Radio Shack 36 owner manual Basic VCR Operation, Loading a Video Tape, Playing a Video Tape

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BASIC VCR OPERATION

LOADING A VIDEO TAPE

Hold the cassette with the main label facing up and the spine facing out from the Model 36. Then insert the cassette into the cassette com- partment and gently push the center of its spine until the Model 36 draws it in.

4.To stop playback before it automatically stops at the end of the tape, press STOP/ EJECT on the Model 36 or STOP on the remote control.

5.To eject the tape, press STOP/EJECT again on the Model 36 or EJECT on the remote control.

Note: When the Model 36 is off, you can press STOP/EJECT on the Model 36 or EJECT on the remote control to eject a tape. The Model 36 turns on, ejects the tape, then turns off.

The Model 36 automatically turns on. If the erase-protection tab has been removed from the cassette, playback automatically begins (see “Erase Protection” on Page 28) and PLAY appears. If the erase-protection tab is intact, the tape does not play and STOP appears.

Caution: Never insert anything except a VHS video cassette into the cassette compartment. You might damage the Model 36’s internal mechanisms.

Note: If a cassette was loaded when you last turned off the Model 36, you must press POWER to turn on the Model 36.

PLAYING A VIDEO TAPE

1.Load a video tape.

2.If playback does not automatically begin, press PLAY. PLAY appears and the Model 36 plays the tape.

Note: During playback, the Model 36 auto- matically adjusts the tracking, but you can manually adjust it if necessary (see “Track- ing” on Page 23).

3.Repeatedly press VOLUME s or t to adjust the volume.

Note: To adjust the brightness, contrast, color, tint, or sharpness, see “Adjusting the Picture” on Page 20.

Automatic Rewind/Eject

If the tape reaches the end before you press STOP/EJECT or EJECT, the Model 36 automati- cally stops the tape, then completely rewinds it.

Notes:

•If REPEAT PLAY is set to OFF (see “Using Automatic Repeat Playback” on Page 26), the Model 36 also ejects the tape then turns off.

•If the counter return feature is turned on (see “Using Counter Return” on Page 25), the tape stops at 0:00:00 and does not eject, and the Model 36 does not turn off.

•The Model 36 ejects the tape and turns itself off, but does not automatically rewind the tape during one-touch recording or automatic timer recording (see “One-Touch Recording (OTR)” on Page 29 and “Auto- matic Timer Recording” on Page 30).

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