Basic setup (VCR)

Tuner setting

This DVD/VCR is equipped with a channel memory feature which allows channels to skip up or down to the next channel set into memory, skipping over unwanted channels. Before selecting channels, they must be programmed into the DVD/VCRÕs memory. In addition to normal VHF and UHF channels, this DVD/VCR can receive up to 113 Cable TV channels. To use this DVD/VCR with an antenna, set the TV/CABLE menu option to the TV mode. When shipped from the factory, this menu option is in the CABLE mode.

DVD/VCR

ENTER

SET +/Ð

VCR MENU

DVD/VCR SELECT

TV/CABLE selection

Preparation:

¥Turn ON the TV and select to the corresponding video input.

¥Press DVD/VCR to operate the DVD/VCR.

¥Press DVD/VCR SELECT to select the VCR mode. (The VCR indicator will light.)

1 Press VCR MENU. Press SET + or Ð to select ÒCH SETUPÓ, then press ENTER￿￿￿￿.￿￿

￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿

2Press SET + or Ð to select ÒTV/CABLEÓ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿.

 

 

￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿

Press ENTER to select the TV or CABLE

3 mode.

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The arrow indicates￿￿the￿￿￿￿selected￿￿￿￿mode.

TV

- VHF/UHF channels

 

CABLE

- Cable TV channels

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4Press VCR MENU until the menu screen is cleared.

Note:

You canÕt select ÒCH SETUPÓ if you set the channel to ÒL1Ó or ÒL2Ó.

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Setting channels automatically

1Repeat left step 1 and press￿￿SET￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿+ or￿￿￿￿Ð to select ÒAUTO CH MEMORYÓ. ￿￿￿￿￿

￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿

2 Press ENTER.

Auto tuning will begin. The channel dis- play will count up and when finished,￿￿￿￿￿

the screen returns to normal.

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Toshiba SD-V594SC owner manual Tuner setting, TV/CABLE selection, Setting channels automatically

SD-V594SC specifications

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