Playback/Recording

Watching TV or Video Programs

Use the TV tuner built-in to the VCR to watch TV programs; otherwise, the on-screen display will change to a TV program when you switch channels. Also, set the VCR’s TV tuner to skip channels where there is no broadcast so that an image is always displayed on the TV screen; otherwise, the on-screen display will be distorted.

Before you begin, make sure you have:

Connected your TV and VCR to the receiver (see pages 11 to 12).

1Select the appropriate VCR component (e.g., VIDEO 2).

Do not select TV/DBS*. If you select TV/DBS, the Auto Play function (page 44) will not operate the next time you select the VCR.

FUNCTION

SOUND

SETUP

VIDEO 1

 

TAPE

VIDEO 2

 

DAT / MD

VIDEO 3

 

CD

L D / DVD

 

TUNER

TV / DBS

 

PHONO

MACRO 1

 

MACRO 2

2Click CH + or – to select the channel you desire.

 

CH – +

SUB

USER

0

( )

p

P

REC

*TV/DBS : USA, Canada and Australia

TV : Other countries

If the Auto Play function is set to on (page 44).

Be sure to click p to stop playback from the VCR before clicking CH + or –.

To watch TV programs using a Sony TV with TV OUT jacks

When connecting a Sony TV with TV OUT jacks, connect the TV OUT jacks to this receiver’s TV/DBS* IN jacks, then set the TV/DBS* function to “Sony TV.” This lets you watch TV programs by selecting the TV/DBS* function. Also, use the TV’s VIDEO LABEL function to set the video input jack (e.g., VIDEO 1 IN) connected to this receiver’s MONITOR OUT jack to “RECEIVER.”

To change the video input of a Sony VCR

Click SUB, then click INPUT.

To switch the screen size when using a wide TV monitor

Click repeatedly to select the screen size you desire. This operation is possible only when TV SIZE in the TV MONITOR SET menu is set to WIDE (see page 17).*

* Except for Australian and Singaporean models.

For USA and Canada : You can also switch the screen size by pressing WIDE on the remote control repeatedly.

For non-Sony TVs : You must register the IR code for the wide TV mode button on your TV’s remote (see pages 17 and 18).

To control a Sony DBS receiver (USA, Canada and Australia only)

1Select the component to which you assigned Sony DBS receiver IR codes (e.g., TV/DBS).

2Click CURSOR MENU.

The DBS receiver control panel appears.

The icons in the cursor menu have the same function as those on the DBS receiver (except for SELECT, which substitutes for the enter button). Click the boarders at the edge of the screen to move the DBS cursor.

To jump between the current and the previous channels

Click JUMP.

To control StarSight functions of a Sony VCR (USA and Canada only)

1Select the component to which you assigned StarSight VCR IR codes (e.g., VIDEO 1).

2Click SUB

3Click STARSIGHT.

The StarSight control panel appears.

Click the boarders at the edge of the screen to move the StarSight cursor.

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Sony STR-DE1015G, STR-DE815G, STR-D760Z operating instructions Watching TV or Video Programs

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