Using the TV/VCR’s Menu System

MENU

TIME

VIDEO ADJUST

AUDIO ADJUST

CLOSED CAPTION

TIMER RECORDINGS

LANGUAGE

SETTING

V-CHIP BLOCK

SETTING

SELECT

/

: SET

OK

PREVIOUS

 

: QUIT

MENU

FUNCTION

 

 

AUTO CH PRESET

FUNCTION

CH SEARCH

CH MEMORY

ENERGY SAVE

CABLE

OFF

BLUE SCREEN

ON

SELECTREPEAT PLAY/ : SET OK

PREVIOUS : QUIT MENU OFF

SELECT

/ :

SET

OK

PREVIOUS

:

QUIT

MENU

FUNCTION

ENERGY SAVE

 

 

OFF

 

BLUE SCREEN

 

 

 

 

ON

 

REPEAT PLAY

 

 

 

 

OFF

 

SELECT

/

: SET

OK

PREVIOUS

 

: QUIT

MENU

Additional Setup Features

Use the FUNCTION menu to set up your TV/VCR for your personal preferences. You can turn energy saving on or off, select a blue screen when there is no signal from a channel or a blank portion of tape is playing, or choose to play a tape repeatedly.

1. Press MENU on the r emote (the main MENU appears).

2.Press the up or down ar row to select SETTING and pr ess OK.

3.Press the up or down ar row to select FUNCTION and pr ess OK (the following choices appear).

• ENERGY SAVE This featur e reduces the brightness of the pictur e, lowering the power consumption of your TV/VCR by appr oximately 20 per cent. The ENERGY SAVE featur e is set to OFF at the factor y.

1. Press the up or down ar row button to select ENERGY SAVE and pr ess OK.

2.Press the up or down ar row to select ENERGY SAVE ON or OFF and press OK.

3.Press MENU to exit the menus.

• BLUE SCREEN This featur e reduces the noise and mutes sound fr om channels with no signal and during playback of unr ecor ded por tions of tape. The BLUE SCREEN featur e is set to ON at the factor y.

1.Press the up or down ar row to select BLUE SCREEN and pr ess OK.

2.Press the up or down ar row to select BLUE SCREEN ON or OFF and press OK.

3.Press MENU to exit the menus.

FUNCTION

ENERGY SAVE

 

 

OFF

 

BLUE SCREEN

 

 

 

 

ON

 

REPEAT PLAY

 

 

 

 

OFF

 

SELECT

/

: SET

OK

PREVIOUS

 

: QUIT

MENU

REPEAT PLAY This featur e tells the TV/VCR to r epeatedly play a tape

fr om the beginning to a blank por tion on the tape ( TAPE BLANK) or the

end of the tape (

TAPE END). The TV/VCR will automatically r ewind the

tape and play it fr

om the beginning.

1.Press the up or down ar row to select REPEAT PLAY and pr ess OK.

2.Press the up or down ar row to select TAPE BLANK, TAPE END, or OFF, and pr ess OK.

3.Press MENU to exit.

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RCA TV/VCR manual Function Energy Save OFF Blue Screen Repeat Play

TV/VCR specifications

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