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Summary of Contents for T25061GY

Page 1: ...USER S GUIDE TV VCR COMBINATION ...

Page 2: ...hat unauthorized changes or modifications to this equipment may void the user s authority to operate it Note to Cable TV Installer This reminder is provided to call your attention to Article 820 40 of the National Electrical Cede Section 54 of the Canadian Electrical Code Part 1 which provides guidelines for proper grounding and in particular specifies that the cable ground shall be connected to t...

Page 3: ... Operating Instructions 12 Using the Playback Features Pause 13 Frame Advance 13 _ct_ e Search 13 Slow Motion 13 Automatic Tracking 14 Manual Tracking 14 Time Counter 14 Auto Play Feature 15 Auto RepeatFeature 15 Commercial Scan 15 Index Search 16 Zero Search 17 BlankSearch 17 Recording a Program _ording Feat_es RecordingSpeeds 18 Recording Pause 18 Types of Recordings 19 Basic Recording Operating...

Page 4: ...bl Ujmnn _m _ol_iWAauin_ Startup 1 Check accessories with TV VCR combination Contact your dealer if any items are n_ssmg Remo_ 0 0 2 AA Batteries 2 insert batteries in remote 2 ...

Page 5: ... VCR PressPOWER on theTV VCR or IVorVCR on theremote The in dicator inthePOWER buttonon thefront oftheTV VCR will light The first timeyou turnon theTV VCR after taking itoutofthe carton the _ V _ will display the AUTOMATIC CLOCK SET menu shown below However if theTV VCR hasbeen pluggedin and unplugged or after a power interruption thefollowing message will appear The TV VCR is now setting the cloc...

Page 6: ...stern Z Central 3 Rountein 6 Pacific 5 ALaska 6 Havsii 7 Don t know AUTORATZC CLOCK SET Does your area observe DayLight Savings Time from April to October 1 Yes DST is observed Z No 3 Don t know AUTO CHANNEL SEARCH Now scanning channel 1 AUTONATZC CLOCK SET The TV VCR is now setting the clock This may take several minutes Press NENU to cancel Set the clock manually If the AUTOMATIC CLOCK SET was u...

Page 7: ...idioma Choisissez une langue This feature lets you select English Spanish or French as the language for your on screen displays A Press MENU on remote to see the TV VCR MAIN MENU B Press6 to display the LANGUAGE IDIOMA LANGUE menu The bullet indicates the language selected C Press I to display the menus in English Press 2 to display the menus in Spanish Press 3 to display the menus in French TVIVC...

Page 8: ...me counter when a tape is inserted Removes displays Advances to next program during program review b F Fast forward Fast forwardsthetapewhen the TV VCR is stopped Searches the picture in forward motion during playback F ADV Frame Advance Used for slow motion playback Advances the tape one video frame at a timewhen thetapeisinPAUSE mode e Button When pressed illuminates theCHAN CHAN v VOL VOL DISPL...

Page 9: ...to factory defaults Gears channel labels REW Rewind Rewinds the tape when the VCR is stopped Searches the picture in reverse motion during playback SKIP SEARCH When a tape is stopped in the VCILdisplays INDEX ZERO and BLANKsearch screens When a tape is playing in the VCR advances tape about 30 seconds during playback See Commercial Scan description on page 15 When there is no tape in the VCILiniti...

Page 10: ... mode Normal Theater or Game TV VCR RAIN MENU 1 Timer Recordings 2 Picture QuaLity PICTURE QUALITY 1 SeLect Picture Rode Adjust Picture QuaLity Reset Picture ControLs SELECT PICTURE RODE 1 NormaL Rode 2 Theater Rode 3 Game Rode 0 Exit To Adjust the Video 8 The TV VCR can memorize adjustments for each of the three modes Normal Theater or Game mode 1 Press MENU to display the TV VCR MAIN MENU 2 Pres...

Page 11: ...re Quattty 3 Tiae 4 CLosed Captton4ng 5 Setup SETUP 1 Auto channel search 2 Add Reeove channels 3 Auto PLay 4 Auto repeat ALert sound 6 S_gnaL type CABLE 7 Label ChanneLs LABEL CHANNELS Channel 8 T Channel Label LABEL CHANNELS Channel Channel Label 10 ABC T Press Chln up dn or 0 9 to change or Letter Press VoL or to move MENU save CLEAR Reset Commercial Skip Commercial Skip is an on screen timer t...

Page 12: ...he screen if it is broadcast TV VCR RAIN MENU 1 Timer Recordings Z Picture QuaLity 3 Time 4 CLosed Captioning CLOSED CAPTIONIN6 1 CC DispLay 2 CC Rode CC DXSPLAY 1 0n 2 off 3 on when TV is muted CC BODE Choose a closed captioning mode 1 Caption 1 2 Caption 2 3 Text 1 4 Text 2 Alert Sound Program Guard 10 When you select ALERT SOUND ON as described below a short warring will sound each time an inva...

Page 13: ...AIN MENU Timer Rerord4ngs Picture QuaLity Time TIRE 1 Set clock 2 SLeep timer 3 Wake up timer WAKE UP TIMER Channel _ Time WAKE UP TIMER Channel 12 Time 05 07 AM Press CLEAR to correct Press RESET for Press MENU to set To Cancel the Wake Up Timer FoLlowsteps 1 _ve press RESET to cancelthe timer and then press MENU to _ The timer is car ed ff MENU is pressed before step 4 above is completed Sleep T...

Page 14: ... rewindthe tape If theVCR is playing a tape when theREW buttonispressed theTV VCR willsearch backwards throughthetape IftheREW buttonispressed while the TV VCR is not playing a tape the tape will rewind back to its start After the tape reaches its end it will automatically rewind back to the beginning Pressing the remote s OFF button while the tape is rewinding will not stop the tape The TV VCR wi...

Page 15: ...ck to pause the actiorL 2 Press F ADV each time you want to move to the next frame of the scene Press and hold F ADVto slowly advance frame by frame 3 Press PAUSE or PLAY to return to playback Picture Search You can visually search a picture during playback Sound is turned off during picture search 1 During playback press FF to search forward or REW to search in reverse 2 Press PLAY to return to n...

Page 16: ... picture To turn automatic tracking back on simultaneously press and hold both of the CH buttons on the front of the TV VCR for 2 seconds Time Counter The time counter helps locate the beginning or end of programs you taped The time counter automatically resets to 0 00 00 whenever a tape is inserted or you can press CLEAR when the time counter is displayed For example if a 30 minute program was re...

Page 17: ...eat ON is selected the TV VCR will play the tape to the end automat ically rewind the tape and play the tape agairL 1 PressMENU to display the TVNCR MAIN MENU 2 Press 5 to display the SETUP menu 3 Press 4 to display the Auto repeat menu 4 l_ess I or 2 to select Auto repeat OFF or ON The bullet indicates the one selected Select OFF if you do not want the tape to repeat Select ON to repeat the tape ...

Page 18: ... search the message Scan completed end of tape appear INDEX SEARCH Press REW or FF to begin scanning or Enter a spect ic index n_i_er betou i INDEX SEARCH Searching for tndex marks Press STOP to canceL To Select a Specific Index Number for Index Playback 1 Insert the prerecorded tape and press STOP 2 Press SKIP SEARCH to display the INDEX SEARCH screen 3 Use the number buttons to enteT the number ...

Page 19: ...REW to return to 0 00 00 The time counter is displayed in the upper right comer of the screen during the search If the current time counter has a minus in front of it press FF ZERO SEARCH Current tape counter _s 0 1Z 34 Press REW to go to 0 00 00 Press SEARCH to exit m ZERO SEARCH Current tape counter 4s 0 12 34 Press FF to 9o to 0 00 00 Press SEARCH to exit Blank Search The TV VCR will search for...

Page 20: ...ape SLP Super Long Play gives three times the recording time of tapes recorded in SP Special Effects During Playback Pause _rame advance picture search and slow motion work best for tapes recorded in SLP speed SLP t Tape Speed Indicator Recording Pause This feature allows you to prevent recording short passages of unwanted material Press PAUSE during recording to stop and start recording The TV VC...

Page 21: ...f recording _ om the AUDIO VIDEO IN jacks press 00 to select the line input VIDEO The channelnumber orVIDEO appears 4 PressREC tobeginrecording The indicator in the REC button on the front of the TV VCR turns on during recording and RECORD appears on the screen 5 Press STOP EJECT on the TV VCR or STOP on the remote to stoprecording Note If a tape with the safety tabremoved is loadedintothe IV VCR ...

Page 22: ...s 4 Press REC repeatedly until the desired amount of recording t_ne is displayed Each press of REC increasesthetime Seechart below for time increments CH 125 RECORD 0 00 00 RECORD LENGTH 0 00 01 04 97 Sat 12 00AN SP Display lb _ V Recording REC Time o 3o 3oML O l 00 1 Hr 1 30 1Hr 3OMin 2 _0 21_s 3 OO 3H_ s 4 0O 41_s Tape e_d Tape end k00 Turns Oft The TIMERindicator on the TV VCR s front panel wil...

Page 23: ... 2 ST _ on the remote to selectthe recording speed PressMENU to save your program If you have entered two programs whose times overlap the message PROGRAMS OVERLAP appears on the s_eerL 8 9 Repeat steps3 7 for additional programs Insert a tape with safety tab intact before the recording isto sm The TIMER indicator lights in the TV VCR s front panel If you turn the TV VCR off the TIMER indicator wi...

Page 24: ...STOP EJECTonthe IV VCR or STOPo_ the remote A timer program in progress will be stopped Only today s recording of a daily weekdays or weekly program is canceled The daily weekdays or weekly program remains in the timer unless the program is erased as mentioned in step 5 above I TV VCR MAIN MENU i I Timer Recordings TIMER RECORDINGS 1 Create a new program 2 Review ex_sttng progs Program 1 One T_ e ...

Page 25: ...ack VCR streaks may appear andyou may needtoadjust thetracking When youreach the place youwanttobegin copyin_ place the playback VCR orcamcorder inPAUSE 5 Press REC then PAUSE on the TV VCR s remote 6 7 8 PzessPAUSE on both theVCR or camcorderand the TV VCR s remoteatthe same timetobegincopying thetape Editoutsegmentsthat you do notwant tocopy by pressing PAUSE on theTV VCR s remotetostop copyingt...

Page 26: ...TOP EJECT Stops normal functions such as record playback rewind fast forward or pause Press when a tape is stopped to eject the cassette TIMER Indicator Indicator is lit when a timer program has been set and a cassette with safety tab in place is in the TV VCtL This indicator flashes when the TV VCR is turned off and a timer program has been set and no cassette has been inserted Hashing also occur...

Page 27: ...A Antenna Turn to page 26 B Cable System Go to question 3 2 What type of Cable TV system do you have Choose one answer from below A Cable without a box Turn to page 26 B Cable box to unscramble all channels Turn to page 27 G Cablebox tounscrambleonlypremium channels suchas HBO Showtime Cinemax etc Turn topage27 You may need to contact your local cable company for assistance Optional Hookup To hook...

Page 28: ...Antenna or Cable System Without a Cable Box I Connect as shown This connection may require additional accessories notprovided 2 Plug in TV VCR s power cord 3 Turn to page 2 for Setting Up the TV VCR _ Match Your Type of Antenna or Cable Back of TVNCR 26 ...

Page 29: ...bleBox s Coax_ Ca_e Back of rv vcR B Cable Box Required to Unscramble Only Premium Channels 1 2 Connect as shown This connection requizes additional accessories not provided Plug in power cords of TV VCR and cable box 3 Operation Place the A B switch in the B position to watch premium channels Place the A B switch in the A posi_on to watch other channels when cable box is not needed 4 Turn to page...

Page 30: ...m Ammm Cm_ orCalde B Opao_ VCR Playback Only J_rt oyy Back of rVNCR Front ofTVNCR _ tX O IN _IOIN TVNCR Recording Only 11 Camcorder for Copying Tapes 1 Connect as shown This connection requires additional accessories notprovided 2 Plug in TV VCR s power cord 3 Turn to page 23 for Copying and Editing Tapes Press O0 on the remote to select the line audio video input on the TV VCR to receive thesigna...

Page 31: ...equate ven_lation To clean the TV VCR screen use a soft cloth dampened with a diluted soap and water mixture Do not use furniture polish on the TV VCR cabinet or screen While cleaning do not sprayliquid directly on thescreen orallowliquid torun down thescreen and inside theTV VCR Also avoidplacing drinks orvases withwateron topoftheTV VCR Thiscouldincrease therisk offire orshock hazardordamage tot...

Page 32: ...ette inTVIVCIL Eject and re insert cassette Brokentape tryanother cassette Safety tabremoved from cassette TV VCR will notrecord Make surethatprogram guard isturnedoff See page 10 Insert cassette with window facing up and safety tab facing out To remove cassette TV VCR must be connected to working outlet Turn POWER offand then on before trying toinsert orremove cassette Time counter not working Pr...

Page 33: ...y Cannot record one program while watching a different program Check antenna or cable connections Press PLAY to return to normal playback i Closedcaption function must be set to on Seepage 10 Station may not be broadcasting dosed captions Box or dosed captions appearon screen A text or dosed caption feature has been selected Seepage10 MUTE buttonhas been pressed and automatic caption feature hasbe...

Page 34: ... receipt or othe evidence of purchase date What your warranty does not cover Customer instruction Your owner s manual dearly describes how to instan adjust and operate your TV VCR Any additional information should be obtained from your dealer Installation and related adjustments Signal reception problems not caused by your TV VCR Damage from misuse or neglect Cleaning of video audio heads Customer...

Page 35: ...2 On Screan Displays 8 One Time Program Recording 21 Operation Express Record 20 Play a Tape 12 Record a Program 19 Program Channel Memory 4 Timer Record 21 Video Adjust 8 Set the Clock 4 Setthe SleepTimer 11 Setthe Wake upTimer 11 PAUSE Button 7 13 18 23 Pause During Playback 13 Pause DuringRecording 18 PICTURE QUALITY Menu 8 Picture Search 13 PLAY Button 7 12 13 16 17 24 Playback Auto Play 15 Bl...

Page 36: ...r from the yellow pages Please do not send any products to the Indianapolis address listed in this m_anual or on the carton This will only add delays in service for your product _ 11HIOMSON CONSUMERELECTRONICS 10330 N Meridian Street Indianapolis IN 46290 1997 Thomson Consum_ Electronics Inc Trademark s Registen_d Printed in U S A Part Number 15252590 VQTS3315 ...

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