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Your new VCR offers a wide variety of recording options that take full advantage
of our advanced electronics. You can learn how to record a current broadcast.
And in another section of this book called Timer Recording, you can also learn
how to program your VCR to record at a later time and day.
Recording a Current Broadcast
To record a TV program that is currently playing:
1 Load a tape with its erasure prevention tab intact into the VCR.
2 Set the recording format. See Selecting Recording Format on page 24.
3 Set the speed at which you would like to record by pressing SP/EP on the
remote control or REC SPEED on the front panel.
4 Set the VCR’s input to tuner by pressing INPUT until a channel number
shown on-screen or on the front panel display. If L1 or L2 appears, continue
to press INPUT until a channel number appears. To record channels from a
PRIMESTAR
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receiver, press INPUT until a channel number with the
PRIMESTAR light ( ) appears on the front panel display.
5 Select the channel you wish to record by pressing CHANNEL on the remote
control or on the front panel or the number buttons on the remote. If you
are using a cable box that the VCR cannot control, select channel 3 or 4 on
the VCR, and change the channel on the cable box, not on the VCR.
6 Press REC on the remote or REC/˙REC LENGTH on the front panel.
Recording will start. When the VCR reaches the end of the tape, it will
automatically rewind to the beginning of the tape and stop.
• You can stop recording at any time by pressing STOP or PAUSE on the
remote or on the front panel.
• To resume recording from STOP, press REC.
• To resume recording from PAUSE, press PAUSE.
You cannot use REC/˙REC LENGTH on the front panel to resume
recording from PAUSE.
IMPORTANT
IMPORTANT
If you pause the VCR for more than five minutes, recording will stop
automatically to protect the tape.
If you record in extended play (EP), you will only be able to play the tape
on a VCR equipped for EP play, such as this one.
If you attempt to record on a tape that has had its erasure prevention tab
removed, the VCR will eject it. To record over such a tape, simply place a
piece of vinyl tape over the opening.
If you are using a high definition satellite receiver, make sure you manually
set the output to standard definition or the program cannot be recorded
because the HS-U778 is not a digital VCR.
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