Using This Manual

Congratulations on your choice of an RCA VCR. You

have selected a high-quality, precision-engineered instrument designed to give you years of video and audio enjoyment,

To get the best performance from your new VCR, it is

important that you carefully read and follow the operating instructions in this manual in the sequence in which they are presented.

Should you experience a problem, please follow the "Trouble Checks" near the end of this manual. The

warranty on the back cover describes what RCA will do for you should your new VCR need service during the warranty period. It also tells you how and from whom you should request service.

Contents

 

 

 

 

 

Warranty. Registration

............

Inside

Front

Cover

Safely. Precautions

 

Inside

Front

Cover

Installation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unpacking,

Choosing

Location

..................

2

General

Installation

Information

2

Antenna

Connections

..........................

 

 

3-4

Cable-TV

Connections

.........................

 

 

5-6

TV Monitor/Receiver

Connections

7

What Your VCR Will Do

..........................

 

8

Video Cassettes

 

 

 

9

Basic Operation

 

 

 

 

 

Basic Operating Controls

and

Displays

10

Inserting/Removing

Cassettes

 

l0

Turning

on

Your VCR

for the

First Time

I I

Programming Active Channels into VCR's

 

Tuner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I1

Deleting

Channels

from

the Scan

List

11

Adding

Channels

to

the

Scan List

...............

I1

Setting

TV

to

VCR Channel

12

Setting

the

VCR/TV

Switch

12

Simplified

 

Installation

Checklist

12

Remote

Control

..................................

 

 

 

 

13

Battery

Installation

.............................

 

 

13

Setting

the

Clock

.................................

 

 

 

14

First Recording

and

Playback

15

Operating

Controls

(Detailed)

16-17

Special

Effects

and Features

 

 

Pause

During

Recording

........................

17

Pause

for Stop-Action

Playback

17

Frame

Advance

................................

 

 

 

17

Slow

Motion

...................................

 

 

 

 

18

Picture

Search

 

 

 

 

18

Tape

Counter

..................................

 

 

 

 

18

Memory

Stop

..................................

 

 

 

 

18

Tracking

Control

...............................

 

 

18

Quick

Reference

Operating

Guides

 

 

Normal TV Viewing

............................

 

19

Recording

 

with

TV Off

 

19

Recording

 

and

Viewing

the Same

Program

19

Recording

 

and

Viewing

Different

Programs

20

Basic Playback

.................................

 

 

 

20

Recording

 

from Another

VCR

21

Camera Recording

.............................

 

 

22

Express

Recording

 

 

 

23

Programming

the

Timer

........................

 

24-25

Timer

Recording

 

 

 

 

26

Alternate

Remote

Control

Units

27

Cabinet Cleaning

.................................

 

 

 

28

Trouble

 

Checks

...................................

 

 

 

 

28

Index (Alphabetical)

..............................

 

 

29

Specifications

............................

 

 

 

 

Back Cover

Warrant3'

 

 

 

 

 

 

Back Cover

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