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Basic Operating Controls and Displays
Now that you have connected your VCR to your TV and antenna or
controls and displays before you begin using your new VCR, so only those you will use for basic recording and playback are discussed here. (Additional information about the controls is on pages 18 and 19.)
After you have read about the basic control functions on this page. turn on your VCR and check the installation by following the instructions on the next two pages.
(_ POWER Button: Turns the VCR on and off. (If the VCR is already off, inserting a cassette will automatically turn it on).
STOP/EJECT Button:
• Stops whatever the VCR is doing (record, playback, rewind, or fast forward).
•When VCR is stopped, press this button to eject the cassette.
Cassette Compartment: Push the cassette through the door as shown below to load it,
indicator (_) turns on.
REW Button: Rewinds the tape when the VCR is stopped.
PLA Y Button: Starts playback. If you insert a cassette with the tab removed, the tape will automatically play.
A UTO PROG/ADD/ERASE Buttons: These
buttons are used to auto program channels into the VCR and to add and erase channels from the
channel memory. Details are on page 12.
®TAPE SPEED Button and Indicators: Press this button to change recording speed. The lighted indicator tells the tape speed. (Use "SLP" for normal recording.)
®CHANNEL "_'/& Buttons and Display: After channels are programmed, • selects the next lower channel and • selects the next higher channel. The channel number appears in the display.
®RECORD/XPR Button: Press to begin normal
recording. Press twice to enter Express Recording mode.
@Time Display: The time is normally shown here. If
the | clock has stopped you will see | in |
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®Status Displays: Tell what the VCR is doing (t> for
playback, | _ | for record. <]<_ for rewind. I>t> |
for fast | forward, | 0D for pause/. This area is blank |
when the VCR is turned off.
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®Indicator:. This indicator is controlled by the TV VCR button on the remote control. It
indicates the picture source that is being fed to your TV.
•VCR Indicator is off when TV receives picture from VHF antenna or
•VCR Indicator is on when TV receives picture from VCR tuner or tape cassette that is playing.
TV must be tuned to VCR Channel (3 or 4) when VCR indicator is on.
Inserting and Removing Cassettes
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pulls | it into | the | compartment. | VCR | mode. | RevAnd | the | cassette | before | To | Remove: | The | cassette gill come | ||||||
power | automatically | turns | on | and | the | ejecting | it. | Press | STOP/EJECT | partially | oul | of | the compartmem | so | |||||
indicalor | turns | on when | the | Button. | "rape | may | be ejected | when | you | can | pull | it OUt. Pul the cassette | irl | ||||||
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