Samsung 15-1981 manuale d’uso

Cat. No. 15-1981 OWNER’S MANUAL Please read before usin g this equ ipment. 181-CHANNEL REMO TE CONTR OL CABLE CONVER TER with Volume Co ntrol 15-1981.fm P age 1 Tuesday, March 30 , 1999 9:09 AM[...]

2 INTR ODUCTIO N Your Ra dioShack 181-Chann el Re- mote Contr ol Cable Conv erter lets y ou conne ct a non-cabl e-ready v ideo product to cable . It is compa tible with all cab le syst ems and gives you co m- plete rem ote contr ol select ion of all cable c hannels (V HF, Mid-Ba nd, Su - per-Band, an d Hyp er-Band). The con- vert er’s volume cont[...]

3 CONTENTS Preparation .... ...... ............. ...... ....... ...... ....... ...... ....... ...... ....... ...... ....... ...... ...... ....... 4 Setting CH4 /CH3 .............. .................... ............. ................... ................... ....... 4 Choosing the Cable System T ype ...................... ................... ..........[...]

4 PREPARATION Your c onverter’ s remote c ontrol re- quires tw o AAA batterie s (not sup- plied) for powe r. For the best perform ance and l ongest li fe, we r ec- ommend RadioSh ack alka line batt er- ies. Cautions: • Use o nly fr esh batt eries o f the required s ize and recomm ended type. • Do not mix old and new batteri es, diff erent ty [...]

5 Caution: To avo id d amagi ng your conver ter, mak e sure you r conv erter is not co nnected t o an AC outlet be fore setting IRC/HRC/STD . Note: If you ar e not sure what type of chann el frequenc y system your cab le system uses, co ntact y our local cable compa ny. If the cabl e system in you r area is not standa rd, use a pape r clip o r othe[...]

6 USING THE SWI TC H ED A C OUTLET The conver ter’s b uilt-in switc hed AC outlet lets you connect a TV or anoth- er electr onic d evice that uses 120 V, 60Hz p ower (up to 600 watts) directly to the con verter. Press PO WER on the conv erte r or r e- mote co ntrol to tu rn on the converte r and the outlet. Press PO W ER agai n to turn t hem off.[...]

7 CONNECTING THE CON VER TER CONNECTING TO A TV Use the su pplied 75 -ohm coa xial ca- ble with F- type conne ctors to co nnect the 75-ohm termi nal on your TV to the RF OUT ter minal on the back of the conver ter. If your TV has only 300 - ohm termi nals, use a 75 -to-300 o hm transforme r (not su pplied), av ailable from you r local Ra dioShack s[...]

8 Single-W ire Ca b le Syst em Connect to TV R/F Inputs Connect to TV Audio/Video Inputs TV S et Matching T ransformer (75-300 Ohm) Cable Con verter Switc hed A C Outl et CH4/CH3 Fr om Cable Company A C Plug fr om TV Se t T o Standar d AC O u t l e t Cable Converter Switched AC O u tl et From Cable Comp a n y TV Set T o Standar d TV S et AC O u t l[...]

9 T w o-Wire Ca ble Syst em Some cab le systems offer more th an 181 cha nnels and include two i ncoming w ires. To use your co nverter w ith suc h a syst em, inst all an A /B sw itch (not supplie d), availab le from your local Ra dioShack store, to c onnect the cable co mpany’s wires to the con verter. Use the A/ B switch to selec t the group o [...]

10 CONNECTING TO A VCR Recordi ng and Vie wing a Non-Premium Cabl e Channel This con nection l ets you rec ord a no n-premium cable chan nel while you view it . Switched AC O u t l e t To S t a n d a r d A C Ou tlet ( both) To S t a n d a r d AC O u t l e t Cable Con ver ter TV Set VCR From Cable Compan y CH4/ CH3 Matchi ng T ransf ormer (75-300 Oh[...]

11 Recordi ng and Vie wing a Premium Cab le Channel This con nection lets you: • reco rd a premi um or non -premium cable ch annel whi le you view it • reco rd a premi um cable chann el while y ou view a non- premium c ab le channel • reco rd a non-pr emium cable channel while you view another non-pr emium cable channel Use an A /B swi tch (n[...]

12 OPERATION OPERATING THE CON VER TER’ S RECEIVER Press PO WER on the co nver ter or re- mote control to turn the conve r ter and the switch ed AC outlet o n and off. When you turn o ff the co nverter , a dot appears on the lo wer right corner of the displa y to i ndica te that the con- verter is in stand by mode. Press CHANNEL or on the con- ve[...]

13 USING THE REMOTE CONTR OL The remo te control lets you operate your c onverter from acro ss the roo m. For the mo st depe ndable op eration, point the remote con trol toward the conver ter’s d isplay. Here is a de scription of each of the re- mote co ntrol’s keys: MUTE — press to temporari ly turn off sound . To restor e sound, pr ess MUTE[...]

14 Remote Control TV s If yo ur TV ha s a remo te con trol and your co nverter’s remote co ntrol int er- feres with the TV ’s operation, either turn off the TV’s remote co ntrol fea- ture (if t he TV h as a remot e control on/ off switc h) or co ver the TV ’s remote control receiver window (wi th a piece of black tap e, for ex ample). ADJUS[...]

15 SETTING THE SLEEP TIMER Follow these steps to set the conve rt- er to auto matically turn of f after a cer- tain length of time (90, 6 0, or 30 minutes). 1. Press SLEEP . 9.0 appear s and the sleep timer indica tor lights. 2. Repeate dly press SLEEP un til the desired l ength of tim e appears. When the prese t time is reached, 00 appears and the[...]

16 Unloc king a Chan nel 1. R epea tedl y pr ess CH or on the remote control to sel ect the desired l ock e d channel. 2. P ress PL , then use the number k eys on the remote contr ol to enter the s ecuri ty code. The con - v er ter unlo c ks the channel. 3. P ress PL . ∪∪ appear s . Then hold down FINE TUNE to unlock the sele cted ch annel. ⊃[...]

17 V ARIAT IONS I N CHANNEL NU MBERING Some cab le c om pan ies us e a ch ann el numberi ng system that is different from the one used by your conv erter. For examp le, the cha nnel your cable compan y calls 21 might ap pear as 18 on the convert er’s disp lay . Use the s upplied cha nnel n umber la- bels to mark the c able compan y’s channel n [...]

18 41 EE or W+5 42 FF or W+6 43 GG or W +7 44 H H or W +8 45 II or W +9 46 JJ or W+10 47 KK or W +11 48 LL or W +12 49 MM or W +13 50 NN or W+14 51 OO or W +15 52 PP or W+16 53 QQ or W +17 54 A6 or W+18 55 A7 or W+19 56 A8 or W+20 57 A5 or W+21 58 A4 or W+22 59 A3 or W+23 60 A2 or W+24 61 A1 or W+25 62 RR or W+26 63 SS or W+ 27 64 TT or W+ 28 65 UU[...]

19 CARE AND MAINTENAN CE Your RadioS hack 181-Cha nnel Remote Co ntrol Cable C onverter is an ex ample of super ior desi gn and c raftsmans hip. The following suggesti ons wil l help you care for your con verter so you ca n enjoy it for year s. Keep th e converte r dry. If it ge ts wet, wipe i t dry i mmedia tely. Liquids might c ontain mi nerals t[...]

20 THE FCC W ANT S Y OU TO K NO W Your con verter mig ht cause TV or ra dio inter ference even when it is opera ting properly . To determ ine whethe r your c onverter is causing th e interfe rence, turn o ff your c onverter. I f the inter ference goes away , your con verter is causin g it. Try t o elimina te the interfe rence by: • moving your co[...]

21 SPECIFICA TIONS REMOTE CONTROL Range ............. ................... ................... ............. .................. 8 m (26 f eet)/30 ° Angle P ower Source ....... ....... ...... ............. ...... ....... ...... ....... .. T wo 1.5 V olt (AAA ) Batter i es Dimensi ons (HWD) .................. .................... ................... [...]

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