Radio Shack 66 Positioning the VCR and Cable BOX or Satellite Receiver, Initial SET UP

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POSITIONING THE VCR AND CABLE BOX OR SATELLITE RECEIVER

Your VCR is designed to send remote control signals for many types of cable boxes or direct- to-home satellite receivers. To transmit these signals, the VCR bounces the signals off of the wall facing it to the cable box or direct-to-home satellite receiver. Your VCR also has a built-in infrared transmitter on its top, letting it send the signal directly to the cable box or direct-to- home satellite receiver.

VCR	Cable Box/
	Satellite
	Receiver	Wall
	VCR’s Signal

To help the VCR’s signal reach your cable box or direct-to-home satellite receiver, place the VCR and your equipment near each other. You might also have to adjust the position of your cable box or direct-to-home satellite receiver as shown above.

Note: If the VCR faces a wall or other surface that is too far away or is covered with signal ab- sorbing material (such as a curtain), the signal from the VCR might not reach the cable box or direct-to-home satellite receiver.

INITIAL SET UP

Setting the On-Screen Language/

Connection Type/Remote Code/

Clock

When you first plug in the VCR and turn it on, when you turn it on after power was interrupted for longer than 24 hours, or when you reset the

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VCR’s memory, the VCR prompts you to select a language, then scans for active channels in your area and stores them.

In many areas, the Public Broadcasting Ser- vice (PBS) station broadcasts an electronic data signal (EDS) with its regular broadcast. This signal can automatically set your VCR’s clock to the correct time. If a station in your area has EDS signals, the VCR automatically sets the clock.

Note: The VCR is preset to automatically set the clock, but you can change this setting. If no stations in your area broadcast EDS signals, see “Manually Setting the Clock” on Page 19.

1.Press POWER to turn on the VCR.

2.Turn on your TV and set it to the same channel as the VCR’s 3-CH-4switch, or select its line input if you connected the VCR to the TV’s audio/video input jacks. Then press TV/VCR so VCR appears. You see:

GUAGE

ENGL I SH

: ESPAÑO L

FRANÇA I S

3.Select a language by pressing CH s (to select English), CH t (to select Spanish), or TV/VCR (to select French).

4.At this screen, repeatedly press (marked above PLAY on the remote con-

trol) or (marked below STOP on the remote control) to highlight a connection

type, then press (marked to the right of FAST-Fon the remote control) to select it.

XVCRTV

BOXTV

Y

KEY