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Chapter 3: Operating YourVCR
Recording (cont.)
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_Important:
Recording a currentbroadcast
Beforeyou begin,you needto knowhow:
• to view the picture coming from your VCR. (See page 21.)
To record a TV program
that is currently
ph_ying:
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Load a tape with its erasure
tab intact
into the VCR.
If you have not already
done so, set the speed at which you
would like to record. (See "Selecting
and adjusting
the audio
and video functions"
on page 31.)
O
Set the VCR's input
to tuner.
If"L"
appears
instead
of a
channel
number,
press the INPUT
button
on the remote
until
the channel
number
shows on-screen
cr on the front panel
display.
O
Select the channel
you would like to record by using the
CHANNEL
button
on the remote
control
or on the front
panel. (If you are using a cable box, select channel
3 or 4 on
the VCR, and change
the channel
on the cable box, not on the
VCR. Additionally,
if you are using an A_:Bswitch,
remember
to set the switch to the correct position.)
Press the record button (REC) on the remote
control
or the
record button
(REC/OTRI
on the front p_mel of the VC,R.
Recording
will start. When you reach
the end of the tape, the
VCR will automatically
rewind.
You can stop recording
at, any
time by pressing
the PLAY/STOP
or PAUSE
button.
To resume
recording
from STOP, press the REC or REC/OTR
button.
To
resume
recording
from PAUl,E,
press the PAUSE
button.
(You
cannot
use the REC/OTR
button
to resume
recording
from
PAUSE.)
If you pause
the VCR for more than five minutes,
recording
will
stop automatically
to protect
the tape. If you record in extended
play (EP), you will only be able to play the tape on a VCR
equipped
for EP play, such as this one.
If you attempt
to record on a tape that has had its erasure
pre-
vention
tab removed,
the VCR will eject the tape.
Programming your VCRto record
You can program
your VCR to record with the help of Mitsubishi's
on-screen
operating
system.
You can schedule
up to eight record-
ing "events"
within
a one month period.
Beforeyou begin,youmust:
• know how to view the picture
coming from your VCR; (see
page 21) and
• have set the clock. (See page 28.)
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