Operation Manual

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OPERATING YOUR SET-TOP (cont.)
Using RF bypass
You use RF Bypass to watch the regular (analog) channels that are included in the cable service. RF
Bypass makes these channels “bypass” your set-top and pass directly to the TV and/or VCR.
To use RF Bypass:
• Your set-top must be installed with the correct connections from the rear panel to the TV or
VCR (see the note, right); and
• The RF Bypass feature must be switched to “On” in the Setup menu (see page 34).
Each time you want to use RF Bypass, you then press the BYPASS button on your remote control
or on your set-top’s front panel. The word BYPASS lights up on the front panel of your set-top.
When you have finished using RF Bypass, press the BYPASS button again.
For you to start using RF Bypass, your set-top must be turned on. However, once set, RF Bypass will
work even if you turn your set-top off.
When RF Bypass is on: you can use the TV’s remote control to tune to any of the available regular
(analog) channels and watch that channel on your TV. This may be a different channel from the
channel that your set-top is tuned to. (When your set-top is switched on, the number of the channel
it is tuned to is shown on its front panel.*) You can record on your VCR the channel that your set-
top is tuned to. This means that, when the bypass is on, you can watch a regular (analog) channel on
your TV and, at the same time, record a different channel on your VCR.
When RF Bypass is off: the channel that you see on your TV is the channel that your set-top is tuned
to. This is the same channel that your VCR receives. So, when RF Bypass is off, you can record only
the channel that you are watching on your TV.
NOTE
If you are not sure whether your
set-top has been set up to allow
RF bypass, check your installation.
If there is a cable (RF cable) going
from the TO TV connector on
your set-top’s rear panel to your
TV (or to your VCR and TV, as
shown by the dashed line on
pages 12 and 13) then RF bypass
is correctly set up.
NOTE
* If the “Front LED Display” (see
page 34) is set to “Current Time”,
you will not see the channel
number. To see the number of
the channel your set-top is tuned
to, you should set “Front LED
Display” to “Current Channel”.