RCA VPT 385 owner manual Express Recording

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Express Recording

Express Recording (XPR) lets you record up to four hours without programming the timer. It also allows you to start (or continue) recording immediately or to delay recording up to 24 hours. When the recording is finished, the VCR will turn off automatically.

Note: Although you do not have to program the timer, the clock must be set before you can Express Record.

Simplified Instructions

Immediate Start

t. Press LENGTH tat least twice) to select desired recording time [0:30 130 minutes';, to 4:00 (4 hours)].

Only two buttons are used to Express Record:

O

START XPR LENGTH

Delayed Start

1.Press START lCIock will skip to next haft- hour _.

2.Keep pressing START until desired start time appears in display.

3.Press LENGTH to select desired recording time [0:30 (30 minutes) to 4:00 (4 hours)].

4.Press POWER to turn off VCR.

IMMEDIATE

START

I

_To

Cancel Delay ed-Start.XPR-----i

If you want

the VCR to start recording immediately

 

(Before Recording Be_)

or to continue a recording you've already started,

Press

LENGTH

until the

display shows 0:00. [

follow the simplified instructions at the right labeled

 

 

 

1

"Immediate

Start".

 

To Stop

.XPR

 

 

 

 

(After

Recording Starts)

DELAYED START

If you want the VCR to delay recording, follow the

simplified instructions at the fight labeled "'Delayed Start".

Press LENGTH until display shows 0:00.

_or--

• Press POWER and then STOP within ten seconds.

 

Detailed

Instructions

 

(_INSERT

CASSETTE

 

PRESS START for DELAYED XPR

 

 

 

) SET TO TUNER.

SET SPEED

)mit for Immediate Start (See note below).

EWIND

IF NECESSARY.

 

 

 

 

 

SELECT CHANNEL.

I SET LENGTH OF RECORDING. (See note below)

TURN OFF VCR FOR DELAYED START XPR.

TURN LIGHT ON TO VIEW WHILE RECORDING.

(Leave on for immediate recording)

 

Note for Step(_)

The first time you press the START button, XPR will appear in the display and the clock will skip to the next half-hour. Examples: If you press the button at 9:35 AM the clock will skip to 10:00

AM; if you press it at 8:15 PM the clock will skip to 8:30 PM.

Each additional time you press START, the clock will advance another 30 minutes. The time that is

displayed is the time when the recording will start.

After you have set the starting time, you must set LENGTH within 8 seconds. Otherwise, XPR will

disappear and the clock will return to the actual

time. Then you must reset the start time. (See note (_)for setting LENGTH.)

Note for Step(_)

Press the LENGTH button at least twice. The first

keypress only starts the XPR recording; it does not advance the recording length.

Increase the recording time by pressing the

LENGTH button additional times. The clock display shows the amount of recording time you have set. [from 0:30 (30 minutes) to 4:00 (4 hoursI]

The time remaining is constantly displayed during XPR. You can extend the time whenever you want by pressing LENGTH.

When the recording time has expired, the VCR

turns off and the clock display returns to current time.

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