RCA VR355/VR545 How to Find Your TV’s Video Input Channel, Common Video Line Input scenarios

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How to Find Your TV’s Video Input Channel

You need to tune your TV to the video line input if you are using the VCR’s Audio/Video (A/V) OUT jacks to connect to the TV’s A/V input jacks. You must select the video line input before you can see the VCR’s menus, the cable/antenna reception, and the content that’s on a tape.

The video line input for TVs varies by brand and model. Below are some steps to try to find your TV’s video line input:

ON•OFF

TV

Button

TVVCR

•If your TV brand is RCA, GE, or Proscan, press the TV button on the VCR’s remote control, then press the INPUT button.

If those options do not work, try the following ideas. You might access the video line input by:

• Pressing a button on the TV’s remote control (see table below).
•	Selecting a specific channel from the TV’s on-screen menu system
	(see table below).
•	Tuning directly to the video line input by selecting a specific channel

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INFO	CHAN	SEARCH
L		V
		O
O
V		L

number (see table below)

• Going through all available channels by pressing the channel up or

down buttons on the TV or its remote control.

Common Video Line Input scenarios:

Video Input Channel Variations
Button/Switch	Button on the	Channel
on the TV	TV Remote	Number

MUTE

CLEAR

1

4

7

	PU
N		T
I

CHAN

MENU

2

5

8

0

GO BACK

SPEED

3

6

9

	•V
V		C
		R
T

VIDEO	VID 1	00
SIGNAL	LINE	90	INPUT
VID 1	VID	91
			Button
VID 2	VIDEO	92
S-VID	S-VID	93
S-VIDEO	INPUT	VID 1
	S-VIDEO	VID 2
	SOURCE
	AUX

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