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SELECTING THE SIGNAL TO RECORD
You can select the signal to record — from the
IN FROM ANT. jack or an audio/video source —
in either of these ways.
• Repeatedly press INPUT until the desired
input source appears — LINE 1 or LINE
2 for an audio/video source, or a channel
number for broadcast signals.
Select LINE 1 for recording signals from
the back R-AUDIO-L IN 1/VIDEO IN 1 jacks,
or LINE 2 for recording signals from the
front AV2 jacks.
• Repeatedly press CH s or t to set the VCR to
the desired broadcast channel or to one
channel higher than the highest channel
number (or one channel lower than the low-
est channel number) for an audio/vi deo
source.
RECEIVING/RECORDING STEREO/SAP BROADCASTS
Your VCR has three channels for audio record-
ing — two (left and right) stereo channels on
the Hi-Fi track, and one monaural channel on
the standard track.
Press DISP/ENT to display the au dio programs
available on the broadcast you are cu rrently
tuned to. STEREO, SAP, and MONO appear on
the TV screen, and STEREO and/or SAP m ight
appear on the VCR’s display. On the TV screen,

((( appears on the left of STEREO and/or SAP

when available. For example, if a station broad-
casts mono (monaural) and SAP signals, (((
SAP appears on the TV screen and SAP ap-
pears on the VCR’s display.
The arrow mark on the right of the audio mode
display indicates the current audio mode. To
select the audio mode when the broadcast has
a stereo or SAP signal, press SAP/Hi-Fi so the
arrow mark points to the desired mode.
IMMEDIATE RECORDING

Recording a Program

as You Watch It

Follow these steps to record a program as you
watch it. If you know how long the program is,
you can set how long the VCR records so it
stops recording automatically.
Note: If you are watching the program on a TV/
monitor that is connected to the VCR’s R-AU-
DIO-L/VIDEO OUT jacks, set the TV/monitor to
its video mode and skip Steps 2 and 3.
1. Turn on the VCR and t he TV.
2. Set the TV’s tuner to the same channel as
3-CH-4 on the back of the VCR.
3. Press TV/VCR until VCR appears.
4. Load a blank cassette, or one that you
want to record over, into the VCR.
5. Repeatedly press SPEED on the remote
control until the desired recording speed
(SP, LP, or SLP) appears.
6. Select the signal to record (see “Selecting
the Signal to Record”).
7. Set the audio recording mode to the
desired setting. See “Receiving/Recording
Stereo/SAP Broadcasts.”
8. Press REC/TIME. The VCR starts to record.
Note: To record without a set dura tion, skip
Step 9.
9. Press REC/TIME again. The recording
length appears on the TV screen. Repeat-
edly press REC/TIME to advance the timer
to the desired recording length. The
recording length advances in 30-minute
increments up to 2 hours, then in 1-hour
increments up to 4 hours.
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