Ramsey Electronics C2000 Instruction Manual - page 6
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USING THE CUBE 2000
Since the Cube transmits on Cable channel 59, not UHF TV
channel 59, we must use a cable ready TV set up to receive cable and
not off-air standard TV. Other small hand-held (like the Sony
Watchman) and automobile TV sets with variable dial tuners (like you
see for $49.95 at Sam’s Club) are capable of tuning cable channel 59,
read on for details. Also, you may use a VCR set for cable operation
and tuned to cable channel 59. Virtually all TV sets and VCR’s made
within the last 5 years are cable ready!
Configuring your TV or VCR for Cable channel reception:
If you are currently using your TV or VCR with a cable TV system:
1) Turn your TV or VCR "off".
2) Unscrew the coax cable from the TV or VCR's antenna input jack.
3) Connect a standard UHF TV Loop or UHF Bow-tie type antenna
(available at Radio Shack) to the TV antenna input jack. If the Loop or Bow-
tie antenna does not have the same type of connector that the TV has, you
will need to get the right connector and/or coax cable. Usually the Loop or
Bow-tie antenna needs a 300 ohm to 75 ohm matching transformer and then
you can use a length of standard TV coax cable to connect to your TV. Bow-
tie antennas work very well and are only $10.00 or so and the matching
transformer is $1.00; Radio Shack has them. To test things, you can also just
poke a length of wire a few feet long into the center pin hole of the TV’s
antenna jack, but a real antenna is needed for best range!
If you are currently using your TV with an outdoor TV antenna or using
‘rabbit-ears” (receiving TV from off-air), you must configure the TV for
cable TV operation:
1) Turn your TV or VCR "on".
2) Using the TV remote control, go into the TV tuner set-up mode by
selecting ‘MENU, TUNER SET-UP, MODE, TUNER’ or some other such
selection. Your TV’s manual is handy here since we at the Ramsey factory
can’t possibly know the exact terminology used by the many different TV
sets out there!