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- Page 2 Thank you for your confidence in MAGNAVOX.You've selected oneof the best-built,best-backedproducts availabletoday.And we'll do everything in our power to keep youhappywith your purchasefor manyyears to come. As a member ofthe MAGNAVOX"Emily;' you'reentitled to protectionby one of the most comprehensive w arranties andoutstanding service netw_f-ks in the industry.
- Page 3 FCC Warning: Any unauthorized changes or modifications to this equip- ment void the user's authority to operate it. This VCR, equipped with a HQ (High Quality) system, is compatible with existing VHS (video home system) equipment. Philips Consumer Electronics Company recommends that you use only...
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Getting Started Introduction ... Table of Contents Before Using Your VCR Hooking Up Your VCR ... Turning on Your VCR ... Playing Recording Setting the Clock ... Operating Your VCR On-Screen Displays ... Display Panel Remote Control Buttons Front Panel Rear Panel ... -
Page 5: Before Using Your Vcr
(Tape) SPEED button (see page 9). 6 hrs. 3 hrs. Make sure any light adhesive stick-on notes are removed from the video cassette tape before putting it in the VCR. Removable labels like these can jam the VCR. Do not put objects between the remote Button control and the VCR. -
Page 6: Hooking Up Your Vcr
Hooking Up Your VCR The basic VCR/TV connection - antenna/cable to VCR to TV - is shown below. For other hookups, including those that use cable converter/descrambler boxes, see pages 36 - 39. Disconnect the antenna or cable from your T¥. -
Page 7: Turning On Your Vcr
VCR that is connected to a TV. If you have this kind of connection, pages 36-39for details. • Follow the steps on this page only when you plug the VCR power the wall outlet for the first time. • The VCR distinguishes between... -
Page 8: Playing
Turn the TV on and set it to channel 3 or 4, whichever the CH3/CH4 switch on the back of the VCR is set to. Insert a tape in the VCR. The power will come on. The VCR will place itself in VCR position automatically (the VCR light and the Cassette-Inside light on the display panel of the VCR will appear). -
Page 9: Recording
• Other recording options are on pages 18 - 26. ° You can change the tape speed while the VCR is recording, tion will appear on the tape. TV and VCR Insert a tape. Press the PAUSE/STILL button once to pause recording. -
Page 10: Setting The Clock
VCR is hooked up and turned on, and channels are programmed into the VCR's memory. • The VCR is in VCR position (see pages 13, 15-16). • You make each entry within 60 seconds of the previous entry (otherwise, the VCR will exit Clock Set mode and you will have to start over). - Page 11 CH. AUTO at the AUTO CLOCK menu, you cannot manual- ly select the PBS channel from which you want the VCR to take the time. • If the clock still is not set when you turn the VCR back on at step 5 under "Automatic Clock Setting,"...
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Page 12: On-Screen Displays
Press the MENU button to bring up the main menu display. SELE0,P0SHNO 1 PROGRAM 2 VCRSETUP 3 TUNER SET UP 4 SET CLOCK END PUSH EXIT Press the Number 2 button to select VCR SET UP. sE G'PUsHNOs I NORMAl_PLAY REPEAT PLAY ON SCREEN MOD[D LANGUAGE GUIDE CHANNEL SET 1 GUIDE CHANNEL MAP .) -
Page 13: Display Panel
Light This light appears when there is a tape in the VCR. VCR Light This light appears when the VCR is in VCR position. REC(ord) Light This light indicates that a record- ing is in progress. It flashes when a recording has been paused. - Page 14 When in Stop mode, press to rewind the tape at high speed. When in Play press to rewind the tape while the picture stays on-screen. Use to select channels and on-screen menus, and to program VCR funcdons_ To select, press 0, then the channel you want. For example, To select, press the 100 button, then press the last two digits of the channel you want.
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Page 15: Remote Control Buttons
Press to set a Timer Recording with VCR Plus+. Details are on pages 22-25. Press to bring up the main menu display. Or, if you have a Magnavox TV, press when in TV position to display the Magnavox TV menu. -
Page 16: Front Panel
Insert a tape here. MAGNAVOX © "'°I l "_.n n it..uu.. CH. (Up/Down) Buttons Press to scan up or down through the VCR's channels. TRACKING (Up/Down) When in Play or Slow mode, press the CH. (Up/Down) buttons to adjust the tracking. -
Page 17: Rear Panel
VCR, or an audio-visual source (laser disc, video disc player, etc.) here. AC Power Cord Connect to a standard AC outlet to supply power to the VCR. eeeloeeooeeooeeeooe eoeeoe • eooeeo • AUDIO OUT(put) Connect... -
Page 18: Recording One Channel/Watching Another
Recording One Channel/Watching Start a recording (see page nine). Press the VCR/TV button to put the VCR in TV position. The VCR light will disap- pear from the VCR's display panel. Use the TV controls to select the channel you want to watch. -
Page 19: One Touch Recording
: without setting the timer. Before you : begin, make sure: •: • Channels have been programmed. i • There is a tape in the VCR. Make sure ctt_ i Starting an OTR : Use the CHANNEL (Up/Down) buttons or "... -
Page 20: Timer Recording
Before you begin make sure: • Channels have been programmed. • The clock has been set. • There is a tape in the VCR. Make sure the tape's record tab is intact and the tape is long enough to record the program(s). - Page 21 For example, for July 10, 1996, press 07, 10. The day of the week and the year will be displayed automatically (you cannot program the VCR to record more than one year in advance). CHANNEL TCI_ ON 09:30 Pld...
- Page 22 Setting Up VCR First, fill in the boxes on this page. It will only take a few minutes, and you must do it if you want your VCR's VCR Plus+ to work properly. Since the channel numbers of the stations you receive may not be the same as the station numbers, and since channel num- bers differ from area to area, you must program the VCR with your local channel information.
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Page 23: Setting Up Vcr Plus
Setting Up VCR Plus+ (cont'd_ _ TV Channels Cable Channels VCR Plus+ VCR Plus+ Local Channel Cable Channel Local TV Stations Guide Channel Cable Stations Guide Channel Number Number (call letters) Number (call letters) Number (GUIDE CH.) (USER CH.) (GUIDECH.) - Page 24 Where the channel numbers DO NOT match, you must tell the VCR the guide and user channel numbers according to the following steps. • Make each entry within 60 seconds of the previous entry.
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Page 25: Timer Recording With Vcr Plus
Before you begin, make sure: • Channels have been programmed. • The clock has been set. • There is a tape in the VCR. Make sure the tape's record tab is intact and the tape is long enough to record the pro- gram(s). -
Page 26: Rerecording (Tape Duplication)
VCR 2 will record your tape. Insert a blank tape in VCR 2. Make sure the VCR 2 power is on and VCR 2 is in VCR posi- tion. Turn the TVon and set it to channel 3 or 4, whichever channel the CH3/CH4 switch on VCR 2 is set to. - Page 27 CHANNEL / PLEASE WAIT will appear : on-screen. The VCR will place all the : channels you receive into its memory. : Wait for a few minutes while the VCR pro- : grams channels. When programming is i complete, AUTO SET COMPLETED will i appear on-screen.
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Page 28: Channel Memory
Follow the steps below to change the lan- guage of the on-screen displays. Press the MENU button, then press the Number 2 button to select VCR SET UP. Press the Number 4 button to select LAN- GUAGE. Press the Number 1 button if you want the on-screen displays in English. - Page 29 TIME SEARCH button to bring up the time search display. • The VCR will stay in Repeat Play mode until you cancel Repeat Play mode. do this, follow step 1 under "Repeat Playback." button to select NORMAL PLAY Press the STATUS/EXIT •...
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Page 30: Playback Options
•••• •••.• • The MEMORY button does not function • The VCR must be in Normal Play mode before you can set the Time Counter Memory. See Notes on page 29for details on putting the VCR in Normal Play •... - Page 31 Jog/Shuttle- Light Shuttle • Still and Slow modes will automatically switch to Stop mode afier five minutes to protect the VCR and the tape from dam- age. • SP/LP/SLP means this feature will work with tapes recorded in Standard Play, Long Play, or Super Long Play.
- Page 32 Tape Eject A tape can be ejected with the VCR power on or off (but the VCR must be plugged in). If a Timer Recording is programmed, a tape can only be ejected with the power on. Make sure you insert a tape for the Timer Recording.
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Page 33: Tv Code Setting
• • • *o o• • o••omooooooooo•4•t••••=• ! Your VCR remote control may be able to : operate your TV. If the remote control : doesn't operate your TV now, find your ! brand of TV on the list at the left, then fol- i low the steps below to program your remote i control accordingly. -
Page 34: Cable Converter Box Code Setting
Cable Converter Box Code Setting Your VCR remote control may be able to oper- ate your cable converter box. If the remote con- trol doesn't operate your cable converter box now, find your brand of cable converter box on the list at the right, then follow the steps below to program your remote control accordingly. -
Page 35: Specifications/Notes
: • 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. - Page 36 [--'- VHF ONLY OR UHF ONLY------- SEPARATE VHF/UHF [-- SYSTEMS COMBINED CABLE Cable Input Cable TV Converter Box Cable Input Connect the antenna or cable to your VCR. from your all cable ends disconnecting F-Type Connector _"_---] (notsupp|ied)_ UHF/VHF Band Mixer...
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Page 37: Other Hookups
Connect your VCR to your TV, using only shown below. --VHF or CABLE (not supplied) RF coaxial cable_ RF coaxial cable (supplied) -- CABLE ONLY --COMBINATION VHF/UHF RF coaxial cable (supplied) UHFNI-[F Band Separator UHF/VHF Band... - Page 38 (Up/Down) buttons to set the VCR to the output channel of the cable converter box (channel 3 or 4). Set the TV to the same channel to which you set the VCR. Select the channel you want to record at the cable converter box.
- Page 39 (Up/Down) buttons to select the channel you want to record. Start the recording. Use the VCR/TV button to put the VCR in TV position. Use the TV channel selector to put the TV on the same chan- nel as the output channel of the cable converter box.
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Page 40: Before Requesting Service
If you are having problems with your VCR, check the following list of problems and possible solutions before requesting service. You may be able to solve the problem yourself. Power No power Power failure Recording/Playback A TV program cannot be recorded. -
Page 41: Glossary
• Make sure a tape isn't already in the VCR by pressing the STOP/EJECT button on the VCR or the EJECT button on the remote control. • Gently push on the center of the tape when putting it in the VCR. Never force the tape into the VCR. - Page 42 WHO IS COVERED? You must have proof of purchase to receive warranty service. A sales receipt or other document showing that you purchased the product is considered proof of purchase. WHAT IS COVERED? Warranty coverage begins the day you buy your product. For90 days thereafter, all parts will be repaired or replaced, and labor is free.
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Page 43: Warranty
... rec/otr button ... 15-16 rec light ... recording basic ... one channel/watching another .. 18 timer 20-21 vcr plus+ ... remote control buttons ... 14-15 using ... sensor ... repeat playback ... rerecording ... rew button rew/search button ... - Page 44 Check to be sure the items on this page are packed with your VCR. These accessories are provided to help you use or set up your VCR. o©o o C) o 0000 0000 000o 4835 218 37169 One-Piece Wireless Remote...