Using The Sleep Timer - Sony STR-DE975 Operating Instructions Manual

Recording
Recording on a video tape
You can record from a VCR, a TV, or an LD player using
the receiver. You can also add audio from a variety of
audio sources when editing a video tape. See your VCR or
LD player's instruction manual if you need help.
1
Select the program source to be recorded.
2
Prepare the component for playing.
For example, insert the laser disc you want to record
into the LD player.
3
Insert a blank video tape into the VCR (VIDEO 1 or
VIDEO 2) for recording.
4
Start recording on the recording VCR, then start
playing the video tape or laser disc you want to
record.
z
You can record the sound from any audio source onto a
video tape while recording from a video tape or laser disc
Locate the point where you want to start recording from another
audio source, select the program source, then start playback. The
audio from that source will be recorded onto the audio track of
the video tape instead of the audio from the original medium.
To resume audio recording from the original medium, select the
video source again.
Notes
• Please be sure to make both digital and analog connections to
the TV/SAT and DVD/LD inputs. Analog recording is not
possible if you only make digital connections.
• Some sources contain copy guards to prevent recording. In this
case, you may not be able to record from the sources.
• You cannot record a digital audio signal using a component
connected to the analog TAPE OUT (STR-DE975 only) or MD/
DAT OUT (STR-DE975 only) or MD/TAPE OUT (STR-DE875
only) jacks. To record a digital audio signal, connect a digital
component to the DIGITAL MD/DAT OUT (STR-DE975 only)
or DIGITAL MD/TAPE OUT (STR-DE875 only) jacks.
• Sound adjustments do not affect the signal output from the
TAPE OUT (STR-DE975 only) or MD/DAT OUT (STR-DE975
only) or MD/TAPE OUT (STR-DE875 only) jacks.
• When MULTI/2CH A. DIRECT is set to MULTI DIRECT, audio
signals are not output from REC OUT jacks.
• No signals output from DIGITAL OUT jacks (MD/DAT
OPTICAL OUT (STR-DE975 only) or MD/TAPE OPTICAL
OUT (STR-DE875 only) when you set MULTI/2CH A. DIRECT
to 2CH A. DIRECT.
50

Using the Sleep Timer

You can set the receiver to turn off automatically at a
specified time.
Press SLEEP on the remote while the power is on.
Each time you press SLEEP, the time changes as shown
below.
n 2:00:00 n 1:30:00n 1:00:00 n 0:30:00 n OFF
The display dims after you have specified the time. While
using Sleep Timer, "SLEEP" lights up in the display.
Tips
• You can freely specify the time. After pressing SLEEP, specify
the time you want using the jog dial and cursor buttons
( or ) on the receiver. The sleep time changes in 1 second
intervals. You can specify up to 5 hours.
• To check the remaining time before the receiver turns off, press
SLEEP. The remaining time appears in the display.