❍6 Select Tape Speed
Press SPEED.
•Each time you press the button, the tape speed alternates between SP or LP.
❍7 Select Start Date
Press DATE + or – (Number button 3 or 6).
•The year and day of the week are displayed automatically.
❍8 Confirm Programme
Press TIMER or OK/STATUS.
“PROGRAM WAS COMPLETED” appears on the TV screen.
After 5 seconds, the above message disappears, and the normal TV picture resumes. The TIMER indicator lights up on the display.
•If “PROGRAM NOT COMPLETED” appears, try again from step 1.
•If “PROGRAM NOT COMPLETED/PRO- GRAM OVERLAP” appears on the TV screen, the timer recording you just programmed overlaps another timer recording. See next column for details.
If you want to store other programmes, repeat steps
1 to 8.
❍9 Finish Settings
Press f VCR (or POWER on the front panel) to turn off the VCR.
The VCR must be turned off for a timer recording to take place. If you forget to turn off the VCR, PLEASE TURN OFF VCR FOR TIMER RECORDING flashes on your TV screen two minutes before a timer recording starts. To remove the message, press the CLEAR button.
If you want to record the same programme daily, press
DAILY (Number button 8) during step 3 through 7. (Press the button again to cancel.)
The VCR will record a TV programme every day (Monday through Friday) at the same time and length. (Daily Recording)
If you want to record the same programme weekly,
press WEEKLY (Number button 9) during step 3 through 7. (Press the button again to cancel.)
The VCR will record a TV programme once a week at the same day, time and length. (Weekly Recording)
If you want to cancel the currently set programme, press CLEAR.
After a timer recording has taken place
Press f VCR (or POWER on the front panel) to turn on the VCR. You can operate your VCR normally.
To stop a started timer recording
Press f VCR (or POWER on the front panel). Recording stops and the VCR turns off.
If it is a Daily or Weekly Recording, future recordings will be carried out as programmed.
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will appear with a magenta line | 1 | 12 | 20:00 | 22:00 | 20/07 | |
2 | 20 | 11:00 | 11:30 | 15/10 | ||
blinking on the newly set | 3 | 24 | 15:00 | 16:00 | 10/08 | |
| 4 | 45 | 21:00 | 23:00 | FRI | |
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overlapped program blinking. | 8 |
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1Press PLAY 5or STOP ∞to
move the magenta line among the tw overlapping
programs.
2 Press OK/STATUS to view | ONE TIME PROGRAM | |
PROGRAM | 1 | |
the detail information of the | CHANNEL+/– 12 | |
START +/– | 20 : 00 | |
program you want to change. | STOP +/– | 22 : 00 |
REC SPEED | SP | |
3 Go to step 4 through 8 to | DATE +/– | 20/07/01 |
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modify the selected program. | ERASE: CLEAR |
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To cancel any timer recording, press CLEAR.
•If you do not modify the overlapping programs, the VCR will record the earlier program com- pletely. Only the remaining part of the later program will be recorded.
•If the START time for the two programs are the same, the lower program number will be recorded.
Useful function for Timer Recording: Auto Tape Speed
With this function activated, the VCR can change the tape speed and record the programme in LP mode if not enough tape remains for recording in SP mode.
1Press MENU.
2Press PLAY 5or STOP ∞to select “VCR SET UP” then press OK/STATUS.
3Press PLAY 5or STOP ∞to select “TIMER REC SPEED.”
4Press FF 3.
Each time you press the button, the setting changes.
AUTO:
Select this to allow the VCR to change the tape speed from SP to LP when there is not enough tape length remaining.
MANUAL:
Select this not to allow the VCR to change the tape speed.
5Press MENU to exit from the menu operations.
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