Getting started

STEP 2 Plug-in Auto Tuning

DVD/VHS POWER TV

[2]Press [CH, W, X] to select an RF output channel number.

Getting started

Í POWER

INPUT SELECT TV/VIDEO CH

VOLUME

 

 

 

VHS

OPERATION

DVD

DVD

SELECT

 

 

TRACKING/V-LOCK

 

 

 

PLAY

CH, W, X

 

 

 

DIRECT NAVIGATOR

 

AUDIO

 

 

FUNCTIONS

 

CANCEL/RESET

VCR Plus+

 

Connection (without Audio/Video cable):

Select “CH3” or “CH4” which displays the screen on the right.

Connection (with Audio/Video cable):

Select “OFF”

The unit’s display

The unit’s display

TOP MENU

 

3, 4

 

ENTER

RETURN

SUB MENU

S

 

SCHEDULE DISPLAY STATUS

TIME SLIP

JET REW

After plugging the unit into your household AC outlet and pressing [Í, DVD/VHS POWER] to turn the unit on for the first time, the unit assists you in setting the on-screen language, and automatically tunes in all the channels it can receive and sets the clock.

The unit automatically determines the type of transmission (airwaves or cable) and puts them into channels as follows.

 

Band

Channel

 

 

 

Antenna Mode

VHF

2 to 13

(Airwaves)

UHF

14 to 69

 

 

 

 

 

VHF

2 to 13

 

 

 

 

CATV LOW BAND

95 to 99

 

 

 

CableTV Mode

CATV MID/SUPER BAND

14 to 36

 

 

CATV HYPER BAND

37 to 65

(Cable)

 

 

 

ULTRA BAND

66 to 94

 

100 to 125

 

 

 

 

 

 

SPECIAL CATV CHANNEL

1

 

 

 

Preparation

Press [DVD].

Turn on the TV and select the appropriate video input to suit the connections to the unit. (Example: AV input, CH3 or CH4)

If you connect the unit through a cable TV box or satellite receiver (l 13), tune to your local PBS for Auto Clock Setting to work.

If there is no local PBS, set the clock manually (l 44, “Set Clock Manually”).

[1]Press [Í, DVD/VHS POWER].

Select Language

Seleccione el idioma

Sélection de Langue

English

Español

Français

Press ENTER

Pulse ENTER

Appuyer sur ENTER

Each time you press the button:

CH3 (Default setting) (# CH4 (# OFF

^

-----------------------------------------------J

[3]Use [3, 4] to select the language and press [ENTER].

[4]Press [ENTER] to start Plug-in Auto Tuning.

The unit then proceeds with Auto Clock Setting. The time is displayed when Auto Clock Setting is finished.

Set Channels Automatically

 

 

 

 

 

Set Clock Automatically

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Auto Clock Setting is complete.

 

Ch.

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Set Channels Automatically

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11/1/2005 12:15 AM

 

 

Proceeding . . .

 

 

 

 

 

 

DST............. On

 

 

1 1 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Time Zone.... CST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DST, Daylight Saving Time, shows the summertime setting.

Time Zone shows the time difference from Greenwich Mean

Time (GMT).

 

 

 

 

EST (Eastern Standard Time)

l GMT j5

 

CST (Central Standard Time)

l GMT j6

 

MST (Mountain Standard Time) l GMT j7

 

PST (Pacific Standard Time)

l GMT j8

 

AST (Alaska Standard Time)

l GMT j9

 

HST (Hawaii Standard Time)

l GMT j10

 

For other areas: xx hr

 

 

 

[5]Press [ENTER].

If the clock is an hour slower or faster than the actual

time

Select “j1” or “i1” in “Adjust Time Zone” in the SETUP menu (l 44).

If the unit couldn’t set the clock automatically

Set the time manually (l 44, “Set Clock Manually”).

To start Plug-in Auto Tuning again

Signal source, RF output channel, channel caption, and guide channel settings for VCR Plusi system all revert to the default values when you perform the procedure below. Scheduled recording settings are also cleared.

When the unit is on and stopped

[1]Press and hold [CH, W] and [CH, X] on the main unit for about 5 seconds.

The unit turns off.

[2]Press [Í, DVD/VHS POWER] to turn the unit on. Plug-in Auto Tuning starts.

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