Sony SAT-A4, SAT-B3 Setting Up the Timer, Setting the Timer, To set the timer

Setting Up the Timer

Setting the Timer

One Button Recording

If you’ve entered the Timer Setup screen by selecting a future program from a program guide, the Day, Start and Stop times, Station, and program title are displayed automatically. However, if you make any changes to the Timer Setup options, the program title disappears (although the Timer will still work as you’ve set it).

You can select from two ways to automate VCR recording of programs:

qSetting the Timer and then setting your VCR timer.

qSetting the Timer and using the Sony IR Blaster to automatically control the VCR (see “Connecting the IR Blaster” on page 18, and “VCR Recording” on page 66 for details).

To set the timer:

1 Press the MENU button to bring up the Main Menu.

2 Select TIMER SETUP. The Timer Setup screen appears.

Shortcut

You can automatically add future programs to the Timer screen by just selecting them from the program guide. See “Selecting a Program from the Guide” on page 28 for details.

3 Select one of the 10 timer setting buttons. Then highlight the DAY field (today’s date automatically appears).

TIMER SETUP

	DAY	START	STOP	STATION		OK
1ü		-:--	-:--	---	----
	11/9 SAT					CANCEL
	-/--	-:--	-:--	---	----	CLEAR
2
	-/--	-:--	-:--	---	----	HELP
3
	-/--	-:--	-:--	---	----
4
	-/--	-:--	-:--	---	----
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4 Set the day, start time, stop time, and station number as follows:

qTo set each item (day, time, etc.), move the joystick up or down (SAT-A4)or press up or down arrow buttons (SAT-B3).

qTo move to the next or previous item, move the joystick right or left (SAT-A4)or press the right or left arrow buttons (SAT- B3).

Note

You can set the timer up to 30 days in advance. You can also set the timer for every day or for the same day(s) every week. See “Setting the Daily/Weekly Timer” on page 36.

5 Select OK to save your settings.

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