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CONTENTS
INSTALLING YOUR NEW VCR

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Connections ..................................................

7

INITIAL SETTINGS

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Plug & Play Setting .......................................

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Auto Clock Set/Auto Tuner Set ...................................

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Clock Setting...............................................

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Preparations .............................................................

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Setting clock semiautomatically

 

— Semiauto Clock Set ..........................................

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Setting clock manually — Manual Clock Set ...........

12

Tuner Setting ..............................................

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Setting channels automatically

 

— Auto Channel Set .............................................

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Setting channels manually

 

— Manual Channel Set ........................................

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Cable Box Control Setting ...........................

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Installing Controller .................................................

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Setting cable box input channel & brand .................

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DBS Receiver Control Setting .......................

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Installing Controller .................................................

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Setting DBS receiver input channel & brand ............

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BASIC PLAYBACK AND RECORDING

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Basic Playback ...........................................

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Basic Playback Features .............................

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Checking tape position ............................................

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Playing back tape repeatedly — Repeat Playback ....

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Adjusting tracking condition

 

— Tracking Adjustments .......................................

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Selecting monitor sound — Audio Monitor ..............

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Automatic operations after rewinding

 

— Next Function Memory ....................................

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Locating beginning of recordings — Index Search ...

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Skipping unwanted portions — Skip Search .............

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Basic Recording ..........................................

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D-VHS Recording ....................................................

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S-VHS/VHS Recording .............................................

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Basic Recording Features ............................

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Changing display information ..................................

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Specifying recording length

 

— Instant Timer Recording (ITR) ...........................

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Watching one program while recording another ......

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Showing on-screen display ......................................

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SPECIAL EFFECT PLAYBACK

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Special Effect Playback ...............................

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Locating particular scene rapidly

 

— Picture Search ..................................................

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7 High-Speed Picture Search ...............................

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7 Variable-Speed Picture Search ..........................

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Viewing still picture — Still Picture Playback ...........

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Viewing still picture frame by frame

 

Frame-by-Frame Playback ...............................

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Viewing slow motion picture

 

— Slow Motion Playback .....................................

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TIMER RECORDING

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VCR Plus+® Timer Programing .....................

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Changing VCR Plus+ Setting ........................

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Express Timer Programing ..........................

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Checking program settings .......................................

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Canceling or changing program settings ..................

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VIDEO NAVIGATION

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Navigation Playback ..................................

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Deactivating Video Navigation ................................

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Finding Tapes .............................................

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Finding by tape number ...........................................

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Finding by program title ...........................................

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Finding by category .................................................

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Finding by recording date ........................................

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Finding blank space .................................................

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Editing Titles ...............................................

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Editing tape title .......................................................

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Entering or Editing program title ...............................

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Editing program category .........................................

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Deleting tape information ........................................

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Deleting program information ..................................

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Checking memory ...................................................

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OTHER USEFUL FUNCTIONS

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Useful Function Settings ..............................

53

i.LINK Set Up ..............................................

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Satellite Auto Recording ..............................

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JLIP ID Number Setting ...............................

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EDITING

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i.LINK/DV Connections ................................

64

S-VIDEO/VIDEO Connections .......................

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MULTI-BRAND REMOTE CONTROL

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TV Brand Setting .........................................

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Cable Box Brand Setting .............................

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DBS Receiver Brand Setting .........................

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Changing Remote Control Code ...................

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TROUBLESHOOTING

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Error Codes and Messages .......................................

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Questions and answers ............................................

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INDEX

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Glossary ..................................................................

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List of terms .............................................................

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Front panel ..............................................................

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Rear panel ...............................................................

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Front display panel ..................................................

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On-screen display ....................................................

85

Remote ....................................................................

86

SPECIFICATIONS

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FOR SERVICING (Only in U.S.A.)

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WARRANTY (Only in U.S.A.)

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