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Specifications/Notes
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Hooking Up Your VCR
If the reception on all channels is poor,
you may need to tune your TV set again.
Timer Recording
• it is best to finish programming a timer
recording at least five minutes before
the recording is scheduled to begin.
• If, after programming a timer record-
ing, you turn the VCR power off with-
out putting a tape in the VCR, the
Timer light will blink.
• If the record tab on a tape is missing,
the VCR will eject the tape. The Timer
light will blink.
• 12 PM is noon; 12 AM is midnight.
• When you press the GUIDE PLUS+
button to access the TV GUIDE Plus+
system while the VCR is recording a
program, CAUTION: ACTIVATING
TV GUIDE PLUS WILL STOP
RECORDING will appear on-screen
for 10 .seconds. If you want to continue
recording, press the STATUS/EXIT
button to exit. If you press the GUIDE
PLUS+ button again while the message
is on-screen, the VCR will stop record-
ing and will access the TV GUIDE
Plus+ system. If you do not press any
buttons within 10 seconds, the message
will disappear and the VCR will con-
tinue recording.
Power Failure
Timer recordings may be lost if the power
fails for more than one hour. When you
use the VCR with the auto clock function
set to OFF, the clock setting may be lost.
Follow the steps on page 10.
Satellite Hookups
• Watching one TV channel while record-
ing another may not be possible if you
have a satellite hookup.
• You may have to set your TV to chan-
nel 3 or 4, then make your channel
selections at the satellite converter box.
• With many satellite hookups, if you use
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accessory audio and video cables to
connect your VCR to your TV, you will
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have to program your VCR to accept
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line input. To enter Line Input mode,
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press 0, 0, 1 (if audio/video cables are
connected to the AUDIO and VIDEO
IN(put) jacks on the rear of the VCR),
or 0, 0, 2 (if audio/video cables are
connected to the AUDIO and VIDEO
(Input) jacks on the front of the VCR).
AV REAR or AV FRONT will appear
on your TV screen briefly.
Line Input
If you accidentally enter Line Input mode
(AV REAR or AV FRONT will appear on
your TV screen briefly), press the
CH(annel) Up/Down buttons or use the
Number buttons to select another channel.
Daylight-Saving
Time
When automatic Daylight-Saving Time is
set, the clock time will change automati-
cally as follows: on the first Sunday in
April, from 2:00 AM to 3:00 AM; on the
last Sunday in October, from 2:00 AM to
1:00 AM.
• During the April time change, a timer
recording programmed to start between
2:00 AM and 2:59 AM will not record.
A timer recording programmed to end
between 2:00 AM and 2:59 AM will
end when the clock moves forward
(2:00 AM).
• During the October time change, a
recording cannot be started between the
Second 1:00 AM and 1:59 AM.
Hi-Fi Stereo Sound
• During playback, Hi-Fi audio may tem-
porarily revert to normal audio when
you adjust tracking. This is normal.
• When connecting the VCR to a stereo
TV, you will only get stereo sound if
you use audio cables to connect the
audio output jacks on the VCR to the
audio input jacks on your TV, and if the
TV is in Line (Auxiliary) Input-mode.
• When you connect the audio output
jacks on the VCR to the audio input
jacks on your TV, the stereo light on
the TV might not glow. But, as long as
the status display indicates a stereo sig-
nal, you are receiving a stereo signal.
This is normal.
• If Hi-Fi audio continually reverts to
normal audio during playback, you
may want to change AUDIO OUT to
MONO at step 4 on page 41.
• Only tapes recorded in Hi-Fi audio will
play back in Hi-Fi audio. Tapes
recorded in normal audio will play
back in monaural audio.
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