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Special functions, Things you see, Using the sleep timer – Radio Shack 9" COLOR TV/VCR COMBO 36 User Manual

Page 24: On-screen displays, Function indicators

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SPECIAL FUNCTIONS

This section describes your Model 36’s special
on-screen, display, and search functions.

THINGS YOU SEE

On-Screen Displays

To view your Model 36’s current operating mode
and other information about your Model 36, re-
peatedly press

DISPLAY

during playback or

while watching TV. Each time you press

DIS-

PLAY

, you see the following information in this

order.

• Function indicator/tape speed/tape counter

• Function indicator/tape speed/time/channel

• No display

Notes:

• The function indicator and tape speed only

appear for a few seconds, but the tape
counter or time and channel indicators
remain on until you select another function.

• When you use closed captioning (see

“Closed Caption” on Page 27), all the infor-
mation (function/tape speed/time/channel/
tape counter) appears the first time you
press

DISPLAY

.

Function Indicators

Each time you press a function button (such as

STOP

), the selected function’s indicator appears

for about 5 seconds.

When you change the channel, the new channel
number appears for about 5 seconds.

Note: If you play back a poor quality (worn) or
damaged tape, the function indicator might not
appear.

USING THE SLEEP TIMER

The Model 36’s sleep timer lets you set the Mod-
el 36 so it plays for a specific amount of time,
then automatically turns off.

To set the sleep timer, repeatedly press

SLEEP

until the TV screen shows

SLEEP

and the de-

sired sleep time period (such as

SLEEP

30

MINUTE

). You can set the time in 30-minute in-

crements, up to 120 minutes.

After 5 seconds,

SLEEP

and the selected sleep

period disappear.

Press

SLEEP

at anytime while the timer is on to

view the remaining sleep time for 5 seconds.

To cancel the sleep timer, repeatedly press

SLEEP

until

SLEEP

0

MINUTE

appears.

STOP

SP COUNT 0:12:34

Function Indicator

Tape Speed

Tape Counter

STOP 5:40PM
CH 2

SP

Time

Channel

STOP

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