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Basic Operation
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Now that you have connected
your VCR to your "IV and
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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 display
before you begin
using your new VCR, so
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only those you will use for basic recording
and playback
are discussed here. Additional information about the con-
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trois is on pages 16-17.
Basic Operating Controls and Displays
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POWER: Turns the VCR on and off.
EJECT: Ejects the cassette from the VCR.
CASSETTE
COMPARTMENT
AND
INDICATOR:
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Instructions for inserting
and removing cassettes are
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at the bottom of this page. The indicator is on when a
cassette is in place.
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STOP: Stops whatever
the VCR is doing
(Record,
Play, Rewind,
Fast
Forward,
and Special
Effects
described
on page 17).
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RECORD:
Press RECORD and PLAY at the same
time to begin recording.
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PLAY: Starts playback.
VCR/TV
SWITCH: Selects the signal source that is
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fed to your TV. When the light above the button is
off, your TV receives signals from your VHF antenna
or from the cable-TV
system. When the light is on,
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signals come from the VCR tuner or the tape that is
playing.
(This switch is called the "VCR/'FV
switch"
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in this
manual
to avoid
confusion
with the VCR
itself.)
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Hi-Fi INDICATOR:
Lights when VHS Hi-Fi sound is
being played back.
Inserting
and Removing Cassettes
TIME DISPLAY: The time is normally
shown here. If
the clock
has stopped you will see "--:--"
in this
area.
CHANNEL
DISPLAY: Shows channel to which VCR
is tuned.
ALC INDICATOR:
Lights when Automatic
Level Con-
trol is turned on (switch (_)).
CHANNEL:
• selects the next lower channel and •
selects the next higher channel. (Channels
must first
be programmed
- see next page.)
TAPE SPEED INDICATORS:
Show tape speed
REW "<< F.FWD >.1_: Press REWto
rewind the tape
when the VCR is stopped.
Press F.FWD to fast for-
ward the tape. Pressing these buttons while the VCR
is playing causes the VCR to search backward
or for-
ward thru the tape.
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CHANNEL
PROGRAMMING:
See
"Programming
Active Channels
into the VCR Tuner" on page 11,
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DIMMER:
Alternately
produces
a bright or dim
display,
TAPE SPEED: Selects tape speed for recording. The
lighted indicators
(_)
) show the tape speed during
recording
and playback.
Use SLPfor now.
HI-FI/MIX/LINEAR:
Set this switch to Hi-Fi for nor-
mal playback.
ALC ON/OFF: Alternately
turns the ALC (Automatic
Level Control)
on and off. Turn on the ALC(indicator
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TUNER/SlMULCAST/LINE:
Be sure it is set to
TUNER for recording TV programs.
To Insert: Turn on the VCR and then
push
the cassette through
the door
until the VCR mechanism
pulls it into
the compartment.
Light O turns on
when the cassette
is in place,
To Eject:
Power
must
be on to eject
the
cassene
Rewind
the
cassette
before
electing
it Press
EJECT
To
Remove;
The
cassette
will
come
partially
out of the compartment
so you
can
pull
it out
Put
the cassette
m its
box
and
store
_t upright
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