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USER’S

GUIDE

T V / V C R C O M

B I N AT I O N

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

Page 2: ...llows us to contact you if needed Keep your sales receipt to obtain warranty parts and service and for proof of purchase Attach it here and record the serial and model numbers in case you need them The numbers are located on the back of the TV VCR combination Model No ______________________________________________________ Serial No ______________________________________________________ Purchase Da...

Page 3: ...___ 16 Slow Motion______________________ 16 Automatic Tracking _______________ 17 Manual Tracking__________________ 17 Time Counter_____________________ 17 Auto Play Feature _________________ 18 Auto Repeat Feature_______________ 18 Commercial Scan _________________ 18 Index Search _____________________ 19 Zero Search ______________________ 20 Blank Search _____________________ 20 Recording a Prog...

Page 4: ...mbination Contact your dealer if any items are missing Remote CLEAR MENU SPEED INPUT DISPLAY TRACKING STOP PLAY 1 2 3 5 4 6 7 9 8 0 PAUSE SLOW SEARCH REC FF REW POWER MUTE SLEEP PREV CH CHAN VOL RESET 4 3 4 3 2 AA Batteries Startup 2 Insert batteries in remote ...

Page 5: ...V VCR and or personal injury 3 Connect antenna or cable TV system Connect a home antenna or a cable TV system Details on pages 32 34 4 Place the TV VCR where you want to operate it CLEAR MENU SPEED INPUT DISPLAY TRACKING STOP PLAY 1 2 3 5 4 6 7 9 8 0 PAUSE SLOW SEARCH REC FF REW POWER MUTE SLEEP PREV CH CHAN VOL RESET 4 3 4 3 TIMER REPEAT REW PLAY F FWD RECORD POWER STOP EJECT CH VOL VOL CH WAKE U...

Page 6: ...sponding to the time zone you live in If you do not know your time zone press 7 B Press 1 if your area observes daylight savings time from April to October or press 2 if it does not If you do not know press 3 C Press MENU on the remote if all antenna or cable connections are completed The AUTO CHANNEL SEARCH will be performed followed by automatic clock set If The Auto Clock Set was unsuccessful m...

Page 7: ... the LANGUAGE IDIOMA menu The bullet indicates the language selected C Press 1 to display the menus in English Press 2 to display the menus in Spanish 9 Select a channel and adjust the volume A Press CHAN up or down or two number buttons on the remote to select a channel Example Press 0 then 2 for channel 2 The channel number is displayed For cable channels over 99 press and hold 1 until 1 appears...

Page 8: ...es or clear a timer recording Resets time counter to 0 00 00 when it is displayed DISPLAY Displays TV VCR s current status Displays time counter when a tape is inserted Removes displays Advances to next program during program review FF Fast forward Fast forwards the tape when the TV VCR is stopped Searches the picture in forward motion during playback INPUT Selects the signal from a component conn...

Page 9: ... a channel up to 99 by pressing two numbers Select a cable channel over 99 by pressing and holding 1 until 1 appears on the screen Then press the other two numbers PAUSE Pauses the tape during playback Pauses recording to prevent recording of unwanted scenes PLAY Plays a tape POWER Turns TV VCR on or off PREV CH Previous channel Switches between the last two channels Select one channel and then se...

Page 10: ...y Remains on Screen Press DISPLAY again to remove Normal Screen No Displays Press DISPLAY again with tape inserted Adjust the Video Use the PICTURE QUALITY menu to adjust the picture for your personal preference The TV VCR will remember the settings you select To Adjust Video 1 Press MENU to display the TV VCR MAIN MENU 2 Press 2 to display the PICTURE QUALITY menu 3 Press CHAN up or down to selec...

Page 11: ...menu 4 Press CHAN up or down to select the function you want to adjust Select Bass to adjust the intensity of low frequency sound Select Treble to adjust the intensity of high frequency sound 5 Press VOL or to adjust the function selected To Return Audio to the Factory Settings In step 3 above press RESET to reset the audio to the levels set at the factory Bass and Treble controls have been reset ...

Page 12: ...caption mode The bullet indicates the mode selected Press 1 or 2 to select Caption 1 or 2 Captions will appear on the screen if they are broadcast Press 3 or 4 to select Text 1 or 2 Text information will appear on the screen if it is broadcast CC DISPLAY 1 On 2 Off 3 On when TV is muted CC MODE Choose a closed captioning mode 1 Caption 1 2 Caption 2 3 Text 1 4 Text 2 Closed Captions Closed caption...

Page 13: ...rotect your TV VCR from curious children 1 Hold down STOP on the remote for 6 seconds to activate or deactivate the program guard regardress of whether power is ON or OFF Program Guard is ON or Program Guard is OFF is displayed on the screen When the program guard is on or off power indicator flashes for 8 seconds If you press invalid bottons while program guard is on Power indicator flashes and t...

Page 14: ...r is canceled if MENU is pressed before step 4 is completed Sleep Timer The sleep timer automatically turns the TV VCR off after 30 60 90 or 120 minutes 1 Repeatedly press SLEEP Each press of SLEEP changes the amount of time as shown below If the sleep timer has already been set the remaining time before the TV VCR turns off is displayed on the screen 2 To cancel the sleep timer repeatedly press S...

Page 15: ...stead of the normal audio on both the hifi and linear tracks The SAP indicator appears on the screen when the station you are tuned to is broadcasting SAP 5 Press CLEAR to remove the menus from the screen Using the TV VCR Features TV VCR Features TV VCR MAIN MENU 1 Timer Recordings 2 Picture Quality 3 Time 4 Closed Captioning 5 Setup 6 Language Idioma 7 Audio TV Stereo System AUDIO 1 Reception REC...

Page 16: ... or down on the remote or CH up or down on the TV VCR to remove any streaks from the picture Details are on page 17 4 Press STOP on the remote or STOP EJECT on the TV VCR to stop playback 5 Press REW The TV VCR will automatically rewind the tape if it reaches the end of the tape during playback While rewinding you can press POWER and the TV VCR will still rewind the tape 6 Press STOP EJECT on the ...

Page 17: ... sound on sound Selecting Audio for Tape Playback TV VCR MAIN MENU 1 Timer Recordings 2 Picture Quality 3 Time 4 Closed Captioning 5 Setup 6 Language Idioma 7 Audio Tape Playback Feature AUDIO 1 Reception 2 Tape Playback TAPE PLAYBACK Choose which audio track is heard during tape playback 1 Hi Fi Stereo 2 Linear Stereo 3 Hi Fi Linear Mix The TV VCR records the same audio on both the Hi Fi and line...

Page 18: ... 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 If you start searching within five seconds of a previous search the search speed will be slower for approximately eight seconds 2 Press PLAY to return to playback Slow Motion You can view t...

Page 19: ...matic tracking back on press and hold both of the CH buttons on the front of the TV VCR 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 recorded at the beginning of the tape and you wanted...

Page 20: ...2 Press 5 to display the SETUP menu 3 Press 4 to display the AUTO REPEAT menu 4 Press 1 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 The REPEAT indicator lights in the TV VCR s front panel during repeat play Commercial Scan This is useful for skipping commercials or short program segments 1 ...

Page 21: ...playback or press STOP to stop the search If the beginning or end of the tape is reached during the search Scan completed end of tape appears To Select a Specific Index Number for Index Playback 1 Insert the pre recorded tape and press STOP 2 Press SEARCH to display the INDEX SEARCH screen INDEX SEARCH Press REW or FF to begin scanning or Enter a specific index number below INDEX SEARCH Searching ...

Page 22: ...display the ZERO SEARCH screen The current time counter is displayed ZERO SEARCH Current tape counter is 0 12 34 Press REW to go to 0 00 00 Press SEARCH to exit BLANK SEARCH Press FF to begin searching for blank section of tape Press SEARCH to exit ZERO SEARCH Current tape counter is 0 12 34 Press FF to go to 0 00 00 Press SEARCH to exit 7 Press REW to return to 0 00 00 The time counter is display...

Page 23: ...ch and slow motion work well for tapes recorded in the SP and SLP speed 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 VCR will automatically switch from pause to stop after a few minutes to prevent tape wear SLP Tape Speed Indicator Recording Features CLEAR MENU SPEED INPUT DISPLAY TR...

Page 24: ...ECORD appears on the screen 5 Press STOP EJECT on the TV VCR or STOP on the remote to stop recording CLEAR MENU SPEED INPUT DISPLAY TRACKING STOP PLAY 1 2 3 5 4 6 7 9 8 0 PAUSE SLOW SEARCH REC FF REW POWER MUTE SLEEP PREV CH CHAN VOL RESET 4 3 4 3 Recording a Program Recording Audio Only To Record Audio Only 1 Press the INPUT or 00 to select the line input VIDEO The VIDEO appears The TV VCR will r...

Page 25: ... sound is too noisy Set to SAP to record SAP second audio program instead of the normal audio on both the hifi and linear tracks The SAP indicator appears on the screen when the station you are tuned to is broadcasting SAP E Press CLEAR to remove the menus from the screen 5 Press REC to start recording 6 Press STOP EJECT on the TV VCR or STOP on the remote when you are finished 23 Recording a Prog...

Page 26: ...7 Black Entertainment 54 Bravo 42 Cable News Network 45 Cinemax 98 Cinemax 2 37 The Discovery Channel 53 The Disney Channel 63 Entertainment Television 34 ESPN Sports Network 47 The Family Channel 33 Home Box Office 95 Home Box Office 2 96 Home Box Office 3 51 The Learning Channel 46 Lifetime 58 The Movie Channel 48 Music Television 49 The Nashville Network 38 Nickelodeon 64 Nostalgia Television 9...

Page 27: ...heck your local or cable listing for the channel numbers to enter in this column Use this worksheet to create a list from which you can set up your VCR Plus channel list VCR Plus Channel Number See standardized VCR Plus Channel Chart Channel Number you Receive This Station On Broadcast or Cable TV Station Name Such as ABC NBC CBS etc ...

Page 28: ...onday through Friday 4 Weekly program recorded at same time once a week 7 Select recording speed using SPEED on the remote 8 Press MENU to enter your program A reminder appears which will time out If you have entered two programs whose times overlap PROGRAMS OVERLAP appears on the screen 9 The TIMER RECORDINGS menu appears Press 3 to enter an additional VCR plus program or press 0 to exit 10 Inser...

Page 29: ...ing speed 7 Press MENU to save your program If you have entered two programs whose times overlap PROGRAMS OVERLAP appears on the screen 8 Repeat steps 3 7 for additional programs 9 Insert a tape with safety tab intact before the recording is to begin The TIMER indicator lights in the TV VCR s front panel If you turn the TV VCR off the TIMER indicator will flash if there is no cassette in the TV VC...

Page 30: ...ignal coming from the AUDIO and VIDEO IN jacks of the VCR Recording from the line input is convenient if you have a satellite receiver or similar component attached to these jacks To timer record from the component connected to the VCR S line input Press INPUT or 00 to enter VIDEO instead of the channel number on the screen during timer programming CLEAR MENU SPEED INPUT DISPLAY TRACKING STOP PLAY...

Page 31: ...t a recording speed You can also change the speed of an express recording in progress 4 Press REC to activate recording 5 Press REC repeatedly until the desired amount of recording time is displayed Each press of REC increases the time 30 minutes up to tape end Display Press Recording REC Time 0 30 30 Min 1 00 1 Hr 1 30 1 Hr 30 Min 2 00 2 Hrs 3 00 3 Hrs 4 00 4 Hrs Tape end Tape end 0 00 Turns Off ...

Page 32: ...both the VCR or camcorder and the TV VCR s remote at the same time to begin copying the tape 7 Edit out segments that you do not want to copy by pressing PAUSE on the TV VCR s remote to stop copying the tape Then locate the next segment you want to copy on the playback VCR or camcorder by using FF REW and PLAY Press PAUSE on the playback VCR or camcorder Press PAUSE at the same time on both the VC...

Page 33: ... timer program has been set and the TV VCR is turned off with no cassette inserted a cassette with no safety tab inserted or there has been a power interruption REPEAT Indicator Indicator is lit during auto repeat Remote Sensor Tape Compartment REW Rewind Rewinds the tape when the TV VCR is stopped Searches the picture in reverse during playback PLAY Plays a tape FF Fast Forward Fast forwards the ...

Page 34: ...to unscramble all channels Turn to page 34 C Cable box to unscramble only premium channels such as HBO Showtime Cinemax etc Turn to page 34 You may need to contact your local cable company for assistance Optional Hookup To hook up a VCR or camcorder for copying tapes turn to page 35 Location of Controls Back Panel VHF UHF Antenna Connector Receives the signal from an antenna or cable system AUDIO ...

Page 35: ... Box Antenna or Cable System Without a Cable Box 1 Connect as shown This connection may require additional accessories not provided 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 OR OR OR Antenna Adapter Back of TV VCR Antenna Mixers ...

Page 36: ...e Box Required to Unscramble Only Premium Channels 1 Connect as shown This connection requires additional accessories not provided 2 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 position to watch other channels when cable box is not needed 4 Turn to page 2 for Setting Up the TV VCR A B Cable B...

Page 37: ...ng and Editing Tapes Press INPUT on the remote to select the line audio video input on the TV VCR to receive the signal from the VCR If your VCR has stereo AUDIO OUT jacks connect the audio cable to the jack labeled MONO If neither jack is labeled MONO you may need a Y adapter to hear both channels B Camcorder for Copying Tapes 1 Connect as shown This connection requires additional accessories not...

Page 38: ...the remote or CH up or down on the TV VCR to move the streaks up or down and out of the picture No cassette in TV VCR Eject and re insert cassette Broken tape try another cassette Safety tab removed from cassette TV VCR will not record TV VCR is in pause mode Press PAUSE on the remote Check that program guard is set Insert cassette with window facing up and safety tab facing out To remove cassette...

Page 39: ...moving tape from heads This is normal The head cylinder inside the TV VCR will continue to rotate for a few minutes after you put the VCR in the stop mode Check antenna or cable connections Press PLAY to return to normal playback Closed caption function must be set to on See page 10 Station may not be broadcasting closed captions A text or closed caption feature has been selected See page 10 MUTE ...

Page 40: ... 157 watts Dimensions 25 95 inches high 659 mm 27 07 inches wide 688 mm 21 42 inches deep 544 mm Weight 88 2 pounds 40 kg Operating Temperature Range 41 F to 104 F Operating Humidity Range 10 to 75 Check your cable company s compatibility requirements Cleaning the TV VCR Use a soft cloth or dusting attachment of your vacuum cleaner to dust your TV VCR Remove dust from the ventilation holes of the ...

Page 41: ...your sales receipt or other evidence of purchase date What your warranty does not cover Customer instruction Your Owner s Manual clearly describes how to install 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 Audio Video h...

Page 42: ...k 16 Pause During Recording 21 PICTURE QUALITY Menu 8 Accessories Included 2 ADD REMOVE CHANNELS Menu 5 Adding Channels to Memory 5 Adjusting the Audio 9 Adjusting the Video 8 Adjusting Volume 5 ALERT SOUND 11 Antenna System connecting 33 Audio Adjusting 9 Audio Only Recording 22 AUDIO Menu 9 15 23 Audio Selecting for Playback 15 AUDIO VIDEO IN Jacks 22 28 31 35 AUDIO VIDEO OUT Jacks 32 AUTO CHANN...

Page 43: ...Warnings i Warranty Limited 39 Weekdays M F Recording 26 27 Weekly Program Recording 26 27 ZERO SEARCH Screen 20 References Picture Search 16 PLAY Button 6 7 14 16 19 20 31 Playback Auto Play 18 Blank Tape 20 Commercial Scan 18 Features 14 20 Index 19 Pause 16 Play a Tape 14 Repeat 18 Select Audio for 15 Slow Motion 16 Zero 20 POWER Button and Indicator 3 6 7 14 31 PREV CH Previous Channel Button ...

Page 44: ...e carton This will only add delays in service for your product For your nearest Authorized Servicenter call toll free in the U S A 1 800 336 1900 Canadian Consumers Your toll free numbers are English 1 800 522 0338 French 1 800 522 0445 1996 Thomson Consumer Electronics Inc Trademark s Registered Marca s Registrada s Printed in Japan TOCOM 15155590 10330 N Meridian Street Indianapolis IN 46290 ...

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