
Table of Contents
1
First Things First
......................................................................... 3
Initial Setup ................................................................................... 5
Setting Up the VCR
.................................................................... 7
Using the Menus to Set Up Features ........................................... 8
Language Selection ................................................................ 8
Cable Box Setup ...................................................................... 8
Selecting the Tuner Band ....................................................... 9
VCR Channels List ................................................................. 10
To Auto Channel Search ................................................ 10
Adding or Removing Channels ..................................... 10
Show Weak Channels..................................................... 11
Tuner Audio .................................................................... 12
Time and Date ...................................................................... 12
Auto Clock Set Feature .................................................. 13
Setting the Time Zone ................................................... 13
Setting Daylight-Saving Time .................................... 13
Setting Time and Date Manually .................................. 14
Mapping VCR Plus+ System Channels Manually .......... 15
VCR Plus+ System Worksheet ....................................... 17
Additional Set Up Features .................................................. 18
Remote Eject .................................................................. 18
Playback Mode ............................................................... 18
Auto Play/Rewind ........................................................... 19
Panel Display (VCR Display) ........................................... 19
Screen Display ................................................................ 20
Deck 1 Hi-Fi ..................................................................... 20
Deck 2 Hi-Fi ..................................................................... 21
Dual Deck Basics
....................................................................... 23
Remote Buttons .......................................................................... 24
Component Buttons ............................................................. 24
VCR Function Buttons........................................................... 24
TV Function Buttons ............................................................. 26
Playing a Tape ............................................................................. 27
Automatic Rewind ................................................................ 27
Tape Eject .............................................................................. 27
Recording .................................................................................... 28
Recording
.................................................................................... 31
Standard One-Deck Recording Features .................................... 32
One-Button Recording ......................................................... 32
Express Recording ................................................................. 32
Timer Recording ................................................................... 33
Timer Recording With the VCR Plus+ System...................... 36
Setting Up the Channel List ........................................... 36
Using the VCR Plus+ System .......................................... 37
Stopping a Timer Recording .......................................... 38
Reviewing and Clearing Programs ................................ 38
Recording Audio Only .......................................................... 38
Playing Back Audio Only ............................................... 39
Using the Dual Decks for Copying and Editing Tapes............... 39
Basic Copying ........................................................................ 39
Selecting the Recording Source ........................................... 40
Sequential/Loop Recording .................................................. 41
Date and Time Stamp ........................................................... 41
EZ Copy.................................................................................. 42
Copy Mode ............................................................................ 43
Speed Matching .................................................................... 43