30 Recording
Read and follow the steps below to record a TV program.
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Press the COMBI button, then place a tape with its record tab intact (see page five) in the TV/VCR. The power will come on. Or, if the tape is already in the TV/VCR, press the
POWER button to turn on the TV/VCR, if necessary.
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Press the SPEED button until the desired tape speed appears on the TV/VCR screen. See tape speed details below.
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Use the CH(annel) o/p buttons or the Number buttons to select the channel you want to record. You can not change
channels during recording.
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Press the REC(ord)/OTR button once to start recording.
The Record light will glow.
●If there is not a tape in the TV/VCR, NO CASSETTE flashes on the screen briefly.
●If the tape does not have a record tab, PROTECTED CAS- SETTE CANNOT RECORD flashes on the screen briefly. The TV/VCR will eject the tape. Insert another tape.
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To pause the recording (for example, during commer- cials), press the PAUSE/STILL button. The Record light will flash. To resume recording, press the PAUSE/STILL but- ton again or the REC(ord)/OTR button. The Record light will glow.
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To stop recording, press the STOP/▼ button.
Tape Speeds
This chart shows the recording/playback time for three types of video cassettes (T160, T120, and T60). There are three playback speeds: SP, LP, and SLP. A tape will play only in the speed in which it was recorded. You cannot record in LP speed on this TV/VCR. When recording, change the tape speed using the SPEED button.
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Tape Speed | T160 | T120 | T60 | ||
SP(Standard Play) | 2 hrs. | 2 | hrs. | 1 hr. | |
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LP(Long Play) | 5 hrs. | 4 | hrs. | 2 hrs. | |
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SLP(Super Long Play) | 8 hrs. | 6 | hrs. | 3 hrs. | |
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| MENU | STATUS | CLEAR | FM |
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SLEEP/ |
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WAKE UP | 0 |
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| /OTR | PLAY | /STILL | ||
| REW | F.FWD | 4 | ||
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| CABLE | COMBI |
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2 | /DBS |
| PICTURE | 1 | |
| SPEED | MEMORY VCR PLUS+ | |||
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| SLOW | ENTER | ||
| TRACKING | VAR.SLOW |
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Helpful Hints
•You cannot record one channel while watching another.
•Recording options are on pages
•You cannot record if DEFEAT RECORDING is ON. (REC DEFEAT- ED will flash on the screen.) Details are on page 33.
•If you pause a recording for more than five minutes, the TV/VCR will switch to Stop mode automatically to protect the video cassette tape from damage.
•You can change the tape speed with the SPEED button while a recording is in progress, but some distortion may appear on the tape.