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How To: Connecting a Cable
May 10, 2018 – 10:36 pm

This article will show the various ways to connect a cable or satellite receiver (box) to your TV and select the correct input to view the content from the box.
- Coax Cable
- Component Cables
- Composite Cables
- HDMI Cable
The connection information shown below assumes the cable / satellite box works properly and is connected to a working cable service / connection.
NOTE: The settings for the cable / satellite box may need to be changed to send the signal out of the corresponding connector (HDMI, component, coax) you are connecting to your TV. Contact your cable / satellite service provider for information.
For additional information about TV inputs, refer to the TOSHIBA Knwledge Base articles listed below:
Coax Cable Connection
- Connect the Coax cable from the cable box to the TV.
- Turn the box and the TV on and set the TV to channel 3 or 4 depending on the cable box settings.
- Control the cable channels using the cable box remote.
Also you can choose job sheet app.
With Component RCA Connections on TV
- Use Component RGB cables for video. Connect between the box and the TV.
- Use Red and White RCAs from a composite cable or seperate audio RCA cables for audio. Connect between the box and the TV.
- Turn the box and TV on and set the TV input to Composite or ColorStream 1 or 2 to view.
- Control the cable / satellite channels using the cable / satellite box remote.
Without Component RCA Connections on TV
- Use Component RGB cables for video. Connect between the box and the component cable AV adapter. Connect the adapter to the ColorStream connector on TV.
- Use Red and White RCAs from a composite cable or seperate audio RCA cables for audio. Connect between the box and the composite cable AV adapter. Connect the adapter to Video 1 (Audio) connector on the TV.
- Turn the box and the TV on and set TV input to ColorStream 1 or 2 to view.
HDMI Connection
- Connect an HDMI cable between the box and the one of the available HDMI connections on the TV.
- Turn the box and the TV on and set the TV input to the corresponding HDMI input (1, 2, 3, 4) to view.
Source: forums.toshiba.com
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