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Torecorda TV program that youarewatchingontheVCR:
O Loada tapethat hasnothadits erasure tab removed into the
VCR.
O SettheVCR'sinputto tuner.Todothis,press the INPUT
buttononthe remotecontrol u ntil a chan_.el numberappears
onthe screen or onthefront panelfluorescent display.
0 If youhavenot alreadydoneso,setthe speed at whichyou
wouldliketo record. ( See "UsingtheAudioandVideoFunc-
tions"onpage25.)
Select t he channel youwouldlike to record by usingthe
CHANNELbuttonsonthe remotecontrol o r onthe front
°
panel. (If you are using
a cable box, select channel
3 or 4 on
the VCR, and change
the channel
on the cable box. Addition-
ally, if you are using an A/B switch, remember
to set the
switch to the correct
position.)
Press the record button
(REC) on the remote control
or the
record button
(REC/OTR)
on the front panel of the VCR.
Recording
will start. When you reach
the end of the tape, the
VCR will automatically
rewind.
You can stop recording
at any
time by pressing
the STOP or PAUSE
button.
To resume
record-
ing from STOP, press
REC. To resume
recording
from PAUSE,
press PAUSE.
_Important:
If you pause the VCR for five minutes,
recording
will stop auto-
matically
to protect
the tape. If you record in extended
play (EP),
you will only be able to play the tape on a VCR equipped
for EP
play, such as this one.
If you attempt
to record on a tape that
has had its erasure
pre-
vention
tab removed,
the VCR will eject the tape. You can't, use
the REC/OTR
button
on the front panel to resume
recording
from
record-pause.
usingrecord cancel
Record cancel allows you to stop a recording
that you accidentally
started
and rewind
the tape to the exact point where recording
started.
This feature
is very useful if you are recording
and[
editing
out commerciMs
as you go. I_'you accidentally
start
recording
and the commercials
aren't
over, you can easily go back.
You can use record cancel only if you start
your accidental
record-
ing from the record-pause
mode.
To use record cancel, press the rewind
button
(REW) on the
remote
control
or on the front panel within
eight seconds
of when
you accidentally
start
recording.
The VCR rewinds
to where the
recording
started
and enters
the record-pause
mode.
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