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You will probably need to set the VCR to channel 3 or 4 and then use the cable converter to switch stations. There may be additional procedures for picking up pay-for-view or scrambled channels, which the cable company will gladly help you with. Option 1--All Channels Scrambled 1. Remove the cable company's cable line from the back of your TV. Connect it to the IN FRONT ANT lower jack on the back of the VCR. 2. Using the 75 ohm coaxial cable supplied with your VCR, connect either end to the VCR's OUT TO TV upper jack 3. Connect the other end of the 75 ohm cable to the TV, in the same place where you removed the cable line. Advanced Operations (Cable Box Hookups) Check all the TV and VCR functions. If you don't get all the functions you Check all the TV and VCR functions. If you don't get all the functions you want, proceed with Option 2. Option 2--All Channels Unscrambled 1. Remove the cable company's line from the back of the cable box that goes to your TV. Connect it to the IN FRONT ANT lower jack on the back of the VCR. 2. Using the 75 ohm coaxial cable supplied with the VCR, connect either end to the VCR's OUT TO TV upper jack. 3. Connect the other end of the 75 ohm cable to the TV, in the same place where you removed the cable line. Note: You will end up with an extra cable that originally went from the cable box to the TV. Check all the TV and VCR functions. If you don't get all the functions you want, proceed with Option 3. Option 3--Some Channels Scrambled This hookup requires three coaxial jumpers with connectors, a 1-into-2 splitter, and an A-or-B switch box. 1. Disconnect the cable from the cable box and attach it to the input line of the 1-into-2 splitter. 2. Using a coaxial jumper, reconnect one of the splitter outputs to the cable box's input that you just freed up. 3. Using a second coaxial jumper, connect the other splitter output to the A of the A-or-B switch. 4. Using the cable box output line, connect the cable box receptacle to the B of the A-or-B switch. 5. Using a third coaxial jumper, connect the output of the A-or-B switch to the IN FROM ANT lowerjack on the back of the VCR. 6. Take the coaxial cable that is still connected to the television and hook it to the VCR's OUT TO TV upperjack. PICTURE 44a This setup lets you switch between the two configurations in Options 1 and 2. Check all the TV and VCR functions. If you still don't get the functions you want, proceed with Option 4. Option 4 Advanced Operations (Cable Box Hookups) If none of the preceding hookups work, check with your cable company. You may need to purchase a video switching system from your local electronics or video retailer. This will easily handle most hookup problems. Remote Control of the Cable Converter If you have a cable converter, you will probably want to program your VCR's remote control so you can easily change channels. The process is the same as for programming the remote to operate your TV. For additional details, see page 36. Hold down the CATV button and press the number of your brand of cable box (shown in the chart). If that button combination does not work, or if your brand is not on the chart, just go through all the button combinations until you find the one that works best. Cable Converters Press CATV and This Number Jerrold 1 1 Jerrold 2 2 Jerrold 3 3 Hamlin 4 Zenith 5 Scientific Atlanta 6 Pioneer 7 Philips 8 To operate the cable box once the remote is programmed for it: Press CATV and then the button of the function you want. Press VCR to operate your VCR with the remote again. Advanced Operations (Second VCR) Advanced Operations (Second VCR) Integrating a Second VCR With another VCR hooked up, you can copy videotapes as needed, and you can get fancy with multimedia programming. For this discussion, we refer to the model VT-M281A Hitachi as VCR2 and the other unit as VCR1. Hookup To hook up a second VCR, you need: A video cord with a single jack on each end, and An audio cord with a single jack on each end, or A two-way cord that has both audio and video jacks Study the back of VCR2 (VT-M281A) to find the two color-coded jacks that are labelled IN. The yellow jack is for video and white is for audio. Locate similar jacks on VCR1. Then, with the power off: Connect VIDEO OUT on VCR2 to the yellow VIDEO IN on VCR1. Connect the AUDIO OUT jack on VCR2 to the AUDIO IN jack on VCR1. Second VCR Hookup Illustration To Control Both VCRs with the Remote Control If the second VCR that you've hooked up is also a Hitachi, you can set your remote to operate both VCRs. Press GUIDE, then press 4 to bring up the Setup screen. The default setting on the Setup Screen is VCR1, for when you have only one VCR running. Press 2 to set VCR CODE to VCR2. Press the VCR2 button on the remote before pressing GUIDE twice to exit the on-screen program. With this setting, the remote control can now operate both VCRs. To switch control from one to the other, simply press VCR1 or VCR2 on the remote. (Remember to aim t...