RCA 390 - Manual (Page 13)

Basic Operation (continued)
-Turning on Your VCR (or the First Time-------------------------
When you have finished connecting the cables to your
antenna and TV, plug in the VCR’s power cord and press
POVJER. The light in the STOP button should come on. If it
flashes, too much moisture has collected inside the unit
for it to operate. Leave the VCR turned on until the internal
heat dries it and the light stops flashing. Proceed below
when the light in the STOP button is on and not flashing.
Programming Active Channeis into VCR’s Tuner-----------
The AUTO PROG (Automatic Programming) button
makes it easy and convenient to program TV stations into
the VCR's scan list. The scan list is the list of channels
that your VCR tuner stops on when you press the CHAN­
NEL UP or CHANNEL DOWN button. The scan list is
empty, however, until you program active channels as de­
scribed below.
Automatic programming is usually a “one-time” proce­
dure, but you wilt need to repeat it if you move to a loca­
tion that has different channels, or if power is interrupted
for an extended period.
To program active channels:
1. Turn on VCR by pressing POWER button.
2. Set the NORM/CATV switch on the back of the VCR
to the NORM position if your VCR is connected to a
home antenna system. Set the switch to the CATV
position if your VCR is connected to a cable-TV
system.
Note: Your VCR was shipped from the factory with
this switch set to NORM.
-CHANNEL PROGRAMMING -
SELECT/LOCK AUTO PROG ADD ERASE
3. Press and release the SELECT LOCK button.
(The channel number will be flashing.)
4. Press and release the AUTO PROG button.
• The tuner will automatically cycle through all avail­
able channels in the area and place them in the
scan list. This takes about a minute. The channel
numbers will stop changing when the tuner is fin­
ished cycling.
5. Press SELECT LOCK.
(The channel number will stop flashing.) Program­
ming is now complete and you can use the CHAN-
NELA/T buttons to select channels.
6. If you want to delete or add individual channels from
the scan list, refer to the instructions at the right.
—Deleting Channels (rom the Scan List ---------------------------
You may want to have only a few favorite channels in the
scan list so you can select them more quickly with the
CHANNEL A and T buttons. (Use the numbered buttons
on the remote control to select channels you deleted from
the scan list.) Occasionally Automatic Programming may
include a vacant channel in the scan list if there happened
to be some sort of “noise" or “stray signal” on the chan­
nel when the tuner was programmed. This procedure
explains how to delete any unwanted channels from the
scan list.
1. Use the CHANNEL A or T button to select the chan­
nel that you want to remove from the scan list.
2. Press SELECT LOCK. The channel number will
begin flashing.
3. Press ERASE. The sound will go off, which tells you
that the channel number has been deleted from the
scan list.
4. Press SELECT LOCK again to return the tuner to
normal operation. The tuner will immediately skip to
the next channel in the scan list and the number will
not flash.
5. Repeat the procedure for each channel you want to
delete from the scan list.
Notes:
• Channel numbers flash when the SELECT/LOCK
switch is in SELECT, and the CHANNEL A/V buttons
will select every channel, whether or not it is in the
scan list.
• Channel numbers do not flash when the SELECT/
LOCK switch is in LOCK, and the CHANNEL A/V but­
tons will select only those channels that are in the scan
list.
- Adding Channels to the Scan List--------------------------------
You may have deleted a channel from the scan list and
want to put it back. Occasionally Automatic Programming
may "miss” an active channel because the signal is very
weak or because the channel happened to be “off the air”
when the tuner was programmed. Use this procedure to
put any channel in the scan list.
1. Press SELECT LOCK.
2. Use the CHANNEL or digit (0—9) buttons on the hand
unit to select the channel you want to add to the scan
list. There will be picture but no sound at this time,
and the channel number will flash.
3. Press ADD. The sound will come on to tell you the
channel has been added to the scan list.
4. Press SELECT LOCK. The channel number will stop
flashing to teli you the tuner is in its normal operating
mode.
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