Recording Tv Programs - Sony SLV-495 Service Manual

Additional tasks
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DISPLAY
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Resume play after pause 1 PAUSE or >> PLAY
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Search forward b> FF or & SEARCH dunng playback
TAPE SPEED
Search backward "#4 REW or & SEARCH dunng plavback
Fast-forward the tape
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Rewind the tape "é@ REW dunng stop
Eject the tape
@ EJECT
@ REC
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To use the time counter 3
At the point on the tape that you want to find later, press COUNTER RESET
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The counter in the display window resets to "OHOOMO0S " Search for the
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point afterwards by refernng to the counter
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To display the counter on the TV screen, press DISPLAY
Notes
« Tapes recorded in the LP mode on other VCRs can be played back on this V'CR but
the picture quality cannot be guaranteed
* The counter resets to "OHOOM(0S" w henever a tape 1s remnserted
* The counter stops counting when it comes to a portion with no recording
1 Turn on your TV and set st to the video channel
To record from a cable box, turn it on
2 Insert a tape with its safety tab in place
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24; Basic Operations
Recording TV programs (continued)
To watch another TV program while recording
1 Press TV/VTR to turn off the VTR indicator in the display window
2 Ifthe TV 1s connected to the VCR's LINE OUT jacks, set the TV to TV
input, if not, skip this step
3 Select another channel on the TV
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Press INPLT SELECT until a channel number appears in the display
WNPUT.
SELECT
window
To save a recording
To prevent accidental erasure, break off the
safety tab as illustrated To record on a tape
again, cover the tab hole with adhesive tape
Safety tab
Tips
5 ote Press TAPE SPEED to select the tape speed, SP or EP © To select a channel, you can use the number buttons on the remote commander
vides ding time three times as long as SP, however, SP Enter the channel number, then press ENTER
jo) EP provides recording 8 * You can select a \ ideo source from the LINE IN jacks using INPUT SELECT
roduces better picture and audio quahty ]
P P 4 Z * The display appears on the TV screen indicating information about the tape, but the =
information won't be recorded on the tape A
* If you don't want to watch TV while recording, you can turn off the TV When using 9
a cable box, make sure to leave it on 2
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6 erec * The remaining tape length may not be indicated accurately for short tapes such as s
Press @ REC to start recording T-20 or T-30, or tapes recorded in the LP mode *
* The display doesn't appear dunng stil] (pause) mode, search mode or slow-motion
playback
¢ It mav take up to one minute for the VCR to calculate and display the remaining
Press i STOP
To check the remaining tape length
Press DISPLAY The white bar indicates the appronimate length of tape
remaming The remaining time indicator also appears in the display
window
[S- ——7w £} Remaining tape length
[o_o 22h Time counter
To check the remaining time of a T-140, T-180 or longer tape, set TAPE
SELECS in the ADVANCED OPTIONS menu to "180" (For details, see page
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