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VCR Plus
Recording
VCR Plus Description
VCR Plus is a quick method
of programming
your
VCR to record while you are away. When you enter
the 9 (or less) digit Pluscode
the VCR automat-
icallly enters the start time, stop time and selects the
channel
number of the broadcast
you wish to
re.cord. All you have to do is select the recording
speed and whether
you wish to record the broadcast
Once, Daily or Weekly. When the time of the broad-
_LSt arrives, the VCR automatically
tunes to the
channel
of tile broadcast,
or tunes the channel on
file cable/converter
box (if you have one).
Note: Cable/Converter
Box Users
This VCR will control
most models made by different
cable/converter
box manufacturers.
However it may not
control all the models of all the cable/converter
box brands
currently available in the marketplace.
Also, some older
model cable/converter
boxes are manually controlled; they
cannot be controlled by this VCR. Speak with your cable
company about an IR (Infra-red)
controlled
cable box.
Notes: Users Without
a Cable/Converter
BoX
If you do not have a cable box, but you subscribe to CATV,
you will still have to program your VCR to receive VCR
Plus listed channels. If you do not do the Channel Map
procedure
the broadcast
you record may be from a dif-
ferent station than the one you intended.
If you do not have cable you can still use the VCR Plus
feature
to record
over-the-air
programs.
If necessary,
channel map for your local broadcast
area. If you do not
do the Channel Map procedure
the broadcast you record
may be from a different station than the one you intended.
VCRPluscodes
These
Pluscodes
are printed
in your local TV
guide with each program
description.
This nine
digit (or less) Pluscode
number
may be included
with each program.
t
7:00pm
7:30pm
tBO
,IAX
Wilderness
13569
Air War 27689957
Comedy 2468927
Journal 34567821
VCR Plus Recording
Notes
Some local TV guides publish
program
listings
for an entire week. Each 24 hour day and the
2_,13-O
programs
to be broadcast
,an that day, are con-
tained
in a 24 hour listing. Each program
has its
own Pluscode.
Use the l?luscode
specified
for
each program
you wish to record,
once, daily or
weekly.
Other TV guides publish
the daytime
programs;
soap operas,
serials etc., only on Monday,
with
the VCR Pluscodes
listed only for that day; the
Tuesday,
Wednesday,
Thursday
and F:riday Plus-
code listings for those programs
(since they are
mostly repeats)
are omitted
to save space. To
record broadcasts
with Pluscodes
on days other
than Monday
use the Daily or Weekly
recording
modes to eliminate
the pc.ssiblity
of receiving
an
error message.
After the broadcast(s),
simply
erase the remaining
programming
information
from the VCR's
memory.
Press MENU, Choose
3-
Program
Review,
Enter 0 to erase programming
information.
Plan Your Recording
Times.
Although
your VCR can be programmed
to
record up to 8 programs;
at a time it may be ad-
vantageous
not to enter that many programs
at
one time.
When you plan your recording week, the record-
ing sequence may call for inserting several dif-
ferent tapes, at different times or on different
days. For example, if you plan on recording a pro-
gram Monday, Wednesday
and Friday while you
are away- a soap opera perhaps. But also want to
record a mini-series broadcast on Tuesday and
Thursday 7 to 9pm, you probably would want to
use different tapes for each. In this scenario
record your daytime program Monday. Take out
that tape and insert a different tape for the first
part of the Mini-series
recording. Reinsert the
tape with the Monday program and record the ad-
ditional program on Wednesday. Take out that
tape. Reinsert the Mini-series tape to record on
Thursday, and so on. In this way the TV can be
used
with the VCR
tuner
for your
viewing
alterna-
tives;
programs
you will watch but do not want
to
record.
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