Model 109 4-Head VHS VCR
(160-0546) Operation Faxback Doc. # 35017
WATCHING TV
Using the TV's Tuner
1. Turn off the VCR, or press TV/VCR so VCR disappears from the VCR's
display.
2. Set the TV to the TV mode.
The antenna or cable signals pass through the VCR unaffected, as if the
antenna or cable were connected directly to the TV.
Using the VCR's Tuner
1. Press TV/VCR until VCR appears on the VCR's display.
2. If you connected the VCR's AUDIO/VIDEO OUT jacks to a TV/monitor's
audio/video input jacks, set the TV to the VIDEO mode.
If you connected the VCR's AUDIO/VIDEO OUT jacks to a TV/monitor's
single VHF/UHF input F-connector or separate VHF F-connector and
UHF input screw terminals:
a. Set the TV to the same channel (3 or 4) as OUTPUT CHANNEL.
b. Set the TV to the TV mode.
Selecting Channels
Your VCR can receive up to 68 VHF and UHF channels, and up to 125 cable
channels. The VCR displays the channels as 1-125.
Notes:
Channels 2-13 are the same for VHF and cable TV, and cable companies
usually number them as they appear on the display.
Since cable companies sometimes designate cable channels with letters
or letter-number combinations, a channel number you see on the VCR's
display might differ from the channel number displayed on your cable
box. You might need to experiment to determine the proper cable
channel designations for your cable system. For more information,
contact your local cable company.
To change the channel, press CH+ or CH-. The tuner changes to the next
higher or lower channel stored in its memory.
Note:
If you press CH+ when the tuner is at the highest programmed channel
or CH- when the tuner is at the lowest programmed channel, the VCR
enters the audio/video mode and AV appears on the VCR's display.
Continue to press CH+ or CH- until the highest or lowest programmed
channel appears.
To directly select a channel, press the number buttons on the remote
control for the desired channel.
Notes:
Always precede single-digit numbers with a 0-for example, 01, 02, etc.
To enter a three-digit number, first press 100 then enter the second
and third digits of the channel number.
WATCHING A VIDEO TAPE
Loading a Video Tape
Insert the video cassette into the VCR's compartment with the label facing
up and the tape swivel-cover facing into the compartment. Gently push in
the cassette until the VCR automatically draws it in.
Caution:
Never insert anything except a VHS video cassette into the cassette
compartment. You might damage the VCR's internal mechanism.
When you load a tape that still has its record-protection tab,
the VCR positions the tape next to the record/playback head for about 5 minutes. Within this period,
if you start playback, recording, rewind, or fast-forward, the VCR
responds more quickly.
When you stop the tape during playback, rewind, or fast-forward, the
tape remains positioned next to the record/playback head for about
5 minutes. To protect the tape, the fast-response system release
after about 5 minutes.
Playing a Video Tape
1. Load a video tape.
Note:
If the record-protection tab has been removed from the tape, the VCR
automatically turns on, the clock display changes to the tape counter,
and playback automatically begins.
2. If you connected the VCR's AUDIO/VIDEO OUT jacks to a TV/monitor's
AUDIO/VIDEO input jacks, set the TV to the VIDEO mode.
If you connected the VCR's AUDIO/VIDEO OUT jacks to a TV/monitor's
single VHF/UHF input F-connector or separate VHF F-connector and UHF
input screw terminals:
a. Set the TV to the same channel (3 or 4) as OUTPUT CHANNEL.
b. Set the TV to the TV mode.
3. If playback does not automatically begin, press PLAY.
Note:
During playback, the VCR automatically adjusts the tracking. However,
you can also manually adjust it.
4. To stop playback before the end of the tape and eject the tape, press
Symbol EJECT.
Notes:
If the video tape reaches the end before you press EJECT, the VCR
automatically stops the tape, completely rewinds it, ejects the
cassette, then turns itself off.
When the VCR is off, you can press EJECT to eject a tape. The VCR
turns itself on, ejects the tape, then turns itself off.
SPECIAL FUNCTIONS
DISPLAYS
Blue Screen
The blue-screen display appears on the TV screen when the VCR does not
send a signal to the TV from either the VHF/UHF CATV OUT terminal or the
AUDIO/VIDEO OUT jacks, such as:
When you play unrecorded portions of a tape
When you tune the VCR to an unused channel
Note:
The VCR does not record the blue screen.
Follow these steps to turn the blue screen on or off.
1. Press TV/VCR so VCR appears on the VCR's display.
2. Press MENU to display the main menu.
3. Press Down Arrow to highlight SET UP, then press SET. The set up menu
appears.
4. Press Up Arrow or Down Arrow to select BLUE SCREEN.
5. Press <- or -> to highlight ON or OFF.
6. Press SET.
Each time you press ON SCREEN, your VCR's current operating
information appears on the TV screen in this sequence:
a. PLAY, STOP, FF, or REW (if a cassette is inserted)
AUTO ENHANCE ON or OFF
Auto Repeat ON or OFF
Tape speed (SP, EP)
Channel
Date and Time Tape counter
b. Counter only
c. No display
d. Tape mode and/or the tuned channel for about 3 seconds
When you press a function button (such as STOP), the corresponding
indicator appears on the TV screen for about 3 seconds.
When you change the channel, the channel number appears on the TV
screen for about 3 seconds.
Note:
If you play back a poor quality (worn) or damaged tape, the function
indicator channel number might not appear on the TV.
Auto Display
When you press an operation button (-> PLAY, RECORD, STOP, FF->>, or
<<-REW), a number button, or CH+ or CH-, the current operating mode or a
channel number appears on the TV screen for about 3 seconds.
Tape Motion Indicators
Any time a cassette is loaded in the compartment, <<- appears on the VCR's
display whether power is on or off.
The tape motion indicators on the VCR's display show you the current
operating mode and the tape's playback direction.
Indicator Mode
-> Play
REC -> Record
-> Slow-Motion
|| Freeze-Frame
|-> Frame-Advance
->> Fast-Forward/Forward Visual Search
<<- Rewind/Reverse Visual Search
MOTION CONTROLS
Fast-Forward/Rewind
To advance the tape quickly when it is stopped, press FF ->> (or turn the
shuttle dial on the VCR fully clockwise).
Caution:
The shuttle dial on the VCR does not rotate 360 degrees. Do not force
it past the point where it stops.
To rewind the tape quickly when it is stopped, press <<- REW
(or turn the shuttle dial on the VCR fully counterclockwise, then
release it).
Note:
You cannot watch the tape's video or hear the tape's sound while you
fast-forward or rewind the tape.
Freeze-Frame
Freeze-frame lets you watch the tape a single frame at a time.
To freeze the tape during playback, press || PAUSE/STILL.
To return to the normal playback speed, press -> PLAY.
Notes:
You can also visual search backward or forward from the freeze-frame
model.
Depending on the tape speed used for recording, the freeze-frame might
have reduced picture quality.
To protect the tape, if you leave the VCR in the freeze-frame mode for
5 minutes, the VCR automatically returns to normal playback.
If a horizontal "noise" bar appears during freeze-frame, adjust the
tracking in the slow-motion mode.
Visual Search
Visual search lets you play a tape at a faster speed (either forward or
backward) so you can search for a specific section of the tape. You can
select normal or fast visual search speeds.
For normal visual search speed, during playback, press ->> or <<- once
(or turn and hold the shuttle dial on the VCR clockwise or counterclock-
wise about halfway).
For fast visual search speed, during normal visual search press ->->
or <<- (or turn the shuttle dial on the VCR fully clockwise or
counterclockwise).
To stop visual search and return to normal playback, press -> PLAY.
Notes:
VCR must appear on the VCR's display to use visual search. If it does
not, press TV/VCR so VCR appears.
During visual search, the sound is muted and the picture quality is
lower than during normal playback. The search picture is best with
tapes recorded at the EP speed.
Variable-Speed Slow Motion
You can play a tape in slow-motion and vary the slow-motion speed.
To start slow-motion playback, during playback, freeze-frame, or visual
search, press SLOW. The tape plays at 1/10 of the normal playback-speed.
Press -> PLAY to resume normal playback.
Notes:
The slow motion picture is best with tapes recorded at the EP speed.
During slow motion, the sound is muted.
To protect the VCR's heads, if you leave the VCR in slow-motion play
for 5 minutes, the VCR automatically returns to normal playback.
To reduce or eliminate jitter in a slow-motion picture, press || PAUSE
STILL, then press and hold down CH + or CH - until the picture is
clear.
Automatic Repeat Playback
You can set the VCR to automatically repeat a recorded portion of a tape
when the VCR finds a blank portion of more than 15 seconds.
Follow these steps to turn automatic repeat playback on or off.
1. Press MENU to display the main menu.
2. Press Down Arrow to highlight SET UP then press SET. AUTO REPEAT
appears on the TV screen.
3. Press <- or -> to highlight ON or OFF as desired.
Note:
If you turn on automatic repeat playback:
Any tape will pay until the VCR finds a non-recorded portion of more
than 15 seconds, then automatically rewinds and plays again.
If you press <<- REW and the tape reaches the beginning, playback
automatically starts.
4. Press SET. The display returns to the normal screen.
USING THE REAL-TIME COUNTER
Your VCR's real time counter shows how long (in hours, minutes, and
seconds) a tape has been running.
To display the real-time counter, press DISPLAY on the remote control so
the counter appears on the VCR's display.
To reset the counter to 0:00:00, press CANCEL.
Notes:
If you rewind the tape past 0:00.00, the display shows the count with
a minus (-) sign.
The counter does not work with blank tapes or blank portions of
partially recorded tapes.
The counter also resets when you remove a tape.
Using the Zero Back Function
At any time during playback, you can reset the real-time counter to
0:00.00, then return to that position.
1. During playback, press DISPLAY on the remote control to display the
real-time counter.
2. When you see the location on the tape that you want to return to
alter, press CANCEL on the remote control. The real-time counter
resets to 0:00.00.
3. To return to the 0:00.00 location at a later time during playback,
press ZERO BACK. The tape automatically rewinds or fast-forwards to
the 0:00.00 location.
INDEX SEARCH
Your VCR has the Digital Program Search System (DPSS). Each time you
start recording, the VCR automatically marks the tape with an index
signal.
You can use index search to:
Return to the beginning of the current recording.
Skip to the beginning of the next recording.
Locate a specific recording, if there are several recordings on a
tape.
The VCR can search through up to 19 index signals.
Note:
To make it easier to locate a particular recording, we recommend you
list the real time counter reading on the tape's label each time you
start a recording.
While the VCR is stopped or during playback, on the remote control
repeatedly press DPSS + (to search forward) or DPSS - (to search
backward) the same number of times as the number of recordings you
want skip.
For example, if the tape is at recording 2 and you want to watch
recording 8, press DPS + 6 times to skip the remaining portion of
recording 2 and recordings 3 through 7. Or, if the tape is at
recording 9 and you want to watch recording 4, press DPSS - 6 times
(to skip past recordings 9 through 5).
Each time you press DPSS + or -, the VCR finds the next index signal and
automatically starts playback.
Notes:
The only way to add an index signal to a tape is to start a new
recording.
The only way to remove an index signal is to record over it.
AUTO TRACKING
The VCR automatically adjust tracking when you play a tape. PLAY flashes
on the TV screen while the VCR is adjusting the tracking.
When different parts of the tape are recorded at different speeds, the
VCR automatically readjusts the tracking at the beginning of each
recording.
Manual Tracking
If the VCR's picture is poor while playing a tape, press and hold down
either CH + or CH - to manually adjust the tracking.
To return to automatic tracking, press CH + and CH - at the same time.
Note:
When you eject a tape or turn on the VCR, the VCR resets to auto
tracking and erases any manual tracking adjustment you made.
AUTO ENHANCED PICTURE
Your VCR automatically enhances the picture quality during playback.
The auto enhanced picture function is set to ON at the factory. Normally
leave it set to on. When you play a tape for editing or when strong noise
appears on the screen, set it to OFF.
During normal playback, press AUTO ENHANCED PICTURE on the VCR's front
panel to turn the auto enhance picture feature on or off. AUTO ENHANCE
ON (or OFF) appears briefly on the TV screen.
MODE LOCK
You can lock in any selected operating mode on the VCR (including power
off) to prevent accidentally changing to another mode or to prevent young
children from operating the VCR. All modes remain locked until you
release the lock using the remote control.
Note:
The VCR still automatically releases a tape from freeze-frame and
record/pause when mode lock is turned on.
To turn on mode lock, press and hold down MODE LOCK on the remote
control until SYMBOL lights steadily on the VCR's display.
If you press any button on the VCR or remote control
(except MODE LOCK), SYMBOL flickers and the button does not function.
If you try to load a tape, the VCR draws it in and then ejects it.
To release mode lock, press and hold down MODE LOCK until SYMBOL
disappears.
Note:
RECORDING DAILY PROGRAMMING
1. Put in blank tape
2. Press MENU to display the Main Menu. Timer should be highlighted.
3. Press SET to highlight the Timer Mode.
4. Use Up or Down Arrow Keys to move to the Date, Channel, Start and
Stop times to set these.
5. Use SET to start entering the Program Line information.
6. Use Up or Down Arrow Keys to advance the Date or select a special
mode. MO-FR, MO-SA, Daily, SAT, FRI, THU. WED, TUE, MON, SUN, etc.
7. Use Right Arrow to move to the Channel col.
8. Use Up or Down Arrow to select Channel
9. Use Right Arrow to move to Start Time col.
10. Use Up or Down Arrow keys to set Start Time.
11. Use Right Arrow Key to Move to Stop Time Col.
12. Use Up or Down Arrows to set Stop Time.
13. Use Right Arrow Key to move to the Tape Speed Col.
14. Use Up or Down Arrow Keys to set tape speed.
15. Press SET if all information is correct.
16. Press POWER to turn off the VCR. Timer will appear on the display.
(br/km-02/03/1997)
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