1
Turn on the TV. Set it to the same channel as the
CH3/CH4 switch on the back of the VCR.
2
Press the VCR button, then the POWER button. The VCR
light will appear on the display panel and the language select dis-
play screen shown below will appear. (If the display does not
appear, check your hookups, then follow the steps on page 12 to
program channels and page 19 to select a language.)
3
Press the Number 1 button to select English on-screen dis-
plays or the Number 2 button for Spanish on-screen displays.
4
Press the MENU button. The channel program display shown
below will appear. The display will disappear after about 60 sec-
onds if you do not press any buttons.
TO SELECT PUSH NO. SHOWN
1 ENGLISH ON
2 ESPAÑOL
MAKE SELECTION OR
PUSH MENU TO CONTINUE
CONNECT ANTENNA OR CABLE
TO VCR
THEN . . .
PUSH CH UP KEY
OR . . .
FOR PLAY ONLY – PUSH STOP
Turning on Your VCR 11
5
Press the CHANNEL (Up) button to begin automatic
channel programming. AUTO SET PROCEEDING PLEASE
WAIT will appear on-screen. The VCR will place all of the chan-
nels you receive into its memory, so when you scan through chan-
nels using the CHANNEL (Up/Down) buttons, you’ll only scan
through channels that you receive. When all channels are pro-
grammed, CHANNELS ARE SET will appear on-screen briefly.
Then the TV will go to the lowest channel programmed.
• To skip this feature and play a tape
immediately, insert a tape with its
record tab removed. Or, to skip step
3, press the MENU button. All on-
screen displays will be in English. To
skip step 5, press the STOP button.
Channels will not be programmed,
and CHANNELS NOT SET will
appear on-screen.
• If you try to program channels
when there is no antenna or cable
connected to the VCR, programming
will appear to take place, but even-
tually a NO TV SIGNALS message
will appear on-screen. Connect an
antenna or cable to the VCR’s
ANT(enna) IN Jack and try again.
You may need to follow the steps
on page 12.
Helpful Hints
2
3
4
Before turning on your VCR, make sure there are batteries in the
remote control and the VCR and TV are connected correctly.
● Follow the steps on this page only when you plug the VCR
power cord into the wall outlet for the first time.
● You may not be able to program channels at step 5 if you are
using a Cable Box.
1
Turn on the TV.
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