Q
Hookup 2
To play a tape
1 If you made A/V
connections, set the TV to
video input.
If you didn’t use A/V
hookup:
• Turn on the cable box.
• Set the cable box to
channel 3 or 4.
• Set the TV to the output
channel of the cable box
(usually 2, 3 or 4).
2 Insert a tape and press
· PLAY. If there’s no
picture on your TV, press
the VCR’s TV/VIDEO
button until the VIDEO
indicator comes on in the
display window.
To record a program
1 Press TIMER.
2 Set the date, time, channel,
and tape speed.
3 Press TIMER.
4 Insert a tape.
5 Press 1/u to turn off the
VCR.
To watch TV
1 Turn off your VCR, or
press the VCR’s TV/
VIDEO button until the
VIDEO indicator in the
display window goes off.
2 Select the channel with
your cable box (if you have
one) or with your TV.
Hookup 1
To play a tape
1 Set the TV to channel 3 or
4 (or to video input, if you
made A/V connections.)
2 Insert a tape and press
· PLAY. If there’s no
picture on your TV, press
the VCR’s TV/VIDEO
button until the VIDEO
indicator comes on in the
display window.
To record a program
1 Press TIMER.
2 Set the date, time, channel,
and tape speed.
3 Press TIMER.
4 Insert a tape.
5 Press 1/u to turn off the
VCR.
To watch TV
1 Turn off the VCR, or press
the VCR’s TV/VIDEO
button until the VIDEO
indicator in the display
window goes off.
2 Set the TV to the channel
you want to watch.
Hookup 3
To play a tape
1 Set the TV to channel 3 or
4 (or to video input, if you
made A/V connections.)
2 Insert a tape and press
· PLAY. If there’s no
picture on your TV, press
the VCR’s TV/VIDEO
button until the VIDEO
indicator comes on in the
display window.
To record a program
1 Turn on the cable box.
2 Set the cable box to the
channel you want to
record.
3 Press TIMER.
4 Set the date, time, channel,
and tape speed.
5 Press TIMER.
6 Insert a tape.
7 Press 1/u to turn off the
VCR.
8 Leave the cable box on.
To watch TV
1 Turn off your VCR, or
press the VCR’s TV/
VIDEO button until the
VIDEO indicator in the
display window goes off.
2 Turn on your cable box.
3 Set the TV to the cable box
output channel (usually 2,
3, or 4).
4 Set the cable box to the
channel you want to
watch.
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