Tv Recording: Hardware Setup; Connection Principles; Connecting A Tuner To Your Dvr Station - Archos DVR STATION Manual De Usuario

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3. TV reCOrding: hardware
seTup
When connected to your home tuner (cable box, satellite receiver, digital tuner, DSL box or VCR),
the DVR Station will allow you to schedule recordings manually or via the ARCHOS TV Program
Guide.
In this chapter, you should refer to side B of the Connection Guide Sheet.

3.1. COnneCTiOn prinCiples

• The ARCHOS DVR Station allows you to record video from most any standard video source. Typically this is
your home television system
• By placing the DVR Station next to your television, you have a simple way to connect and disconnect your
ARCHOS tablet simply by placing it into the station. What this means is that you will place the ARCHOS
DVR Station 'between' your television reception device (Cable box, satellite receiver, digital TV receiver, etc.)
and your television. See
• When connecting cables between devices, always remember that the
be connected by cables to the
out of one device into the next device. Finally, make sure that you always
with the color of the jack it is being plugged into.
Note for Europe:
In order to get the best video recording quality on the DVR Station (RGB), you may need to set your tuner device's
scart output to exit an RGB signal. Check your tuner's manual.
Note for North America:
• Although your DVR Station has connectors for composite video (yellow), ARCHOS has supplied S-Video
cables in order that you get the best possible video recording quality. ARCHOS recommends that you use
these connections instead of the composite connector (yellow).
• If either your tuner or TV does not have S-video connections, use standard male/male RCA cables instead of
the supplied S-video cables.

3.. COnneCTing a Tuner TO yOur dVr sTaTiOn

This shows the basic connection setup of a television source (tuner), the DVR Station, and your TV.
1. Your tuner needs to be connected to your home antenna/satellite/cable.
2. Connect your tuner's TV outputs to the DVR Station's inputs.
3. Connect the DVR Station's outputs to your TV's inputs.
.
Diagram B on the Connection Guide.
IN
connectors of the next device. You can think of it as the signals traveling
User ManUal - version 1
OUT connectors of one device must
match the color
of the connector
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