Receiver Operations

Recording on a video tape

You can record from a VCR, a TV, or an LD player using the receiver. You can also add audio from a variety of audio sources when editing a video tape. See your VCR or LD player’s instruction manual if you need help.

1Press one of the function buttons to select the program source to be recorded.

2Set the component to be ready for playing. For example, insert the laser disc you want to record from into the LD player.

3Insert a blank video tape into the VCR (VIDEO 1 or VIDEO 2) for recording.

4Start recording on the recording VCR and then start playing the video tape or laser disc you want to record.

You can replace audio while copying a video tape or laser disc

At the point you want to start adding different sound, press another function button (for example, CD) and start playback. The sound from the selected component will be recorded over the original audio.

To resume recording the sound of the original playback source, press the function button for that component.

Using the Sleep Timer

You can set the receiver to turn off automatically at a time you specify.

SLEEP

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Press SLEEP on the remote while the power is on. Each time you press SLEEP, the time changes as shown below.

n2:00:00 n1:30:00n1:00:00 n0:30:00 nOFF

The display dims after you specify the time.

You can freely specify the time

Press SLEEP first, then specify the time you want using the digital processing control ( or ) buttons. The sleep time changes in 1 minute intervals. You can specify up to 5 hours.

You can check the time remaining before the receiver turns off

Press SLEEP. The remaining time appears in the display.

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STR-DE705, STR-DE605, STR-D550Z, STR-D650Z specifications

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