A set top box is an electrical device designed to receive and decode TV signals to display on your TV. It's basically an external tuner. A cable box, satellite receiver and digital converter box are all forms of set top boxes. Now that the transition to digital television is complete, in order to continue to watch TV on an old model Sanyo analogue TV set you have to connect a set box to your TV to make it digital ready.
Instructions
Setting Up a Set Top Box Along on Your Sanyo Analogue TV
1. Turn off your Sanyo TV before performing the required cable connections to hook up your set top box.
2. Connect one end of a coaxial cable to the RF Out port on your set top box. Connect the other end of the same coaxial cable to the RF In port on the back of your Sanyo TV set. The RF In port on Sanyo analogue TVs is often labeled "UHF/VHF/CATV."
3. Confirm that the coaxial cable carrying your main TV signal is screwed into the RF In port on the back of your set top box. For example, if the set top box you're hooking up is a digital converter box, screw your TV antenna's coaxial cable into the converter box's RF In port. If the set top box you're hooking up is a cable or satellite box, screw the coaxial cable coming from your wall into the RF In port (often labeled "Cable In") on the back of your cable box or satellite receiver.
4. Turn on your Sanyo TV and accompanying set top box. Tune your Sanyo TV to channel 3. If your set top box is a cable or satellite receiver, you're done. If your set top box is a digital converter box, see "Tips."
Setting Up a Set Top Box Along With a Recorder on Your Sanyo Analogue TV
5. Turn off your Sanyo TV and cut power to your set top box before performing the required cable connections.
6. Confirm that the coaxial cable carrying your main TV signal is screwed into the RF In port on the back of your set top box.
7. Use another coaxial cable to connect the RF Out from your set top box to the RF In port on whatever you're using as a recorder (this could be a VCR or DVD recorder).
8. Connect one end of your remaining coaxial cable to the RF Out port on the back of your recorder. Connect the other end of the same coaxial cable to the RF In port on the back of your Sanyo TV set. The RF In port on Sanyo analogue TVs is often labeled "UHF/VHF/CATV."
9. Turn on your Sanyo TV, recorder and set top box. Tune your Sanyo TV to channel 3. Tune your recorder to channel 3. If your set top box is a cable or satellite receiver, you're done. If your set top box is digital converter box, see "Tips."
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