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How to Prepare Up a Comcast Cable Box

By Jordan Whitehouse

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Comcast is a communications provider that supplies customers with television set services, Cyberspace and phone connections. The visitor's television services includes regular and digital cablevision, and both types crave a cable box to connect to your television. You can inquire for a Comcast technician to visit your habitation and fix upwardly your cable box, but you'll find that it'southward very like shooting fish in a barrel to do this yourself. The entire process should take only a few minutes.

Step ane

Connect the coaxial cable extending from the wall outlet to the "Cable in" port on the back of the cable box by twisting its plug connector clockwise using your fingers until it is firmly in place. This coaxial cable connects to the cable service. If it hasn't been set yet, you'll demand to contact your local Comcast provider.

Step ii

Connect one end of the coaxial cable yous purchased to the "Idiot box/VCR" port on the back of the cable box. Connect the other cease of the coaxial cable to the "Antenna in" port on the back of your television. Both ends connect in the same mode equally described in the in a higher place stride. This process only works for televisions that are non HDTV. Get to Step Three if you take an HDTV.

Step 3

Connect one cease of your HDMI cable to the HDMI port on the cable box. Connect the other stop of the HDMI cablevision to the HDMI port on your tv. Both of these ports resemble the USB ports on your computer.

Stride 4

Attach ane terminate of the ability string to the dorsum of the cable box and plug the other end into the closest wall outlet.

Stride 5

Turn on your television receiver. If you have a standard boob tube, you will automatically be able to view all of the cable channels that were included in your Comcast cable package. If yous have a HDTV, press the "Input" push button on your television'due south remote control and select the "HDMI" pick to view channels.

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