RCA VR270 owner manual Simplified Installation Checklist, Setting Your IV to the VCR Channel

Setting Your "IV to the VCR Channel

The "VCR Channel" is the TV channel you use for

viewing v, hat the VCR is recording or pla)ing, and

for viewing the signal from the VCR tuner when it is

_ed.	Your	TV	must	be set	to this	channel, and the
	indicator	in	the	display	must	be on.

Selecting the VCR channel is normally a one-timeprocedure, since there is little reason ever to change it. Proceed as follows:

I. Decide whether you want to view your VCR on

Channel 3 or Channel 4 of the "I:V. If one of

these channels is vacant in your area. you should

use it. Otherwise. pick the channel you view less.

2.Set the channel switch (CH3/CH4) on the back

of the VCR to whichever channel you have

chosen, and then turn on your TV and tune it to

the same channel. This is the "VCR channel."

Using the TV VCR Button

1. Push the TV VCR button on the remote control

so the _ indicator is on. When the indicator

is on. the VCR is in the "VCR mode" and your TV must be tuned to the VCR Channel (channel

3 or 4). Your TV will then display whatever tape the VCR is playing or whatever channel the VCR is tuned to.

2. Push the TV VCR button on the remote control

again so that the _ indicator is out. When the indicator is out. the VCR is in the "TV

mode*" and your TV will work like it did before you connected the VCR.

The TV VCR button on the remote control allows

you to record one program with the VCR while you watch another program on ,your TV. To do this. I:irst

_ut the VCR in the "VCR mode" (_ indicator on) and start recording the program. Then press the TV VCR button to switch to the "'TV mode"

indicator outl and tune your TV to the other channel yOU want to watch.

Note: Your VCR automatically switches to the "VCR

mode" _ indicator on) v,,hen you turn it on with

the POWER button, and when you start playing a tape.

Simplified Installation Checklist

This simplified checklist will help you quickly determine if you have completed all the basic installation steps.

[ ] Make sure your VCR is connected properly as explained on pages 4-10.

[ ] Press POWER to turn on VCR.

] Set NORM/CATV switch on the back of the VCR to the NORM position if you have

connected a home antenna system. Set the switch to the CATV position if you have connected cable-TV system.

] Program active channels into VCR's scan list

(press AUTO PROG and wait about one minute)

[Jl ERASE or ADD individual channels into scan

list as desired. (Detailed instructions: on page 12.)

[ ! Select "VCR Channel".

First set the CH3/CH4 switch on the back of the

VCR to either channel 3 or 4 and then tune your TV to the same channel. This is called the "VCR Channel".

[ ] Learn how to use the TV VCRbutton onthe remote control.

•When you press the TV VCR button and the indicator in the display turns on, the

VCRis in the "VCR mode" and your "IV must

be tuned to the VCR Channel(channel 3 or 4).

Then your TV u,;r_itldisplay,_hatever,, tape the X.CR is ptaving or whatever channel the VCR

is tuned to.

• When the [_				indicator		in the display is
out. the		VCR	is in	the	"TV	mode"	and your
TV	will	work	like it	did	before you		connected
the	VCR.

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