Recording
Accidental erasure prevention
To prevent accidental recording on a recorded cassette, remove its record safety tab. To record on it later, cover the hole with adhesive tape. Record safety tab
Recording Features
Specifying recording length � Instant Timer Recording (ITR)
During recording, press REC (7) on the VCR repeatedly until the recording length you want appears on the display panel. The record indicator ( ) on the display panel starts blinking. � Each time you press the button, recording length increases in 30-minute intervals (up to 6 hours). � The VCR shuts off after recording is finished. � To cancel an ITR, press STOP (8) on the Remote or STOP/EJECT (0) on the VCR.
Basic Recording
A Load a cassette
Make sure the record safety tab is intact. If not, cover the hole with adhesive tape before inserting the cassette. � The VCR turns on, and the counter is reset, automatically.
Watching one program while recording another
During recording� � If you connect the TV and the VCR only using the RF connection to view pictures from the VCR, press TV/VCR on the Remote so that VCR mode indicator goes off from the display panel. (The TV broadcast being recorded disappears.) � If you are using the AV connection to view pictures from the VCR, change the TV�s input mode from AV to TV. Then, select the channel you want to watch, on the TV.
B Select recording channel
On the Remote Press PR+/� or the Number keys. On the VCR Press PAUSE[CH]. The channel display on the display panel starts blinking. While the display is blinking, press FF[CH+] or REW[CH�] to select channel. After about 5 seconds, the channel display stops blinking.
Second Audio Recording
This VCR�s built-in MTS decoder enables reception of Multichannel TV Sound broadcast. To record a SAP program received, set �2ND AUDIO RECORD� to �ON� ( pg. 13).
� You can select channel in the stop mode, recording pause mode or during rewind/fast-forward high-speed search. � If no cassette is loaded, or during recording pause mode, you can select channel only by pressing FF[CH+] or REW[CH�]. � If you connect the TV and the VCR only using the RF connection, press TV/VCR on the Remote so that the VCR mode indicator lights on the display panel, to view the program to be recorded.
NOTES:
Recording Resume Function
If there is a power outage during recording (or Instant Timer Recording, or timer recording), the recording will resume automatically when the power is restored to the VCR. (No setting is required for this function).
S-VHS (Super VHS), S-VHS ET or VHS Recording Mode
This VCR can record in S-VHS (Super VHS), S-VHS ET or VHS. � To record in S-VHS: Set �S-VHS MODE� to �ON� ( pg. 13). Then, insert a cassette marked �S-VHS�. The S-VHS indicator lights up on the display panel. The S-VHS recording mode is selected. � To record in S-VHS ET on a VHS cassette: Set �S-VHS ET� to �ON� ( pg. 12). Then, insert a cassette marked �VHS�. The S-VHS indicator lights up on the front display panel. � To record in VHS: Insert a cassette marked �VHS�. Set �S-VHS ET� to �OFF� ( pg. 12). � To record in VHS on an S-VHS cassette: Insert a cassette marked �S-VHS�. The S-VHS indicator lights up on the display panel. Then, set �S-VHS MODE� to �OFF� ( pg. 13). The S-VHS indicator goes off. The VHS recording mode is selected.
C Set tape speed
Press SP/EP (p).
D Start recording
On the VCR, press REC (7). Or on the Remote, while holding REC (7), press PLAY (4).
During recording
Pause recording Press PAUSE (9). � Press PLAY (4) to resume recording. � You can select channel in the recording pause mode. Stop recording Press STOP (8) on the Remote. OR Press STOP/EJECT (0) on the VCR.
NOTE:
If the tape reaches its end during recording, the recording stops and � � and � $� on the display panel blink. Press STOP/EJECT (0) on the VCR to eject the cassette or press REW (3) on the Remote to rewind the tape.
NOTE:
When playing back a tape that has been recorded in S-VHS or S-VHS ET, the S-VHS indicator lights up on the display panel regardless of the �S-VHS ET� or �S-VHS MODE� setting.
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