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CONTENTS
INDEX 7
Front panel....................................................7
Rear panel ....................................................8
Front display panel .......................................9
On-screen display .......................................10
Remote........................................................11
INSTALLING YOUR NEW VCR 12
Connections.................................................12
Basic Connection.....................................................13
Digital Set Top Box Connection...............................15
INITIAL SETTINGS 16
Plug & Play Setting......................................16
Auto Clock Set/Auto Tuner Set.................................16
Clock Setting ...............................................17
Preparations.............................................................17
Setting clock semiautomatically
— Semiauto Clock Set..........................................18
Setting clock manually
— Manual Clock Set.............................................19
Tuner Setting...............................................20
Setting channels automatically
— Auto Channel Set.............................................20
Setting channels manually
— Manual Channel Set.........................................21
Cable Box Control Setting ............................22
Installing Controller .................................................22
Setting cable box input channel & brand .................23
DBS Receiver Control Setting........................25
Installing Controller .................................................25
Setting DBS receiver input channel & brand ............26
PLAYBACK 28
Basic Playback ............................................28
Basic Playback Features ..............................29
Checking tape position ............................................29
Playing back tape repeatedly
— Repeat Playback ..............................................29
Adjusting tracking condition
— Tracking Adjustments.......................................30
Selecting monitor sound
— Audio Monitor .................................................30
Automatic operations after rewinding
— Next Function Memory....................................31
Locating beginning of recordings
— Index Search...................................................31
Skipping unwanted portions
— Skip Search......................................................31
Special Effect Playback ................................33
Locating particular scene rapidly
— Picture Search..................................................33
High-Speed Picture Search ...........................33
Variable-Speed Picture Search......................33
Viewing still picture
— Still Picture Playback .......................................34
Viewing still picture frame by frame
— Frame-by-Frame Playback................................34
Viewing slow motion picture
— Slow Motion Playback .....................................34
RECORDING 35
Basic Recording........................................... 35
D-VHS Recording via i.LINK Connection................. 35
D-VHS/S-VHS/VHS Recording................................. 36
Basic Recording Features............................. 37
Changing display information.................................. 37
Specifying recording length
— Instant Timer Recording (ITR)........................... 37
Watching one program while recording another...... 38
Showing on-screen display ...................................... 38
TIMER RECORDING 40
VCR Plus+ C
3
® Timer Programming ............40
Changing VCR Plus+ C
3
® Setting.................. 42
Express Timer Programming........................ 44
Checking program settings....................................... 46
Canceling or changing program settings .................. 46
Satellite Auto Recording .............................. 47
i.LINK Timer Programming .......................... 48
Video Remote Control Timer Programming .. 49
VIDEO NAVIGATION 51
Navigation Playback...................................51
Deactivating Video Navigation................................ 52
Finding Tapes.............................................. 53
Finding by tape number........................................... 53
Finding by program title........................................... 54
Finding by category................................................. 54
Finding by recording date........................................ 55
Finding blank space................................................. 56
Editing Titles................................................ 57
Editing tape title....................................................... 57
Entering or Editing program title............................... 59
Editing program category......................................... 60
Deleting tape information........................................ 60
Deleting program information.................................. 61
Checking memory ................................................... 61
OTHER USEFUL FUNCTIONS 62
Useful Function Settings............................... 62
JLIP ID Number Setting................................ 69
i.LINK Set Up............................................... 70
EDITING 72
i.LINK/DV Connections ................................ 72
S-VIDEO/VIDEO Connections........................ 74
MULTI-BRAND REMOTE CONTROL 76
TV Brand Setting ......................................... 76
Cable Box or DBS Receiver Brand Setting..... 77
Changing Remote Control Code ................... 78
TROUBLESHOOTING 79
Error Codes and Messages .......................... 84
Questions and answers............................... 86
GLOSSARY 87
LIST OF TERMS 88
SPECIFICATIONS 89
WARRANTY (Only in U.S.A.) 90
FOR SERVICING (Only in U.S.A.) 92