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Manual Channel Setting

When you want to do channel setting
manually, follow this procedure.
1Select Tuner Set Up Mode
1Press VCR.
2Press MENU.
3Press PLAY 5 or STOP ∞ to select
“TUNER SET UP” then press 3/OK.
The Tuner Set Up menu appears.
4Press PLAY 5 or STOP ∞ to select
“CHANGING TUNER SET UP”
then press 3/OK.
The programmed channel informa-
tion list appears with the settings of
the tuned channel flashing. (You can
also watch the picture of the tuned
channel since the list and the picture
alternates on the TV.)
2Select Station
1Press PLAY 5 or
STOP ∞ until an
open channel in
which you want to
store a new
channel starts flashing then press 3/
OK.
2Press PLAY 5 or STOP ∞ to select
the search starting band.
VHF L: Starts searching from the
VHF L band.
VHF H: Starts searching from the
VHF H band.
UHF: Starts searching from the
UHF band.
3Press 3/OK.
Searching starts, and when a station
is tuned in, searching stops and the
tuned frequency is shown on the TV.
Then the following menu appears.
3Store Channel
Press PLAY 5 or
STOP ∞ to select
“STORE CHANN-
EL” then press 3/
OK.
The programmed
channel information list appears again
with the settings of the newly tuned
channel flashing.
• If you do not want to store this station,
select “CONTINUE SEARCH” then
press 3/OK, searching starts again.
4Finish Setting
Press EXIT/STATUS.

Selecting Colour Mode

This section is for VR499/75 only.
Before using the VCR, you need to set
the colour mode both for recording and
playback.
Press COLOUR MODE on the front
panel to change the colour system.
For recording:
AUTO:Normally select this mode.
The colour system is
automatically detected.
NTSC3.58: Select this mode if
“AUTO” does not work well
when recording the NTSC
signals. (For playback on an
NTSC TV)
NTSC4.43: Select this mode if
“AUTO” does not work well
when recording the NTSC
signals on PAL TV. (For
playback on a PAL TV)
PAL: Select this mode if “AUTO”
does not work well when
recording the PAL signals.
For playback:
AUTO:Normally select this mode.
When you watch a PAL,
NTSC, the colour system is
automatically detected.
NTSC3.58: Select this mode when
you watch an NTSC3.58
tape on an NTSC TV.
NTSC → PAL: Select this mode if
“AUTO” does not work well
when playing back an
NTSC tape on a PAL TV.
NTSC4.43: Select this mode when
you watch an NTSC4.43
tape on a PAL TV.
PAL: Select this mode if “AUTO”
does not work well when
playing back a PAL tape.
When playing back an NTSC tape with
“AUTO” mode selected
The tape is played back using “NTSC3.58”
mode.
SELECT CHOOSE /OK
VHF L
VHF H
UHF
TO END PUSH EXIT
SELECT CHOOSE /OK
STORE CHANNEL
CONTINUE SEARCH
TO END PUSH EXIT
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