Sylvania DVC840G Auto Repeat, Recording & OTR One Touch Recording, Timer Recording

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Auto Repeat

This function will playback a tape repeatedly from the beginning when the tape reaches the end.

VCR

1	Press [MENU] and select	- M E N U -	2	Press [B] to set
	“AUTO REPEAT” during playback.	TIMER PROGRAMMING		“AUTO REPEAT”, “ON” or “OFF”.
		BAUTO REPEAT [OFF]
	MENU	CHANNEL SET UP
		CLOCK SET
		LANGUAGE SELECT

or

- M E N U -

TIMER PROGRAMMING BAUTO REPEAT [ON]

CHANNEL SET UP CLOCK SET LANGUAGE SELECT

•To cancel Auto Repeat, follow step 1 above. Then, press [B] so that “OFF” appears beside “AUTO REPEAT”. Press [CLEAR/C.RESET] to exit.

•If menu remains on the TV screen after step 2, press [CLEAR/C.RESET] to exit.

•The Auto Repeat playback will start automatically if you set “AUTO REPEAT” to “ON” in the stop mode.

Recording

Recording & OTR (One Touch Recording)

Before: Turn on the TV and set it to channel .	3	6	1	2
• If channel  has been already occupied for broadcasting,

see “RF Output Channel” section on page 6.

VCR Functions

VCR

1 Insert a cassette with 2 Select the channel

tab into this unit.	to record.
1	2	3
4	5	6	or SKIP/CH.
7	8	9
	0

3 Press [SPEED] to select the desired tape speed.

SPEED

	Tape Speed		Recording/Playback Time
SP		Type of tape	T60	T120	T160
		SP mode	1hour	2hours	2-2/3hours
		SLP mode	3hours	6hours	8hours

4 Press [REC/OTR] repeatedly to select the desired recording length.

REC/OTR

	REC	OTR(0:30)	OTR(1:00)
	(Normal recording)
REC	OTR(8:00)		OTR(7:30)

5 To stop recording	6 To eject the
	recorded cassette
	OPEN/CLOSE
STOP	/EJECT

POWER			OPEN/CLOSE
	SPEED	AUDIO	/EJECT	OPEN/CLOSE

	1	2	3
			SKIP/CH.	POWER
2	4	5	6	REW F.FWD STOP/EJECT PLAY REC/OTR	CHANNEL
			VCR/TV	/
	7	8	9
			SLOW
		0	+10
	DISPLAY	VCR	DVD PAUSE
		PLAY		Accidental erasure prevention
		STOP
	REC/OTR			To prevent accidental recording on a recorded
	MENU	ENTER		cassette, remove its record tab. To record on
	SETUP	TOP MENU	RETURN	it later, cover the hole with adhesive tape.	Record tab

You CAN NOT dub a DVD to a videotape.

To stop recording temporarily (Pause mode)

Press [PAUSE F].

•During the rec-pause mode, five C marks appear on the TV screen. Each C mark represents one minute.

•Press it again to resume recording.

•Pause mode will be automatically cancelled after 5 minutes to prevent damage to the tape and the video head.

Hint

•If you want to watch one channel while recording another...

1)Press [VCR/TV] to put the unit in TV position.

2)Select a channel you want to watch with the cable box or the satellite box.

Timer Recording

		VCR	• Insert a tape with its record tab into the unit.
1	Press [MENU], then select “TIMER PROGRAMMING”.
			- M E N U -	TIMER PROGRAMMING
	MENU		BTIMER PROGRAMMING	PROG	1245678
			AUTO REPEAT [OFF]	DATE
			CHANNEL SET UP
				START TIME
			CLOCK SET
			LANGUAGE SELECT	END TIME
				CHANNEL
				REC SPEED
			Available program number flashes.
2	Select an empty program number.			PROGRAM NUMBER		1
	Then press [B] to go to next step.			DATE	– – / – –
				START TIME	– – : – –	– –
				END TIME	– – : – –	– –
				CHANNEL	– –
		or		REC SPEED	– –
3	Select “ONCE”, “DAILY” (Mon-Fri), or “WEEKLY”.
	Then press [B] to go to next step.			PROGRAM NUMBER 1

or

4

5

Select the desired date.

Then press [B] to go to next step.

or

or

• You can set a program one year in advance.

Select the desired start time (hour). Then press [B] to go to next step.

or

or

ONE TIME PROGRAM
PROGRAM NUMBER		1
DATE	1 0 / 2  MON
START TIME	– – : – –	– –
END TIME	– – : – –	– –
CHANNEL	– –
REC SPEED	– –

ONE TIME PROGRAM

PROGRAM NUMBER				1
DATE	1	0	/ 2  MON
START TIME	0	7	:  0	– –
END TIME	– – : – –			– –
CHANNEL	– –
REC SPEED	– –

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