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Your new VCR offers a wide variety of recording options that take
full advantage of our advanced electronics. First, you can learn
how to record a current broadcast. Then, in another section of this
book called
Timer Recording
, you can learn how to program your
VCR to record at a later time and day.
Recording a Current Broadcast
To record a TV program that is currently playing:
1
Load a tape with its erasure prevention tab intact into the VCR.
2
Set the speed at which you would like to record by pressing
SP/EP on the remote control or REC SPEED on the front
panel.
3
Set the VCR’s input to tuner by pressing INPUT until a channel
number shown on-screen. If
L1
or
L2
appears, continue to
press INPUT until a channel number appears. To record
channels from a PRIMESTAR
®
receiver, press INPUT until a
channel number with “SAT” appears on the screen.
4
Select the channel you wish to record by pressing CHANNEL
on the remote control or on the front panel or the number
buttons on the remote. If you are using a cable box that the
VCR cannnot control, select channel 3 or 4 on the VCR, and
change the channel on the cable box, not on the VCR.
5
Press REC on the remote or REC/
˙
REC LENGTH on the
front panel.
Recording will start. When the VCR reaches the end of the tape, it
will automatically rewind to the beginning of the tape and stop.
• You can stop recording at any time by pressing STOP or
PAUSE on the remote or on the front panel.
• To resume recording from STOP, press REC.
• To resume recording from PAUSE, press PAUSE.
You cannot use REC/
˙
REC LENGTH on the front panel to
resume recording from PAUSE.
IMPORTANT
If you pause the VCR for more than five minutes, recording
will stop automatically to protect the tape.
If you record in extended play (EP), you will only be able to
play the tape on a VCR equipped for EP play, such as this
one.
If you attempt to record on a tape that has had its erasure
prevention tab removed, the VCR will eject it. To record
over such a tape, simply place a piece of vinyl tape over
the opening.
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REC
PAUSE
CHANNEL
INPUT
REC SPEED
SP/EP
STOP
REC
Erasure prevention tab
Recording
