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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.
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).
3 CONTENTS Preparation .... ...... ............. ...... ....... ...... ....... ...... ....... ...... ....... ...... ....... ...... ...... ....... 4 Setting CH4 /CH3 .............. .................... ............. ................... ................
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 .
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.
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.
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 .
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).
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.
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.
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 .
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+.
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.
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.
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) .
22 NO TES 15-1981.fm P age 22 Tuesday, March 3 0, 1999 9:09 A M.
23 15-1981.fm P age 23 Tuesday, March 3 0, 1999 9:09 A M.
RadioShack A Division of T andy Corporation For t W or th, T exas 76102 03A99 Printed in China Limited Ninety -Day W arranty This p roduct is warran ted by RadioShack agai nst manufacturi ng defects i.
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