected to a VCR and you don’t connect the G-LINK cable, one-touch VCRrecording and timed recordings won’t work. The other features of the guide will work properly.TipsIf you have both a VCRand a cable box, itdoesn’t matter whichwand is connected towhich box.If you don’t have both acable box and a VCRconnected to your TV,just coil the cable of theextra G-LINK wand with atwist tie and leave itbehind the TV.VIDEOINPUT 1AUDIOINPUT 1L/MONORVIDEOINPUT 2AUDIOINPUT 2S-VIDEOS-VIDEOVIDEOINPUT 3AUDIOINPUT 3VL/MONORVL/MONORVPBYPRL/MONORVIDEOINPUT 4AUDIOINPUT 4 AUDIOINPUT 5L/MONORVPBYPR VIDEOINPUT 5RLLEFTEXTSPEAKERSELECT INTERNALSPEAKERSOURCEEXTERNAL AMPLIFIERMAXIMUM POWER RATING!(60 WATTS into 8 OHMS)CENTER CHANNEL INPUTRIGHT FIXED/VARIABLEAUDIOOUTPUTEXTERNAL SPEAKERSTV EXT AMPINT W/EXTSURRANTENNA AINPUT ANTENNA BINPUTETHERNETG-LINKVIDEORECORDOUTPUTAUDIORLDIGITALAUDIOOUTPUTTVVCR03CHANNELSENSORSENSORConnect to G-LINK jackon the back of the TV.TV (back panel)DVI-HDTVG-LINK wandsG-LINK cable4. When the component turns on, you’ve located the VCR’s or cable box’s remote sensor.Placing the G-LINK WandsPlace the G-LINK wands in front of the remote sensor on your VCR and/or cable boxapproximately one inch away from the remote sensor (see below).VCR03CHANNELCABLE BOXHow to Find the Remote SensorYou have to place the G-LINK wands in front of the remote sensor on the VCR and/or cable box.Some cable boxes and VCRs have the remote sensor labeled on the unit. If the remote sensor isn’tlabeled on your VCR and/or cable box, you need to use the remote control that came with theVCR and/or cable box to locate the sensor.1. Turn off the VCR and/or cable box.2. Hold the remote control (not the one that came with your TV, but the one that came with thecable box and/or VCR to which you’re attaching the G-LINK cable) so that it is touching thefront of the component.3. Slowly move the remote control across the front of the component (VCR or cable box) whileyou press the power button on and off. You must press and release the power button eachtime you move the remote (holding down the button won’t work).