Instruction manual

10
Setting Up Your Adaptec
AVC-3610
This section provides setup instructions for your Adaptec
AVC-3610.
Start Here!
This Guide offers many ways to set up your AVC-3610. Before you
start cabling and connecting, make sure you know which set of
instructions to follow.
You need to know three things before you begin:
1 TV source?—The Adaptec AVC-3610 can be connected to any of
these TV sources:
■ TV antenna (regular TV)
■ Cable TV with or without a set-top box
■ Satellite TV with a set-top box
2 Type of cables?—If you have a cable or satellite set-top box, you
can improve picture quality by using composite video (Better)
or S-Video (Best) cables.
3 Single- or dual-tuner?—This Table compares the functions
available with single-tuner (one TV source) and dual-tuner (two
TV sources) connections:
Connection Type
Functions Single-tuner Dual-tuner
Watch and/or record live TV
✔✔
Watch and/or record live TV while
recording a second live TV program
✔
Record live TV while watching a
previously recorded program
✔✔
Record 2 simultaneous live TV
programs while watching a previously
recorded program
✔