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CONTENTS
INDEX

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Front panel....................................................

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Rear panel ....................................................

8

Front display panel .......................................

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On-screen display .......................................

10

Remote........................................................

11

INSTALLING YOUR NEW VCR

12

Connections.................................................

12

Basic Connection.....................................................

13

Digital Set Top Box Connection ...............................

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INITIAL SETTINGS

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Plug & Play Setting......................................

16

Auto Clock Set/Auto Tuner Set .................................

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Clock Setting ...............................................

17

Preparations.............................................................

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Setting clock semiautomatically

 

— Semiauto Clock Set ..........................................

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Setting clock manually

 

— Manual Clock Set.............................................

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Tuner Setting ...............................................

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Setting channels automatically

 

— Auto Channel Set .............................................

20

Setting channels manually

 

— Manual Channel Set.........................................

21

Cable Box Control Setting ............................

22

Installing Controller .................................................

22

Setting cable box input channel & brand .................

23

DBS Receiver Control Setting........................

25

Installing Controller .................................................

25

Setting DBS receiver input channel & brand ............

26

PLAYBACK

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Basic Playback ............................................

28

Basic Playback Features ..............................

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Checking tape position ............................................

29

Playing back tape repeatedly

 

— Repeat Playback ..............................................

29

Adjusting tracking condition

 

— Tracking Adjustments.......................................

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Selecting monitor sound

 

— Audio Monitor .................................................

30

Automatic operations after rewinding

 

— Next Function Memory ....................................

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Locating beginning of recordings

 

— Index Search ...................................................

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Skipping unwanted portions

 

— Skip Search ......................................................

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Special Effect Playback ................................

33

Locating particular scene rapidly

 

— Picture Search..................................................

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High-Speed Picture Search ...........................

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Variable-Speed Picture Search......................

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Viewing still picture

 

— Still Picture Playback .......................................

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Viewing still picture frame by frame

 

Frame-by-Frame Playback................................

34

Viewing slow motion picture

 

— Slow Motion Playback .....................................

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RECORDING

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Basic Recording...........................................

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D-VHS Recording via i.LINK Connection.................

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D-VHS/S-VHS/VHS Recording .................................

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Basic Recording Features.............................

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Changing display information ..................................

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Specifying recording length

 

— Instant Timer Recording (ITR)...........................

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Watching one program while recording another......

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Showing on-screen display ......................................

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TIMER RECORDING

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VCR Plus+ C3® Timer Programming ............

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Changing VCR Plus+ C3® Setting..................

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Express Timer Programming........................

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Checking program settings.......................................

46

Canceling or changing program settings ..................

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Satellite Auto Recording ..............................

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i.LINK Timer Programming ..........................

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Video Remote Control Timer Programming ..

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VIDEO NAVIGATION

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Navigation Playback...................................

51

Deactivating Video Navigation ................................

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Finding Tapes..............................................

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Finding by tape number...........................................

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Finding by program title...........................................

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Finding by category .................................................

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Finding by recording date ........................................

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Finding blank space.................................................

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Editing Titles................................................

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Editing tape title.......................................................

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Entering or Editing program title...............................

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Editing program category .........................................

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Deleting tape information ........................................

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Deleting program information..................................

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Checking memory ...................................................

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OTHER USEFUL FUNCTIONS

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Useful Function Settings...............................

62

JLIP ID Number Setting................................

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i.LINK Set Up...............................................

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EDITING

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i.LINK/DV Connections ................................

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S-VIDEO/VIDEO Connections........................

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MULTI-BRAND REMOTE CONTROL

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TV Brand Setting .........................................

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Cable Box or DBS Receiver Brand Setting.....

77

Changing Remote Control Code ...................

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TROUBLESHOOTING

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Error Codes and Messages ..........................

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Questions and answers...............................

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GLOSSARY

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LIST OF TERMS

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SPECIFICATIONS

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WARRANTY (Only in U.S.A.)

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FOR SERVICING (Only in U.S.A.)

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