Magnavox VRU344AT manual Timer Recording, Menu, Program

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Timer Recording

Follow the steps below to program your VCR to record TV programs while you're away from home. You can program up to eight timer record- ings. For each one, the VCR will turn itself on, record, and turn itself off automatically. Before you begin make

sure:

Channels have been programmed.

The clock has been set.

There is a tape in the VCR. Make sure the tape's record tab is intact and the tape is long enough to record the program(s).

The VCR is in VCR position.

You must do each step within 60 sec- onds of completing the previous step. If you don't, you will have to start again at step 1.

1

Press the MENU button to bring up the main menu display.

1PROGRAM

2VCR SET UP

SELECT PUSHuPNO. SHOW1

END PUSH EXIT

2

Press the Number 1 button on the remote control to select PROGRAM.

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1

ONCE

2

DAILY

3

WEEKLY

,PROGRAM REVIEW

\.,TO0END PUSH EXIT J

3

Select a once, daily or weekly recording.

Press the Number 1 button to select ONCE. The VCR will record a TV program on any day you choose, up to 12 months away.

Press the Number 2 button to select DAILY. The VCR will record from Monday to Friday - starting at the same time and for the same length of time.

Press the Number 3 button to select WEEKLY. The VCR will record on the same day, at the same time, and for the same length of time every week.

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Menu

 

 

 

SELECT PROGRAM NUMBER J

Screen

0

END PUSH EXIT

J

 

4

Use the Number buttons (1 - 8) to select a position in which to store the timer

recording. Flashing numbers indicate an open position (one in which a timer recording has not yet been stored). NOTE: If you select a number that has already been used to store a timer

recording, PREVIOUSLY SET PRO- GRAM will appear on-screen for a few

seconds. Then information about the program in that position will be dis-

played on-screen. If this happens, press

the STATUS/EXIT button twice. Then start again at step 1.

5

If you are using a standard antenna to VCR to TV hookup, enter the channel of the TV program you want to record (you must enter a 0 before all single digit channels).

If you are recording from line input, press 0, 0. A/V IN will appear on- screen.

If you are recording using a cable converter box (channel 3 or 4), see

pages 38 - 39.

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CORRECT PUSH CLEAR /

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6

Press two Number buttons for the hour(s) you want the recording to begin. Press two number buttons for the minute(s) you want the recording to begin. Press 1 for AM or 2 for PM. For example, for 9:30 PM, press 09, 30, 2.

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CORRECT PUSH CLEAR

_END

PUSH EXff

7

Follow the instructions in step 6 to set the recording's stop time (AM or PM will be set automatically).

CHANNEL 10

TIME ON

09:30 PM

TIME OFF :.'-_L±. _

CORRECT PUSH CLEAR

_T_.E N O PUSH EXIT

Checking or Clearing Timer Recordings

1.

With

the VCR on and in VCR

position will appear on-screen.

If

 

position, press the

MENU

button.

there are no timer recordings

set,

2.

Press the Number

1 button

to

nothing will happen when

you

press

 

select PROGRAM.

 

 

the Number

4 button.

 

 

 

3.

Press

the Number

4 button

to

4. Press the Number I button

repeated-

 

select

PROGRAM

REVIEW. The

ly to review

all programmed

timer

 

timer

recording information

for the

recordings.

If you don't press

the

.

6.

VCR will automatically display infor- mation about the next programmed timer recording. This will continue until all filled positions have been dis- played. Then the menu will disappear. To cancel the timer recording dis- played, press the CLEAR button. Repeat steps 1 - 5 to make sure you have cleared the correct timer record-

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VRU344AT specifications

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