Turning On Your Vcr 11 - Magnavox VR601BMG Owner's Manual

Before turning on your VCR, make sure batteries are in the
remote control and the VCR and TV are connected correctly.
You can not program channels if you are using a Cable Box or
a Direct Broadcast System.
1
Press the POWER button. The VCR/TV light and the POWER
light will appear on the display panel.
2
Turn on the TV. Set it to the same channel as the
CH3/CH4 switch on the back of the VCR. The display shown
below will appear. (If the display does not appear, check your
hookups, then follow the steps on page 12 to set up channels and
page 17 to select a language.)
SELECT op
ENGLISH ON
ESPAÑOL
MAKE SELECTION OR
PUSH MENU TO CONTINUE
3
Within 60 seconds, press the PLAY/o button or the
STOP/p button to select English or Spanish on-screen
displays and menus.
4
Press the MENU button. The display shown below will appear.
CONNECT ANTENNA OR CABLE
TO VCR
THEN . . .
PUSH CH UP KEY
OR . . .
FOR PLAY ONLY – PUSH STOP
5
Within 60 seconds, press the CHANNEL o button to
begin automatic channel programming. AUTO CH PRO-
GRAMMING IN PROCESS PLEASE WAIT will appear on the
screen. The VCR will memorize all available channels. When all
channels are memorized, CHANNELS ARE SET will appear on the
screen briefly, then TV programming will appear.
Now, when you press the CHANNEL o/p buttons, you'll only
scan through channels that you receive.

Turning on Your VCR 11

2 Turn on the TV.
1
POWER VCR/TV
1 2 3
4 5 6
CHANNEL
7 8 9
0
SPEED TIME SEARCH
4
MENU STATUS/EXIT CLEAR
REWIND /PLAY
REC/OTR /STOP PAUSE/STILL
Helpful Hints
• To skip this feature and play a tape
immediately, insert a tape with its
record tab removed. Or, to skip step
3, press the MENU button. All on-
screen displays will be in English. To
skip step 5, press the STOP/p but-
ton. Channels will not be pro-
grammed, and CHANNELS NOT
SET will appear on the screen.
• If you try to program channels
when there is no antenna or cable
connected to the VCR, programming
will appear to take place, but even-
tually a NO TV SIGNALS message
will appear. Connect an antenna or
cable to the VCR's ANT(enna) IN
Jack and press the CHANNEL o
button again. You may need to fol-
low the steps on page 12
• You may need to repeat the steps
on this page if a power failure
occurs.
EJECT
5
MEMORY
SLOW
3
F.FWD