RCA F27718, F32718, F36718, MR68R718 manual PIP Buttons General Explanation

Using the TV’s Features

VCR	ON OFF		TV
DVD VPORT		AUX	SAT CABLE
MUTE		+	SKIP
	CH
L			V
O
V			O
			L
	CH	-
SOUND			GO BACK
GUIDE			INFO
	OK		Arrow
			buttons
MENU			CLEAR
1	2	3
4	5	6
7	8	9
INPUT	0		ANTENNA
REVERSE	PLAY		FORWARD

	REC•VCR+ STOP		PAUSE
PIP	PIP	SWAP CH CTRL RESET

buttons

The buttons on the remote control that operate the PIP feature include: the four arrow buttons, CH CTRL, PIP, and SWAP.

PIP Buttons: General Explanation

The buttons on the remote control that you’ll use for the PIP feature are explained below:

PIP Press the PIP button to make the PIP window appear on the screen. Press PIP again to remove the window.

Note: If you selected Alternate with PIP button in the PIP Closed-Caption Display menu, press the PIP button when the PIP window is on the screen to see closed- captioning in the PIP window.

Arrow buttons (left, right, up, and down) Move the PIP window to

different areas of the screen.

CH CTRL (channel control) Lets you switch channel control between the PIP window and the main picture. To determine whether the remote control is the PIP picture or the main picture, look at the TV screen: the yellow channel number is the one you are controlling. Press CH CTRL to change which picture you’re controlling.

SWAP Switches, or “swaps,” where the two pictures appear on the TV screen. The smaller PIP picture swaps to the main screen and the main picture goes to the little PIP window.

Skip to PIP: Channel Surfing in the Main Picture

You can surf through the channels during commercial breaks using the SKIP and CH (channel) buttons.

1.Press SKIP to set the commercial skip timer on the channel you are watching (PIP window appears).

2.Press the CH+ or CH- button to surf through the channels in the main picture. When the SKIP feature times out, the main picture tunes to the original channel automatically and the PIP window disappears.

How To Use PIP With A Cable Box

1.The TV must be on. Tune to the channel you want to watch.

2.Press the PIP button on the remote (the PIP window appears with the same picture in it as the main picture).

3.Turn on the VCR.

4.If the picture gets fuzzy, press the TV/VCR button on the VCR.

5.To see a different picture in the PIP window:

•Press the TV button on the remote control.

•Press the INPUT button on the remote until you see the picture that’s coming from the VCR (PIP VID appears on the screen).

6.To change the picture in the PIP window, you need to change the channel on the VCR because the VCR is the second signal source.

Press the channel buttons on the VCR or on the VCR’s remote control.

7.To change the channel in the main picture, press CH CTRL until the main channel number appears highlighted (yellow). Press the channel up or down button on the remote control.

Note: Channel up and down tunes to the video input channels when the VID channel is highlighted (yellow).

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