Recording

Accidental erasure prevention

To prevent accidental recording on a

 

recorded cassette, remove its record

 

safety tab. To record on it later, cover

 

the hole with adhesive tape.

Record safety tab

Basic Recording

ALoad a cassette

Make sure the record safety tab is intact. If not, cover the hole with adhesive tape before inserting the cassette.

●The VCR turns on, and the counter is reset, automatically.

BSelect recording channel
On the Remote

Press CH r/t or the Number keys.

On the VCR

Press PAUSE[CH]. The channel display on the display panel starts blinking. While the display is blinking, press FF[CH+] or REW[CH–]to select channel. After about 5 seconds, the channel display stops blinking.

NOTES:

●You can select channel in the stop mode, recording pause mode or during rewind/fast-forward.

●If you connect the TV and the VCR only using the RF connection ( pg. 5), press TV/VCR on the Remote so that the VCR mode indicator lights on the display panel, to view the program to be recorded.

CSet tape speed

Press SP/EP. The selected tape speed will appear on the TV screen.

DStart recording

On the VCR, press REC (7). Or on the Remote, while holding REC (7), press PLAY (4).

During recording
Pause recording

Press PAUSE (9).

●Press PLAY (4) to resume recording.

●You can select channel in the recording pause mode.

Stop recording

Press STOP (8) on the

OR Press STOP/EJECT (0) on

Remote.

the VCR.

 

 

NOTE:

If the tape reaches its end during recording, the recording stops and “ ” and “ $” on the display panel blink. Press STOP/EJECT (0) on the VCR to eject the cassette or press REW (3) on the Remote to rewind the tape.

Recording Features

Specifying recording length
—Instant Timer Recording (ITR)

During recording, press REC (7) on the VCR repeatedly until the recording length you want appears on the display panel. The record indicator () on the display panel starts blinking.

●Each time you press the button, recording length increases in 30-minute intervals (up to 6 hours).

●The VCR shuts off after recording is finished.

●To cancel an ITR, press STOP (8) on the Remote or STOP/EJECT (0) on the VCR.

Watching one program while recording another

During recording…

●If you connect the TV and the VCR only using the RF connection ( pg. 5) to view pictures from the VCR, press TV/ VCR on the Remote so that VCR mode indicator goes off from the display panel. (The TV broadcast being recorded disappears.)

●If you are using the AV connection ( pg. 5) to view pictures from the VCR, change the TV’s input mode from AV to TV.

Then, select the channel you want to watch, on the TV.

Second Audio Recording

This VCR’s built-in MTS decoder enables reception of Multichannel TV Sound broadcast.To record a SAP program received, set “2ND AUDIO RECORD” to “ON” ( pg. 14).

Recording Resume Function

If there is a power outage during recording (or Instant Timer Recording, or timer recording), the recording will resume automatically when the power is restored to the VCR. (No setting is required for this function).

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