– Initial Settings –

Setting clock semiautomatically

— Semiauto Clock Set

You can change the host channel/D.S.T. (Daylight Saving Time)/ time zone setting manually. First follow steps 1 to 2 in “Preparations” above, then go to the following steps.

NOTE:

The time set previously will be erased when “AUTO CLOCK”, “HOST CH”, “D.S.T.” or “TIME ZONE” setting is changed.

A Set Auto Clock to ON

 

CLOCK SET

 

Press OK or eon the Remote repeatedly

TIME

DATE

YEAR

to move the highlight bar to “AUTO

1:00PM

12/24

 

04 FRI

AUTO CLOCK : ON

 

(CATV)

 

HOST CH

: AUTO

Setting clock manually

— Manual Clock Set

First follow steps 1 to 2 in “Preparations” ( pg. 7), then go to the following steps.

A Set time, date and year

 

 

CLOCK SET

 

 

Press rtuntil the desired time appears,

 

TIME

 

DATE

YEAR

 

then press OK or e. Set the date and year

 

–:– –AM

 

1/ 1

04

 

 

AUTO CLOCK : ON

 

 

in the same way.

 

HOST CH

 

: AUTO

(CATV)

 

D.S.T.

 

: AUTO

 

 

Holding rtchanges the time in 30-

 

TIME ZONE

: AUTO

 

 

 

PRESS (

,

), THEN (OK)

minute intervals, or changes the date in

 

 

PRESS (MENU) TO END

 

 

15-day intervals.

CLOCK”, then press rtso that “ON” is

D.S.T.

: AUTO

selected.

TIME ZONE

: AUTO

PRESS ( ,

), THEN (OK)

 

PRESS (MENU) TO END

BSelect host channel

You can either select “AUTO” or enter a PBS channel number. Press OK or eto move the highlight bar to “HOST CH”, then press rtrepeatedly until “AUTO” or the desired PBS channel number is selected.

BSelect D.S.T. mode

Press OK or eto move the highlight bar to “D.S.T.”, then press rtto select the desired setting.

ON: Adjustment will be made by the built-in clock itself.

OFF: Select when Daylight Saving Time does not apply to you.

 

CLOCK SET

 

 

TIME

DATE

YEAR

 

1:00AM

12/ 24

04 FRI

AUTO CLOCK

: OFF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D.S.T.

: ON

 

PRESS ( , ), THEN (OK)

PRESS (MENU) TO END

CSelect D.S.T. mode

Press OK or eto move the highlight bar to “D.S.T.”, then press rtrepeatedly until the desired setting is selected.

AUTO: Select if you want to adjust your VCR’s clock automatically by the incoming signal from the host channel. (Auto Daylight Saving Time enables automatic adjustment of the VCR’s clock at the start and end of Daylight Saving Time.) Be sure to select the correct time zone manually in step 4.

ON: Adjustment will be made by the built-in clock itself.

OFF: Select when Daylight Saving Time does not apply to you.

DSelect time zone

Press OK or eto move the highlight bar to “TIME ZONE”, then press rtrepeatedly until “AUTO” or the desired time zone is selected. Each time you press the button, the time zone changes as follows:

{AUTO {ATLANTIC {EASTERN {CENTRAL

{MOUNTAIN {PACIFIC {ALASKA {HAWAII

{(back to the beginning)

EComplete Semiauto Clock Set

Press MENU to return to normal screen. Turn off the VCR. “Aut” will appear on the display panel while the clock is being set. The current clock time will appear automatically when the clock setting is complete.

Selections of host channel, D.S.T. mode and time zone will be reset to “AUTO” after a power failure occurs.

CStart clock

Press MENU and normal screen appears.

To make corrections any time during the process

Press OK or erepeatedly until the item you want to change blinks, then press rt.

The clock set manually will be lost after a power failure occurs.

Tuner Setting

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

Setting channels automatically

— Auto Channel Set

Perform Auto Channel Set only if channels have not been set correctly by the Plug&Play setting.

A Access Main Menu screen, then Tuner

MAIN MENU

Set screen

TUNER SET

 

FUNCTION SET

 

 

 

Press MENU on the Remote. Press rtto

INITIAL SET

 

 

move the highlight bar (arrow) to “TUNER

 

 

SET”, then press OK or e.

 

PRESS ( , ), THEN (OK)

 

PRESS (MENU) TO END

BPerform Auto Channel Set

Press rtto move the highlight bar (arrow) to “AUTO CHANNEL SET”, then press OK or e. The VCR selects the correct band (TV or CATV) automatically during Auto Channel Set.

When Auto Channel Set is complete, “SCAN COMPLETED” appears on screen.

If the scan was unsuccessful, “SCAN COMPLETED–NO SIGNAL–” appears on screen. Check the connections and

start again.

Press MENU to return to normal screen.

TUNER SET

BANDCATV

AUTO CHANNEL SET MANUAL CHANNEL SET

SELECT WITH ( , ) AND (OK)

PRESS (MENU) TO END

AUTO CHANNEL SET

SCANNING...

PRESS (MENU) TO END

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