Auto Satellite Link Using a Satellite Tuner 31
If you connect your VCR to a satellite tuner that has the Electronic Program Guide, the VCR will turn itself on, record, then turn itself off. First, read the owner’s manual of your satellite tuner; then, follow the steps below. Before you begin:
●Use audio and video cables to connect the VCR’s AUDIO/VIDEO IN jacks to the satellite tuner’s AUDIO/VIDEO OUT jacks.
●Press the SPEED button to select the desired recording tape speed (SP or SLP).
●Set the clock. Details are on pages 14-15.
●Put 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).
1
Set the program to be recorded on the satellite tuner. See
your satellite tuner owner’s manual for details.
2
Press the MENU button repeatedly until the VCR SET UP menu appears.
3
Press the PLAY button or the STOP button to select SATELLITE LINK. Then, press the F.FWD button. The current time appears next to “SATELLITE LINK.”
•If you want the VCR to begin recording immediately, press the F.FWD button again, then go to step 6.
•If you want to tell the VCR the time to start recording, go to step 4.
4
Press the PLAY button or the STOP button until the desired hour (AM or PM) appears. Then, press the F.FWD button.
VCR SET UP
→SATELLITE LINK 
05:00PM
AUTO REPEAT RENTAL AUTO RETURN
5
Press the PLAY button or the STOP button until the desired minute appears.
VCR SET UP |
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→ SATELLITE LINK | 05:30PM |
AUTO REPEAT
RENTAL
AUTO RETURN
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Press the F.FWD button. [ON] will appear briefly beside SATELLITE LINK. Then, the VCR will turn itself off and the TIMER light will appear on the display panel.
Set the program to be recorded
1 on the satellite tuner.
POWERVCR/TV 
EJECT
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| 4 | 5 | 6 |
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| 7 | 8 | 9 | CHANNEL |
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| SPEED | 0 | +100 |
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2 | SLOW | QUICK- | SEARCH |
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FIND | TIME | INDEX |
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MENU | DISPLAY | EXIT | COUNTER |
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| RESET | MEMORY | ||
REWIND | / PLAY | F.FWD | |||
| RECORD |
| / STOP | PAUSE/STILL | |
Helpful Hints
•To stop an Auto Satellite Link recording that is in progress, press the STOP/EJECT button on the VCR.
•If a program has copy guard pro- tection, it may not record clearly.
•When you use this feature, the first few seconds of a program may not be recorded.
•If your satellite tuner synchronizes the recording start time with the broadcasting start time, refer to the tuner’s owner’s manual.
•When you turn on the VCR power, the SATELLITE LINK will be can- celled.