Optimus 114 VCR User Manual


 
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SELECTING THE SIGNAL
TO RECORD
You can select the signal to record — from the
source connected to the
IN FROM ANT.
jack or an
audio/video source — in either of these ways.
Repeatedly press
INPUT
until the desired
input source appears —
LINE1
(or
LINE2
) for an audio/video source, or a
channel number for broadcast signals.
Repeatedly press
CH
s or t to set the VCR
to the desired broadcast channel, or to one
channel higher than the highest channel
number (or one channel lower than the
lowest channel number) for an audio/video
source.
Note:
Select
LINE1
for recording signals from
the back
R-AUDIO-L IN 1/VIDEO IN 1
jacks, or
LINE2
for recording signals from the front
AV2
jacks.
RECEIVING/RECORDING
STEREO/SAP BROADCASTS
(MODEL 63 ONLY)
The Model 63 has three channels for audio re-
cording — two (left and right) stereo channels
on the Hi-Fi track, and one monaural channel
on the standard track.
Press
DISP/ENT
to display the audio programs
available on the broadcast you are currently
tuned to.
STEREO
,
SAP
, and
MONO
appear on
the TV screen, and STEREO and/or SAP might
appear on the VCR’s display. On the TV
screen, parenthesis appear around each type
of audio signal that is not available. For exam-
ple, if a station broadcasts mono (monaural)
and SAP signals,
(STEREO)
,
SAP
, and
MONO
appear on the TV screen and SAP appears on
the VCR’s display.
The arrow to the right of the audio mode display
indicates the current audio mode. To select the
audio mode when the broadcast has a stereo or
SAP signal, repeatedly press
SAP/Hi-Fi
until the
arrow mark points to the desired mode.
IMMEDIATE RECORDING
Recording a Program
as You Watch It
Follow these steps to record a program as you
watch it. If you know how long the program is,
you can set how long the VCR records so it
stops recording automatically.
Note:
If you are watching the program on a TV/
monitor that is connected to the VCR’s
R-
AUDIO-L/VIDEO OUT
jacks, set the TV/monitor
to the video mode and skip Steps 2 and 3.
1. Turn on the VCR and the TV.
2. Set the TV’s tuner to the same channel as
3 CH. 4
on the back of the VCR.
3. Press
TV/VCR
until VCR appears.
4. Load a blank cassette, or one that you
want to record over, into the VCR.
5. Repeatedly press
SPEED
on the remote
control until the desired recording speed
(
SP
,
LP
, or
EP
) appears.
6. Select the signal to record (see “Selecting
the Signal to Record”).
7. (Model 63 only) Set the audio recording
mode to the desired setting. See “Receiv-
ing/Recording Stereo/SAP Broadcasts
(Model 63 Only)”.
8. Press
REC/TIME
. The VCR starts to record
and the following appears on the TV
screen:
TO SET SPEC
I
F
I
C REC T
I
ME
PLEASE PUSH REC KEY
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