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CONTENTS
INDEX

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

7

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.....................................................

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INITIAL SETTINGS

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

14

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

14

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

15

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

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Setting clock semiautomatically ...............................

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Setting clock manually .............................................

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Analog Tuner Setting ...................................

18

Setting channels automatically.................................

18

Setting channels manually .......................................

19

Digital Tuner Setting ....................................

20

Setting channels automatically.................................

20

Setting channels manually .......................................

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 ............................................

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Playing back tape repeatedly ...................................

29

Adjusting tracking condition ....................................

30

Selecting monitor sound ..........................................

30

Automatic operations after rewinding ......................

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Locating beginning of recordings .............................

31

Skipping unwanted portions.....................................

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

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Locating particular scene rapidly .............................

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Viewing still picture .................................................

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Viewing still picture frame by frame.........................

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Viewing slow motion picture ...................................

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RECORDING

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

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D-VHS Recording ....................................................

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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......................................

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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 .......................................

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

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

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Digital Timer Programming .........................

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Recording timer .......................................................

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Viewing timer ..........................................................

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Checking timer settings............................................

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Canceling or changing timer settings .......................

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Electronic Program Guide (EPG) ...................

51

Easy Record Timer ...................................................

51

Changing or deleting Easy Rec Timer.......................

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Easy View Timer ......................................................

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Changing or deleting Easy View Timer.....................

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VIDEO NAVIGATION

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

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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...............................

64

Parental Lock ..............................................

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Enabling V-Chip ......................................................

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Setting US V-Chip ratings.........................................

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Setting movie (MPAA) ratings...................................

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Setting Canadian V-Chip ratings ..............................

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Unrated programs....................................................

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Set lock code ...........................................................

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Viewing a blocked channel .....................................

73

Closed Caption ............................................

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Digital Auto Setting..................................................

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Digital Manual Setting .............................................

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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 ................................

80

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.....

85

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 SERVING (Only in U.S.A.)

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