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Chapter 3: Operating YourVCR
Programming t heVCRto Receive TVChannels (cont.)
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Before youbegin,youshould:
• have completed
all connections
between
your VCR, TV, and
cable or antenna;
(see page.,; 10-16)
• know how to view the picture
coming from your VCR; (page 20)
• know how to use the menus.
(See page 23.)
To program
channels
automatically:
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Set the VCR's input
to tuner.
To do this, press the INPUT
button
on the remote
control
until a chanr_el number
appears
on the screen or on the fro:at panel
fluores :ent display.
Press the MENU
button
on the remote
control. You will see
the "VCR Main Menu" on '_he TV screen.
Use the ADJUST
buttons
9n the remote
to select "First: Time
Set-Up."
Press the ENTER button.
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The "First
Time Set-Up" menu appears
o_ your screen.
Press
the ADJUST
buttons
to select "Memoriz, e channels."
Press the
ENTER
button.
If you are recording,
playing
back a tape or receiving
a video
signal from an external
input,
the words "Not available"
will
flash. To correct
this, stop the tape or switch
the VCR's input to
tuner.
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You will see the menu for automatically
memorizing
chan-
nels. Using the list below ._s a reference,
press the ADJUST
buttons
to select the kind of antenna
you connected.
• If you are using any other cable combir ation, including
a
cable box with an A/B switch, choose "C,able."
• If you are using an antenna
that receives
only over-the-air
broadcasts,
such as "rabbit
ears" or a roof-mounted
an-
tenna,
choose "Indoor/outdoor
ant."
After you have selected,
press the ENTEE
button.
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You will see an on-screen
message
and the display
on the
front of your VCR will show you that the VCR is memorizing
the stations
you can receive.
You can c_ncel the memorization
at any time by pressing
O_NCEL
on the remote
control.
After the VCR has programmed
all the channels,
the screen will
return
the VCR's picture.
Automatic
programming
may include
vacant
channels
if there
are
stray signals
or noise on those channels.
If this occurs, you can
manually
delete
the channels
using the procedure
in the section
"Adding and deleting
channels."
Using video mute
When you turn
video mute ON, any blank seotion of tape, or any
station
with a weak signal, will be replaced
by a blue screen.
The
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