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To record a broadcast at a specific time
and date, repeatedly press
or to
select the specific date.
Press to store your selection.
9. Repeatedly press or hold down or
to select the start hour. When the correct
hour appears, press
. Then repeatedly
press or to select the minute and
press .
Note: Your VCR uses a 12-hour clock. Be
sure you correctly set AM or PM.
10. Repeat Step 9 to set the end time.
11. Repeatedly press or to select the
channel and press .
To record from a source connected to the
R-AUDIO-L IN 1/VIDEO IN 1 or AV2 jacks,
repeatedly press or until LINE 1 or
LINE 2 appears, and press .
12. Repeatedly press or to select a pre-
set program category that you see when
you view the program index —
DRAMA ,
MUSIC , COMEDY , MOVIE , SPORTS , or
N/A (not applicable). Then press .
13. Repeatedly press or to select the
tape speed ( SP , LP , or SLP ). Then press
.
14. Double-check all the set information.
• If the information is correct, press PROG .
• If an entry is not correct, repeatedly
press or to move the cursor to
the incorrect entry, enter the correct
information, then press
PROG .
The timer settings appear on the TV
screen. To enter another setting, repeat-
edly press
or to select another timer
number and repeat Steps 8 –13.
15. Press PROG again. TURN VCR OFF FOR
TIMER RECORDING briefly appears.
16. Press POWER to turn off the VCR. TIMER
appears.
Notes:
• Be sure that TIMER appears when you
turn the VCR off. If it does not appear,
check your entries.
• If you load a cassette with its erase-protec-
tion tab removed and set the VCR’s timer,
the VCR ejects the cassette and TIMER
and
flash.
• If you set up the VCR to record a cable
broadcast through a cable box, be sure to
leave the cable box turned on and tuned to
the desired station before the broadcast
starts.
• You can manually turn on and operate the
VCR before the set times, but the VCR
starts an automatic timer recording only if
the power is off at the set start time.
Monitoring an Automatic Timer
Recording
1. Turn on the TV and set it to the same chan-
nel as 3-CH-4 on the back of the VCR.
Note: If you are using a TV/monitor that is
connected to the VCR’s
R-AUDIO-L/VIDEO
OUT jacks, set the TV/monitor to its video
mode.
2. Press TV/VCR until VCR appears.
Checking/Changing Timers
1. Turn on the TV and set it to the same chan-
nel as 3-CH-4 on the back of the
VCR.Note: If you are using a TV/monitor
that is connected to the VCR’s
R-AUDIO-L/
VIDEO OUT jacks, set the TV/monitor to its
video mode.
2. Turn on the VCR and repeatedly press TV/
VCR until VCR appears.
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