SELECT WITH (5,°) AND (OK)
PRESS (MENU) TO END
PRESS (5,°), THEN (OK)
PRESS (MENU) TO END

10 EN

INITIAL SETTINGS (cont.)

Clock Setting

Turn on the VCR and the TV, and select the VCR channel 3 or 4 (or AV mode) on the TV.

18

2–7

SP EP

VCR

2–7

Perform clock setting only if the clock has not been set correctly by the Plug & Play setting or if you use a cable box.

Access the Clock Set screen to perform the Semiauto or Manual Clock Set. Each procedure starts from step 4 after preparation steps below are finished.

If you use a cable box, set the clock manually. ( pg. 12)

Preparations

1Access Main Menu screen

Press MENU.

Access Initial Set screen

2 On the front panel:

MAIN MENU

Press CHto move

FUNCTION SET

the highlight bar (arrow)

TUNER SET

 

=INITIAL SET

to “INITIAL SET”, then

 

 

 

press OK.

On the Remote:

Press SHUTTLE PLUS

to move the highlight bar (arrow) to “INITIAL SET”, then press OK or SHUTTLE PLUS 3.

1 2 3

2

4 5 6

3Select clock set

On the front panel: Press CHto move the highlight bar (arrow) to “CLOCK SET”, then press OK.

INITIAL SET

=CLOCK SET

LANGUAGE ENGLISH

7 8 9

0 4

1

182–7 2–7

On the Remote:

Press SHUTTLE PLUS

to move the highlight bar (arrow) to “CLOCK SET”, then press OK or SHUTTLE PLUS 3.

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JVC HR-A56U manual Clock Setting, 10 EN, Preparations, Select clock set

HR-A56U specifications

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