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Your VCR is designed to receive unscrambled cable channels as shown in the chart below.

CHANNELoI NUMBER

 

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The manner in which you interconnect your VCR and TV with a cable-TV system is dependent primarily on

(a)whether your TV is cable-compatible and (b) whether any channeis on your cable-TV system are scrambled. Use the Selection Chart at the right to determine which one of the following four Cable-TV connection diagrams (A-D) you should use.

IF YOUR TV

AND _,'OUR CABLE-TV

THEN USE

IS:

SYSTEM

H&S:

DIAGRAM(S):

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scrambled

channels

A

compatible

 

 

 

 

 

 

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all

channels

B or C or D

 

scrambled

 

 

 

not

no scrambled

channels

BorC

cable-

 

 

 

 

 

compatible

 

 

 

 

CorD

 

some or

all

channels

scrambled

Note: If you wish to also record one or more local UHF channels that your Cable-TV system does not offer, first follow the appropriate cable-TV connection instructions described below, then connect your UHF antenna to your VCR as described in the section titled "Antenna Connections".

Note: Set the 1VORM/CA TV Switch on the back of your VCR to CA TV if you connect a cable-TV system to your VCR.

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DISCONNECT CABLE FROM "IV.

 

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When you use this set of connections, keep your TV tuned to the channel you have been using (usually channel 3 or 4) and use the converter box as you always have for normal TV viewing and for viewing some other channel while you are recording.

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When yau want to view the channel you are recording, or when you play the VCR, tune the "'converter box" to the same channel that you have set the channel switch on the back of the VCR. either channel 3 or 4. (This is called the "VCR channel"

throughout the operating instructions in this manual.) Note: The VCR will not be able to record scrambled

channels with this hookup. To record scrambled channels, use hookup D.

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Contents Nell VideoCassette Recorder Dealer Model VR270 Serial Number Using This Manual On-Screen Remote Timer Programming-With RCAs CompactDesi.m-State-of-theminiaturization-artPage Location TYPtCALBasic Cable-TV Connections Back of VCRThis Cab,eVHF Back VCR to BackCo*i= Back of TVNot Co.,,aIIgp.W..d CorDSwitch ConnectionsTo UHF Antenna To TVs Operating InstructionsDirect Video and Audio Connections Video Used Only if You Have Home UHF AntennaUTO PROG/ADD/ERASE Buttons These Basic Operating Controls and DisplaysInserting and Removing Cassettes AreaErasing Channels from the Scan List Programming Active Channels into VCRs- TunerAdding Channels to the Scan List Using the TV VCR Button Simplified Installation ChecklistSetting Your IV to the VCR Channel Press Power to turn on VCRBatter3InstalLation BatteryButton Number ButtonsPLAYButton Stop Button Buon121 Display prompts you to select AM orOperating Notes Making a RecordingPlaying It Back Turn on PressLEt StOO,UE¢ Turned ADD/ERASE or Tracking ButtonsAppear Jacks Back=Picture Search Pause During RecordingPause for Stop-Action Playback Tracking ControlOn-Screen Display Turn on VCR You can proam the timer to do the-- followingSimplified Programming Instructions Press Program on the remote hand unitDisplay will show Start Date Clearing a Timer ProgramFollowed by the current or next date and day Stopping a Timer Recording in Proess Timer Recording From the Line InputStep Cassette Care and Storage Recording SpeedReading Quick 7onent Recording Tion Recording With Off On when you RecordNormal Viewing Recording Viewing the Same ProgramRecording and Viewing Different Programs Select Desired tape Indicator will light SpeedMake sure indicator is on Basic PlaybackSimplified Operating Instructions Dub TapesYounormallyuse Light WillTurns the Tape CounterI Press to recordPlay, Record, Rewind, Press during Playback to displayTimer. Also resets tape counter Used when setting the clock and programming the timerPlaces VCR in Pause mode when Moder Press again to release pause Press to turn off VCRCleaning Dusting attachment of ,our \acuum cleanerTransformers ConnectorsAdapters Number SpecialPLA Y Button Arrangements Timer ProgrammingTimer TimeMarcas Registraclas Job A-58530 E72t Thomson Consumer Electronics, IncPart Number 2826