Sony TRINITRON KV-VF21M40 Service Manual page 46

Recording TV programs (continued)
Recording TV programs using the G-CODE
The G-CODE system allows you to simplify the task of program-
ming your video TV to make recordings with the timer. Whenever
you want to record a TV program, all you need to do is look up the
program's G-CODE number, a number assigned to each program
published in the TV section of most newspapers and cable TV
listings. Then, just enter the tape speed, sound mode, and the G-
CODE number of the program that you want and the video TV is
automatically programmed to record that show.
Setting up the G-CODE system
Setting up your video TV involves coordinating the program
number (the number you turn to on your video TV to watch a
program) with the guide channel number (the number that's
assigned to that channel in your program guide). For a listing of the
guide channel numbers, look in a program guide for your area that
features G-CODE numbers.
Before you begin
• When the TV is in standby mode (the 1 indicator on the video TV
is lit in red), press ?/1 , PROGR +/– or a number button on the
remote control.
EJECT
Z
PIC MODE
TIMER REC G-CODE ON/OFF
TAPE SPEED
zREC INDEX
.
X PAUSE
REW
PLAY
m H
ENTER
x STOP
MENU COUNTER RESET
t
1 2
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system
?/1
>
M/,/m/</ENTER
FF
M
A/B
MENU
GAME
3
1
Press MENU.
2
Press M or m to select , then press ENTER.
3
Make sure TV SET UP is selected, then press ENTER.
4
Press M or m to select
MANUAL PROGRAM, then
press ENTER.
PLAY
H
ENTER
5
Make sure PR is selected, then press ENTER.
6
Press M or m to display the program number to which you want
to assign a guide channel number, then press ENTER.
7
Press M or m to select GUIDE CH, then press ENTER.
8
Press M or m to select the
guide channel number
listed in a program guide
for your area, then press
PLAY
H
ENTER.
ENTER
9
Press M or m to select PR, then press ENTER and repeat steps 6
through 8 to set the guide channel number of other channels.
To return to the normal screen
Press MENU.
Note
• Do not change the CH (channel) settings here.
If you want to reassign the channel settings to the program numbers, see
"Presetting channels manually" on page 34.
MANUAL PROGRAM 3
PR : 01
TV SYS : B/G
PLAY
H CH : C08
ENTER FINE : AUTO
GUIDE CH : 01
SELECT ENTER
MANUAL PROGRAM 3
PR : 01
TV SYS : B/G
CH : C08
PLAY
H
FINE : AUTO
ENTER
GUIDE CH : 25
SELECT ENTER
continued
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