Selecting the Signal to Record

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You can select the signal to record — from the IN FROM ANT. jack or an audio/video source — in either of these ways.

•Repeatedly press INPUT until the desired input source appears — LINE 1 or LINE 2 for an audio/video source, or a channel number for broadcast signals.

Select LINE 1 for recording signals from the back R-AUDIO-L IN 1/VIDEO IN 1 jacks, or LINE 2 for recording signals from the front AV2 jacks.

•Repeatedly press CH s or t to set the VCR to the desired broadcast channel or to one channel higher than the highest channel number (or one channel lower than the low- est channel number) for an audio/video source.

RECEIVING/RECORDING STEREO/SAP BROADCASTS

Your VCR has three channels for audio record- ing — two (left and right) stereo channels on the Hi-Fi track, and one monaural channel on the standard track.

Press DISP/ENT to display the audio programs available on the broadcast you are currently tuned to. STEREO, SAP, and MONO appear on the TV screen, and STEREO and/or SAP might appear on the VCR’s display. On the TV screen,

((( appears on the left of STEREO and/or SAP when available. For example, if a station broad- casts mono (monaural) and SAP signals, (((

SAP appears on the TV screen and SAP ap- pears on the VCR’s display.

The arrow mark on the right of the audio mode display indicates the current audio mode. To select the audio mode when the broadcast has a stereo or SAP signal, press SAP/Hi-Fiso the arrow mark points to the desired mode.

IMMEDIATE RECORDING

Recording a Program

as You Watch It

Follow these steps to record a program as you watch it. If you know how long the program is, you can set how long the VCR records so it stops recording automatically.

Note: If you are watching the program on a TV/ monitor that is connected to the VCR’s R-AU-DIO-L/VIDEO OUT jacks, set the TV/monitor to its video mode and skip Steps 2 and 3.

1.Turn on the VCR and the TV.

2.Set the TV’s tuner to the same channel as 3-CH-4on the back of the VCR.

3.Press TV/VCR until VCR appears.

4.Load a blank cassette, or one that you want to record over, into the VCR.

5.Repeatedly press SPEED on the remote control until the desired recording speed (SP, LP, or SLP) appears.

6.Select the signal to record (see “Selecting the Signal to Record”).

7.Set the audio recording mode to the desired setting. See “Receiving/Recording Stereo/SAP Broadcasts.”

8.Press REC/TIME. The VCR starts to record.

Note: To record without a set duration, skip Step 9.

9.Press REC/TIME again. The recording length appears on the TV screen. Repeat- edly press REC/TIME to advance the timer to the desired recording length. The recording length advances in 30-minute increments up to 2 hours, then in 1-hour increments up to 4 hours.