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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.

Basic Recording

ALoad a cassette
Make sure the record safety tab is intact. If not, cover t he hole
with adhesive tape before inserting the cassette.
●The VCR turns on, and the counter is reset, automatically.
BSelect recording channel
Press CH r/t or the Number keys on the Remote or press CH+/–
on the VCR.
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 (墌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).
NOTE:
If the tape reaches its end during recording, the recording stops
and “䡬” 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 (䡬) on the display panel starts blinking.
●Each time you press the button, recording length increases in
30-minute intervals (up to 6hours).
●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 (墌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 (墌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” (墌pg.14).
Turn on the VCR and TV, and select the VCR channel (or AV
mode).
During recording
Pause recording
Press PAUSE (9) on the Remote.
●Press PLAY (4) to resume recording.
●You can select channel in the recording pause mode.
Stop recording
Press STOP (8) on the
Remote. OR Press STOP/EJECT (0
) on
the VCR.
Record safety tab
Turn on the VCR and TV, and select the VCR channel (or AV
mode).
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