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| Setting up your TV | |
| You cannot carry out Direct Rec using your | ||||
The VCR will automatically download the | TV’s control. |
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registered data on the TV channels from the | Generally, the VCR cannot record a TV | ||||
TV. This means you do not need to set up the | channel that it cannot receive properly on its | ||||
program channels on your VCR manually. | own tuner, even if you can view that TV | ||||
The preset download function automatically | channel on the TV. However, some VCRs | ||||
begins when the initial setting is complete or | can record a TV channel by using the TV’s | ||||
whenever you carry out the AUTO | output if that channel can be viewed on the | ||||
PROGRAM or EDIT/MANUAL functions. | TV. For details, see your VCR instruction | ||||
You can also carry out this function using | manual. |
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your VCR controls. | When the VCR is not ready, the following | ||||
When “FEATURE NOT AVAILABLE” is | |||||
messages are displayed. | |||||
displayed: |
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If “FEATURE NOT AVAILABLE” is |
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displayed, the download was not performed | MESSAGE | countermeasure | |||
correctly. Before trying to download again, |
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NO | The VCR is not able to | ||||
check that: | |||||
RECORDING | record. | ||||
• the VCR power is turned on | |||||
| Check the VCR. | ||||
• | the VCR is |
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NO | The TV input is set to | ||||
• | the VCR is connected to the | ||||
RECORDING | or PC. Since the | ||||
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| POSSIBLE | picture or PC picture cannot | |||
• the SCART cable is fully wired. | |||||
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Direct Rec |
| REC is not possible. | |||
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“What You See Is What You Record” | NO | The recording device is not | |||
You can easily record to VCR the images | RECORDING, | ready to record. Check the | |||
MEDIA | VCR tape. | ||||
that you are watching on the TV. | |||||
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For details, read the manual for your VCR. |
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NO | The recording device cannot | ||||
Use your VCR controls. “DEVICE IS | |||||
RECORDING” is displayed. | RECORDING, | record as it is recording or | |||
DEVICE BUSY | playing. Check the VCR. | ||||
In the following situations, the VCR |
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will stop recording if the TV is turned |
off, if the TV channel or input is changed, or if the menu is displayed on the TV:
•when recording images from an external device connected to the TV (for example a camcorder)
•when recording a TV channel after it has been unscrambled on a decoder
•when recording a TV channel by using the TV’s output because the VCR’s own tuner cannot properly receive that channel.
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