User manual
Table Of Contents
- First Things First
- Setting Up the VCR
- Using On-screen Menus to Set up Features
- Language Selection
- Cable Box Setup
- VCR Channels List
- Auto channel searching
- Changing the signal type
- Adding or removing channels
- Time and Date
- Auto Clock Set Feature
- Setting the Time Zone
- Setting Daylight-saving Time
- Setting Time and Date Manually
- VCR Plus+ Silver Programming System
- Mapping VCR Plus+ System Channels
- VCR Plus+ System Worksheet
- Additional Setup Features
- Remote VCR1/VCR2 Option
- Auto Play
- Auto TV/VCR
- EnergySaver
- Front Panel Brightness (VCR Display)
- Preferred Tape Speed
- Set Auto Repeat
- VCR Basics
- Remote Buttons
- Component Buttons
- VCR Function Buttons
- TV Function Buttons
- Playing a Tape
- Recording
- Check the Safety Tab
- Recording
- Recording Features
- Express Recording (XPR)
- Timer Recording
- With the VCR Plus+ System
- Setting Up the Channel List
- Using the VCR Plus+ System
- Stopping a Timer Recording
- Reviewing and Clearing Programs
- Copying and Editing Tapes Using Two VCRs
- Program the Remote
- About Programming the Remote
- Programming the Remote to Control a TV
- Operating the TV
- Other Features
- COMMERCIAL ADVANCE
- MOVIE ADVANCE
- Picture Search Options
- Forward and Reverse Search
- Slow Motion
- Frame Advance
- Index Search
- Go-To Search
- Tracking
- Pro-Tect Plus™ Locking
- Time Counter
- On-screen Displays
- Connections
- Connecting Your VCR
- Jacks and Cables
- RF Jacks and Coaxial Cables (F-type)
- Choosing a VCR Connection
- Advantages of A/V Cable Connections
- TV with RF Jack Only
- TV with A/V Jacks
- TV with A/V Jacks and Cable Box to Unscramble Pay Channels Only
- Reference
- Front Panel
- Display Panel
- Back Panel
- Finding the TV’s Video Input Channel
- Troubleshooting Tips
- Questions and Answers About Commercial Advance
- Specifications
- Cleaning the VCR
- Limited Warranty
- Index

8
Setting Up the VCR
Using On-screen Menus
to Set up Features
You can set up your VCR’s features by using the remote
control’s buttons to enter your choices from on-screen
instructions. Each menu item is explained in this section.
You can set up features individually by using the menu system.
Each feature that appears in the initial set up is explained in
this section as well as a few others you may want to set up
before you begin using your VCR.
Language Selection
1. On your remote control, press the MENU button to display
the VCR MAIN MENU.
VCR MAIN MENU
1 VCR Plus+
2 Timer Recodings
3 Time
4 Channels
5 Setup
6 Preferences
7 Language
0 Exit
2. Press 7 to select the LANGUAGE menu.
LANGUAGE
Select a language.
1
>
English
2 Español
3 Français
Press MENU to continue
3. Select English, Español (Spanish), or Français (French) by
pressing the appropriate number on the remote control’s
key pad.
On-Screen Menus
Not all the VCR screens are shown in
this manual when explaining the
features.