Vcr Tape One Channel Watch Another Cable Box \ VCR Setup?

Cable box \ VCR setup? - vcr tape one channel watch another

Help! I have a new LCD television, a VCR and a new cable box. I had the recorder before I bought the TV and declared that I can record one channel and watch another. I do not know how I am and I can not connect. And yes, I had the cable box. In fact, can not get in touch so I can see a band. I have three different settings, and no one seems to work.