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Basic Operating
Controls and Displays
Now that you have connected your VCR to your TV and
antenna or cable-TV system, you are ready to turn it on.
You
don't
need
to know all the details
about
the
controls and displays before you begin using your new
VCR, so only those you will use for basic recording and
playback
are discussed
here. (Additional
information
about the controls is on pages 18 and 19.)
After you have read about the basic control functions on
this page. turn on your VCR and check the installation
by following the instructions
on the next two pages.
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POWER Button: Turns the VCR on and off. (If the
VCR
is already
off, inserting
a cassette
will
automatically
turn it on).
STOP/EJECT
Button:
• Stops
whatever
the
VCR
is doing
(record,
playback, rewind, or fast forward).
• When VCR is stopped, press this button to eject
the cassette.
Cassette
Compartment:
Push the cassette
through
the door as shown below to load it, Cassette-ln
indicator
(_)
turns on.
REW Button: Rewinds the tape when the VCR is
stopped.
PLA Y Button:
Starts
playback.
If you insert
a
cassette
with
the tab
removed,
the tape will
automatically
play.
A UTO
PROG/ADD/ERASE
Buttons:
These
buttons
are used to auto program channels into the
VCR and to add and erase
channels
from
the
channel memory. Details are on page 12.
Inserting and Removing
Cassettes
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TAPE SPEED
Button and Indicators: Press this
button
to change
recording
speed. The lighted
indicator tells the tape speed. (Use "SLP"
for
normal recording.)
CHANNEL
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Buttons
and Display:
After
channels are programmed,
• selects the next lower
channel and • selects the next higher channel. The
channel number appears in the display.
RECORD/XPR
Button: Press to begin
normal
recording. Press twice to enter Express Recording
mode.
Time Display: The time is normally shown here. If
the clock has stopped you will see "----:----"
in
this area.
Status Displays: Tell what the VCR is doing (t> for
playback,
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for record. <]<_ for rewind. I>t>
for fast forward,
0D for pause/. This area is blank
when the VCR is turned off.
.[m_-.[] Cassette-In Indicator:. Lights when a cassette
ts m the compartment.
Indicator:. This indicator is controlled
by
the TV
VCR button
on the remote
control.
It
indicates
the picture
source that is being fed to
your TV.
• VCR Indicator
is off when TV receives picture
from VHF antenna or cable-TV system as it d!d
before you connected
your VCR.
• VCR Indicator
is on when TV receives picture
from VCR tuner or tape cassette that is playing.
TV must be tuned to VCR Channel
(3 or 4)
when VCR indicator
is on.
1o
tn_,er't: Push the
cassette
through
the door
until
the VCR
mechanism
pulls
it into the compartment.
VCR
power automatically
turns on and the
cassette-in
indicalor
turns on when the
cassette
is in place.
To Eject: VCR
must
be in the stop
mode.
RevAnd
the
cassette
before
ejecting
it.
Press
STOP/EJECT
Button.
"rape may be ejected
when
VCR
is turned
off.
To Remove:
The cassette gill
come
partially
oul of the compartmem
so
you can pull it OUt. Pul the cassette irl
its box and store it upright.
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