Selecting The Signal To Record; Receiving/Recording Stereo/Sap Broadcasts; Immediate Recording; Recording A Program As You Watch It - Radio Shack Optimus 66 Owner's Manual

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SELECTING THE SIGNAL TO
RECORD
You can select the signal to record — from the
IN FROM ANT.
jack or an audio/video source —
in either of these ways.
• Repeatedly press
input source appears —
for an audio/video source, or a channel
2
number for broadcast signals.
Select
LINE 1
for recording signals from
the back
R-AUDIO-L IN 1/VIDEO IN 1
or
LINE 2
for recording signals from the
front
AV2
jacks.
• Repeatedly press
CH
the desired broadcast channel or to one
channel higher than the highest channel
number (or one channel lower than the low-
est channel number) for an audio/video
source.
RECEIVING/RECORDING
STEREO/SAP BROADCASTS
The VCR has three channels for audio record-
ing — two (left and right) stereo channels on
the Hi-Fi track, and one monaural channel on
the standard track.
Press
to display the audio programs
DISP/ENT
available on the broadcast you are currently
tuned to.
,
STEREO
SAP
the TV screen, and STEREO and/or SAP might
appear on the VCR's display. On the TV screen,
appears on the left of
(((
when available. For example, if a station broad-
casts mono (monaural) and SAP signals,
appears on the TV screen and SAP ap-
SAP
pears on the VCR's display.
The arrow to the right of the audio mode display
indicates the current audio mode. To select the
audio mode when the broadcast has a stereo or
SAP signal, repeatedly press
arrow mark points to the desired mode.
until the desired
INPUT
or
LINE 1
LINE
jacks,
s or t to set the VCR to
, and
appear on
MONO
and/or
STEREO
SAP
(((
until the
SAP/Hi-Fi

IMMEDIATE RECORDING

Recording a Program as You
Watch It
Follow these steps to record a program as you
watch it. If you know how long the program is,
you can set how long the VCR records so it
stops recording automatically.
Note: If you are watching the program on a TV/
monitor that is connected to the VCR's
jacks, set the TV/monitor
AUDIO-L/VIDEO OUT
to its video mode and skip Steps 2 and 3.
1. Turn on the VCR and the TV.
2. Set the TV's tuner to the same channel as
on the back of the VCR.
3-CH-4
3. Press
TV/VCR
until VCR appears.
4. Load a blank cassette, or one that you
want to record over, into the VCR.
5. Repeatedly press
SPEED
control until the desired recording speed
(
SP
,
LP
, or
SLP
) appears.
6. Select the signal to record (see "Selecting
the Signal to Record").
7. Set the audio recording mode to the
desired setting. See "Receiving/Recording
Stereo/SAP Broadcasts."
8. Press
. The VCR starts to record.
REC/TIME
Note: To record without a set recording
length, skip Step 9.
9. Press
again. The recording
REC/TIME
length appears on the TV screen. Repeat-
edly press
REC/TIME
to the desired recording length. The
recording length advances in 30-minute
increments up to 2 hours, then in 1-hour
increments up to 4 hours.
Notes:
• To ensure that you record the entire pro-
gram, set the recording length to longer
than the program length.
R-
on the remote
to advance the timer
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