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POSITIONING THE VCR AND
CABLE BOX OR SATELLITE
RECEIVER
Your VCR is designed to send remote control
signals for many types of cable boxes or direct-
to-home satellite receivers. To transmit these
signals, the VCR bounces the signals off of the
wall facing it to the cable box or direct-to-home
satellite receiver. Your VCR also has a built-in
infrared transmitter on its top, letting it send the
signal directly to the cable box or direct-to-
home satellite receiver.
To help the VCR’s signal reach your cable box
or direct-to-home satellite receiver, place the
VCR and your equipment near each other. You
might also have to adjust the position of your
cable box or direct-to-home satellite receiver
as shown above.
Note:
If the VCR faces a wall or other surface
that is too far away or is covered with signal ab-
sorbing material (such as a curtain), the signal
from the VCR might not reach the cable box or
direct-to-home satellite receiver.
INITIAL SET UP
Setting the On-Screen Language/
Connection Type/Remote Code/
Clock
When you first plug in the VCR and turn it on,
when you turn it on after power was interrupted
for longer than 24 hours, or when you reset the
VCR’s memory, the VCR prompts you to select
a language, then scans for active channels in
your area and stores them.
In many areas, the Public Broadcasting Ser-
vice (PBS) station broadcasts an electronic
data signal (EDS) with its regular broadcast.
This signal can automatically set your VCR’s
clock to the correct time. If a station in your
area has EDS signals, the VCR automatically
sets the clock.
Note:
The VCR is preset to automatically set
the clock, but you can change this setting. If no
stations in your area broadcast EDS signals,
see “Manually Setting the Clock” on Page 19.
1. Press
POWER
to turn on the VCR.
2. Turn on your TV and set it to the same
channel as the VCR’s
3-CH-4
switch, or
select its line input if you connected the
VCR to the TV’s audio/video input jacks.
Then press
TV/VCR
so VCR appears. You
see:
3. Select a language by pressing
CH
s
(to
select English),
CH
t
(to select Spanish), or
TV/VCR
(to select French).
4. At this screen, repeatedly press
(marked above
PLAY
on the remote con-
trol) or (marked below
STOP
on the
remote control) to highlight a connection
type, then press
(marked to the right of
FAST-F
on the remote control) to select it.
VCR’s Signal
Wall
Cable Box/
Satellite
Receiver
VCR
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