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CHAPTER
THREE
Operating YourVCR
Now that you've completed
your antenna,
VCR, and TV connec-
tions, you're ready to start
enjoying
your equipment.
To get t!he
most satisfaction
out of your VCR, you should
carefully
read the
two sections,
"Setting
Up Your VCR for the First Time" and
"Viewing
the Picture
Coming from Your VCR." Then you can start
exploring
what your new VCR can do.
In this chapter,
you'll learn:
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Setting Up Your VCRfor the First Time
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Usingthe Remote Control
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Viewingthe Picture Comingfrom Your VCR
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Loadingand UnloadingTapes
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Playing a Tape
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Using the Menusto Set Up YourVCR
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Settingthe Clock
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Setting the VCR Plus+®Guide ChannelNumbers
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Usingthe Audio and Video Functions
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Recording
€ SettingUpYourVCRfor the FirstTime
It's important
that your VCR is set up corre,:tly
before you tr5 _to
use it. If you carefully
read this section, you will avoid confu:don
later and get the most out of operating
your system.
This section
teaches
you about:
• Setting
up your VCR if you are using a TV equipped
with
Audio and Video Inputs
(Modern
rFV), and
• Setting
up your VCR if you are using a TV without
Audio
and Video Inputs
(Older TV).
Before you begin, you should:
• have completed
your antenna,
VCR, and TV connections.
Setting up your VCR if you are using a TV equippedwith Audioand
Video Inputs(ModernTV)
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Turn on your TV and switch it to the ,:o_:rect external
input.
(For most Mitsubishi
TVs, this means pressing
the 7_'s
INPUT button
until you see the words "Ext-l"
or "Input-.1" on
the screen.)
If you do not have a Mitsubishi
TV, please
refer
to your TV instruction
book for this pl_ocedure.
Turn the VCR on by pressing
the POWER
button.
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