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Make sure ...
•TV/VCR power is turned on.
•Insert a cassette tape with its erase prevention tab
in place. (If necessary, rewind or fast forward the
tape to the point at which you want to begin
recording.)
NOTE: This unit will ONLYrecord and view the
same channel.
RECORDING

ERASE PREVENTION

You can prevent acciden-
tal erasing of recording
by breaking off the tab
on the back edge of the
cassette.
Tab Plastic Tape

Before recording, make sure:

The desired channel is selected by pressing the num-
ber buttons on the remote control or the CHANNEL
Up/Down button. (If the TV/VCR is connected to a
cable box or satellite box, the TV/VCR must be on
CH3 or CH4, then the channel to be recorded is
selected on the cable box or satellite box. )
There is a tape with its safety tab into the VCR.
The desired recording speed is selected in SP(stan-
dard play) or SLP(super long play) mode by press-
ing the SPEED button on the remote control.
Tape Speed Recording/Playback Time
Type of tape
T60 T120 T160
SPmode 1 hour 2 hours 2-2/3 hours
SLPmode 3 hours 6 hours 8 hours

NORMAL RECORDING

1)Begin the recording by pressing the RECORD but-
ton.
To temporarily stop recording or resume it, press
the PAUSE/STILLbutton. After the TV/VCR has
been in Pause mode for 5 minutes, it will stop
automatically to protect the tape and the video
head.
NOTES:
•After five minutes, the TV/VCR will automatically
switch to the Recording mode to prevent tape
damage.
•If “CLOSED CAPTION (ON)” is selected, the
On-Screen Display will appear for 5 seconds, then
disappear.
2)Stop the recording by pressing the STOPbutton
when recording is completed.
If you decide to record
on the tape again, cover
the hole with plastic
tape.
•Tracking adjustment will be set automatically
(Digital Tracking function) when you start play-
back.
•However when playing pre-recorded tapes or tapes
recorded on units other than your own, noise lines
(black and white streaks) may appear on the play-
back picture. If this occurs, you can adjust the
tracking control manually by pressing the CHAN-
NELKor Lbutton until the streaks disappear. To
return to the DTR function, stop the tape once and
start playback again.
•You can reduce the noise lines by pressing the
CHANNELKor Lbutton in slow mode, too.
Tracking adjustment in Slow mode will not be set
automatically.
NOTE:
•In Still mode, press the SLOW button and press the
CHANNELKor Lbutton until streaks disappear.
To return to Still mode, press the PAUSE/STILL
button again.

TRACKING ADJUSTMENT

In the Pause/Still mode only, when the picture begins
to vibrate vertically, stabilize the picture by pressing
the CHANNELKor Lbutton.
NOTE:
If there are video noise lines on the screen, see Tracking
Adjustment section.

VERTICAL HOLD CONTROL

STILL PICTURE

You can view a still picture on the TVscreen during
playback (the Still mode). Press the PAUSE/STILL
button during playback. Only tapes recorded in the
SLPmode will show the least amount of lines. Press
the PLAYbutton to return to playback.
NOTES:
•You can advance the picture one frame at a time by
pressing the PAUSE/STILLbutton during the Still
mode.
•If it is left in the Still mode for more than five min-
utes, the TV/VCR will automatically switch to the
Stop mode.
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