RCA VGM500 manual Table of Contents

Introduction

Table of Contents

Important Information

Warnings______________________________ i

Cautions ______________________________ i

Hooking Up the VCR

Choosing a Hookup ____________________ 2

Antenna or Cable System Without a

Cable Box _________________________ 3

Cable System With Cable Box to

Unscramble All Channels ___________ 4

Cable System With Cable Box to

Unscramble Only Pay Channels______ 5

Connecting Two VCRs for Copying Tapes_ 6

Auto Head Cleaner________________ 19

Pause for Stop-Action______________ 20

Slow Motion______________________ 20

Digital Auto Tracking _____________ 20

Manual Tracking __________________20

Picture Search ____________________ 21

Variable Speed Picture Search

and Frame Advance Using

JOG SHUTTLE on Remote ________21

DISPLAY Button __________________ 22

Time Counter_____________________ 22

Index Search _____________________ 23

Zero Search ______________________ 24

Commercial Scan _________________ 24

Setting Up the VCR

Startup

Check Accessories With VCR ________ 7

Attach Power Cord to Back of VCR ___ 7 Insert Batteries in Remote ___________ 7

Turn on the TV ____________________ 8

Turn on the VCR ___________________ 8

Select the VCRÕs Output Channel ____ 8

Select the VCRÕs Video System _______ 9

Select the Language/Escoge una Lengua/Selecione o Idioma________ 9

Place Channels in the VCRÕs Memory________________________ 10

Add or Remove Channels from VCRÕs Memory _________________ 10

Use TV•VCR Button _______________ 11

Set the Time and Date _____________ 11

Using the Remote Control

Component, VCR, TV, Cable Box, and

Digital Satellite System

Receiver Function Buttons _____ 12-13

Controlling a VCR ____________________ 14

Controlling a TV ______________________ 15

Controlling a Cable Box or Digital Satellite System Receiver _________ 16

Controlling an Auxiliary RCA Component_____________________ 17

Playing a Tape

Operating Instructions

NTSC Video Playback Mode________ 18

Play a Tape_______________________ 18

Using the Playback Features

Tape Playback: HI-FI/LINEAR/MIX

Feature________________________ 19

Recording a Program

Types of Recordings ___________________ 25

Using the Recording Features

Recording Speeds _________________ 25

Recording Pause __________________ 25

Basic Recording Ð

Operating Instructions _____________ 26

Watch a TV Channel While VCR

is Recording a Different Channel ____ 26

Recording While You're Away

Timer Recording __________________ 27

Select Cable Box or Satellite

Receiver Channel _______________ 28

Check or Clear a

Timer Recording _______________ 28

Timer Recording From the

VCRÕs Line Input _______________ 28

One Touch Recording _________________ 29

Recording Broadcast Stereo TV or SAP___ 30 Recording Audio Only_________________ 31

Using Two VCRs for Copying

and Editing Tapes __________________ 32

Using Dual Remote with AutoEdit ______ 32

References

Location of Controls

Front Panel_______________________ 33

Back Panel _______________________ 34

Display Panel __________________ 34-35

Trouble Checks ____________________ 36-37

Specifications _________________________ 38

Cleaning the VCR _____________________ 38

Index _____________________________ 39-41

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