Setup Instructions - Radio Shack TRS-80 User Manual

SET-UP INSTRUCTIONS
1. Connect the Color Computer to the TV and move the antenna switch­
box control to CO MP UTE R (or GA ME)
2. Install a volt alkaline battery in the battery compartment of the
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Controller. This compartment is located at the top and can be opened
by sliding it upward.
3. Plug the Controller into a 120 volt outlet, where you intend to
leave it.
4. Connect the Controller to the computer via the computer's cassette
port.
5. Plug the joystick into the right jack located at the back of the computer.
Before inserting or removing the program pak make sure the com­
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puter is OFF. Failure to do so could result in damage to the program
pak. Insert the program
side of the computer. Press firmly until it securely engages, but do not
force it.
7. Turn on the TV and tune it to
at the back of the computer corresponds to the TV channel selected.
8. Turn on the computer.
NOTE: If you completed step number 2
backup system. If a power failure should occur, the. Controller
will run on the battery bac kup. This will be indicated by the
flashing of the red light app roximately every 5 seconds. If the
Controller is without power for more than approximately 100
hours you will lose all the program times you have entered.
It is a good practice to remove the battery if the Controller
is not used for a long period of time. Replace the battery at
least once a year.
pak, label side up, into the slot on the right
channel 3 or 4. Be sure the switch
above, then you have a battery
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