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

9
Setting Up the VCR
Cable Box Setup
This setup applies only when all channels are received through a
cable box. In this case, the VCR will automatically enter the
channel used to view cable box programming. Your VCR will use
this channel for all future timer recordings.
1. Press MENU 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 4 to display the CHANNELS menu.
CHANNELS
1 Auto Channel Search
2 Add/Remove Channels
3 Signal Type: CABLE
4 VCR Plus+ Channel List
5 Cable Box Setup
0 Exit
3. Press 5 to display CABLE BOX SETUP. Then select
one of the three choices:
CABLE BOX SETUP
Do you use your cable
box to receive ALL
channels or only SOME
channels?
1 ALL channels
2 Only SOME channels
3 Cancel setup
4. If you selected ALL channels, enter the output channel of
your cable box (usually 03 or 04), or press INPUT for the VCR’s
video line input if you use AUDIO/VIDEO jacks. When
finished, press MENU.
Cable Box Setup
ALL channels: enter two numbers for
output channel of your cable box or
press INPUT if you connect your cable
box with AUDIO/VIDEO jacks.
Only SOME channels: if you only use
the cable box to tune premium
channels.
Cancel setup: select to cancel.