18 Remote Control Buttons

POWER Button

Press to turn on or off the VCR.

Number Buttons Press to select channels at the VCR. Use to set up VCR features (such as the clock).

Cable Users

Enter channel numbers as a two-digit number for the quickest results. For example, to select channel 6, press 0,6. If you only press the Number 6 button, channel 6 will be selected after a brief delay. (There also may be a brief delay when you select channels 10, 11, and 12.) If you want to select channels 100 and above, enter channel numbers as a three-digit number. For example, to select channel 117, press 1, 1, 7.

Antenna Users

Enter channel numbers as a two-digit number for the quickest results. For example, to select channel 5, press 0,5. If you only press the Number 5 button, channel 5 will be selected after a brief delay. You may only select channels 2-69.

SPEED Button

Press to select the recording speed (SP or SLP). Details are on pages 30 and 44.

TIME SEARCH Button Press to fast forward or rewind the tape a specific length of time.

Details are on page 35.

MENU Button

Press to access the VCR menu.

REWIND/{ Button When tape playback is stopped, press to rewind the tape at high speed. During playback, press to rewind the tape while the picture stays on the screen. Details are on page 36. Press to return to a previous menu.

REC(ord)/OTR Button Press once to start a recording. Details are on page 25. Or, press repeatedly to start a One-Touch Recording. Details are on page 27.

STATUS/EXIT Button Press to access or remove the on-screen status display. Details are on page 20. Press to exit on-screen menus.

PLAY/o Button Press to play a tape; press to release Slow, Search, or Still mode and return to normal playback. Details are on page 36. Press to select an item in the VCR menu.

MEMORY Button Press to memorize a tape position at which the real-time counter was set to 0:00:00. Details are on page 34.

POWER

 

VCR/TV

EJECT

1

2

3

 

4

5

6

 

7

8

9

CHANNEL

 

 

0

 

 

SPEED

 

TIME SEARCH

MEMORY

MENU

STATUS/EXIT

CLEAR

SLOW

REWIND

/PLAY

F.FWD

REC/OTR

/STOP

PAUSE/STILL

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Magnavox VR401BMX, VR601BMX owner manual Remote Control Buttons

VR601BMX, VR401BMX specifications

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