RCA VPT 385 - Manual (Page 13)

Basic Operation (continued)
Turning on Your VCR for the First Time—
When you have finished connecting the cables to your
antenna and TV, plug in the VCR’s power cord and
press P O W E R . The light above the ST O P 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
above the ST O P button is on and not flashing.
Programming Active Channels into VCR’s —
Tuner
The A U T O P R O G R A M (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 C H A N N E L ▲ or C H A N N E L ▼
buttons. The scan list is empty, however, until you
program active channels as described below.
Note: You must program the tuner as described
below before you can use C H A N N E L A/T buttons.
Automatic programming is usually a “one-time”
procedure, but you will need to repeat it if you move
to a location that has different channels, or if power is
interrupted for an extended period.
To program active channels:
1. Turn on VCR by pressing the P O W E R button.
2. Set the N O R M /C A T V switch on the back of the
VCR to the N O R M position if your VCR is
connected to a home antenna system. Set the
switch to the C A T V position if your VCR is
connected to a cable-TV system.
Note; Your VCR was shipped from the factory
with this switch set to N O R M .
CHANNEL PROGRAMMING .
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AUTO PROGRAM ADD ERASE
3. Press and release the A U T O P R O G R A M button.
• The tuner will automatically cycle through all
available 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 finished cycling.
Programming is now' complete and you can
use the C H A N N E L A/V buttons to select
channels.
4. if you want to delete or add individual channels
from the scan list, refer to the instructions at the
right.
Deleting Channels from 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 C H A N N E L A and ▼ 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 channel when the tuner was
programmed. This procedure explains how to delete
any unwanted channels from the scan list.
1. Use the C H A N N E L A or ▼ button to select the
channel that you want to remove from the scan
list.
2. Press E R A SE .
3. Repeat the procedure for each channel you want
to delete from 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. Use the digit (0-9) buttons on the hand unit to
select the channel you want to add to the scan
list.
2. Press A D D .
3. Repeat the procedure for each channel you want
to add to the scan list.
Note: You can add the VCR’s video input to the scan
list, if you so desire. Press “91” on the remote, then
press A D D on the VCR. This can be convenient if
you use the VCR’s video input for another device
such as a satellite receiver.
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