Owner’s record
Video Cassette Recorder
Information
Precautions
Safety
Installing
Table of contents
Getting Started
Unpacking
You can use this remote
Setting up the remote commander
Using the remote commander
Inserting the batteries
Manufacturer Code Number
Controlling other TVs with the remote commander
Code numbers of controllable TVs
Before you get started
Hookups
Selecting the best hookup option
Audio/video cable supplied
Use this hookup if your TV has stereo jacks
Use this hookup if your TV doesn’t have stereo jacks
Strereo receiver
Getting Started
What you can’t do
Using cable box control
Recommended use
What you can do with this hookup
Cursor
Set the RF Unit switch to
CH 3 or CH 4, whichever
Program guide channel Your actual TV channel
Hookup 1 VCR Plus+ channel setup
Channels
UHF connection
For connector
Record scrambled channels that require a cable box
You dont have a Cable box
Normal display
Hookup 2 VCR setup
Hookup 2 VCR Plus+ channel setup
Match the type
Use this hookup if you’re using
Antenna hookup
TV A, B, or C
Hookup 3 VCR setup
Hookup 3 VCR Plus+ channel setup
Wall Cable box
Incompatible cable box with many scrambled channels
Hookup 4 VCR setup
Program guide channel Cable box output channel
Hookup 4 VCR Plus+ channel setup
DSS receiver Side view
DSS Digital Satellite System receiver
∙ Record programs with VCR Plus+
No UHF
Hookup 5 VCR setup
For connector types B and C, no UHF connection is required
Wall Splitter Switch Cable box
Hookup 6 VCR setup
Tuner Preset CH3
Hookup 6 VCR Plus+ channel setup
Then press Execute
Selecting a language
You can change the on-screen display language
Press Cursor /.to select ENGLISH, ESPAÑOL, or Français
Before you start…
Setting the clock
Press Cursor
Setting up cable box control
Skip this section if you are using Hookup 2, 3, 4 or
Press Cursor ?//to select ON, then
Find your cable box/DSS receiver code
Number from the chart below
Press the number buttons to enter
Cable box/DSS receiver code number, then
DSS receiver Code numbers Brand
Setting up cable box control
To ensure correct operation
To check the cable box control setting
Signal flow
Setting up cable box control
Press Cursor /.to select ANTENNA/CABLE
Presetting channels
Presetting all receivable channels automatically
Turn on the VCR and the TV
Presetting channels
CH +
Presetting/disabling channels manually
Channel to be preset
Channel to be disabled
If the picture is not clear
How VCR Plus+ works
Setting up VCR Plus+
How to set up your VCR
Example of Channel Line-up Chart
Setting up VCR Plus+
Whose numbers don’t match
When you’ve finished, press Menu to exit
Repeat steps 2 and 3 for each channel
Stop
Playing a tape
Turn on your TV and set it to the video channel
Basic Operations
Basic Operations
Additional tasks
To skip playback
To use the time counter
REC
Insert a tape with its safety tab in place
Recording TV programs
To record from a cable box, turn it on
Operations
Basic
To stop recording
To check the remaining time
To save a recording
Safety tab Tips
To watch another TV program while recording
Number buttons
Recording TV programs using VCR Plus+
Press VCR Plus+
Press Tape Speed to select SP or EP
Using Cursor ?//, then press SET
Timer Clear to cancel the setting
To enter another setting, repeat steps 1 to
Tip
To use the VCR after setting the timer
To lock the VCR after setting the timer Child Lock
Press Menu and select Timer SET/ CHECK, then press Execute
Setting the timer manually
Press Execute
Setting, move the cursor to the next line and repeat step
Set the date, start and stop times, channel
Number and tape speed
Press áPLAY
Playing/searching At various speeds
To resume normal playback
To extend the duration
Recording TV programs using the quick timer
Using the quick timer during stop mode
Press Quick Timer repeatedly to set to the new duration
Turn on your TV and set it to
Checking Changing Canceling timer
Settings
When the timer settings overlap
Selecting the sound while playing
Recording stereo and bilingual programs
Recording stereo programs
Recording bilingual programs
How sound is recorded on a video tape
APC playback
Adjusting the picture
Adjusting the tracking
About Adaptive Picture Control APC
Menu choices
Initial settings are indicated in bold print
Changing menu options
Press Menu and select Advanced Options
Editing with another VCR
How to hook up to record on this VCR
How to hook up to a stereo system
VMC-810 audio/video cable not supplied Signal flow
Press the p Stop buttons on both VCRs
Operation When recording on this VCR
Before you start editing
To stop editing
Additional Information
General setup information
Setting the RF unit
Attaching a UHF/VHF band mixer
Attaching the external antenna connector
Ohm twin lead cable EAC-32 Antenna connector not supplied
Symptoms caused by contaminated video heads
Troubleshooting
Others
Symptom Remedy
Specifications
Refer to the pages indicated in parentheses for details
Index to parts and controls
Front panel
Rear panel
Display window
Remote commander
X, Y, Z
Index
J, K
To watch TV
Quick reference to using the VCR
To play a tape
To record a program
Sony SLV-685HF E 3-859-040-11