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Turn off the VCR for a timer recording!
Put a tape in the VCR.
Leave the Cable Box/DBS on.
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Press the POWER button to turn off the VCR. The VCR
must be turned off for a timer recording to take place.
The
r
light will appear on the display panel. The
r
light and the
Cassette-Inside light will flash when you turn off the VCR if there is
not a tape in the VCR.
7
Press the ALT/SPEED button to select the tape speed. The
selected tape speed, SP or SLP, will appear beside REC SPEED.
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Press the OK/STATUS or TIMER button. PROGRAM WAS
COMPLETED/PLEASE TURN OFF VCR FOR TIMER RECORDING
should appear on the screen. (If PROGRAM NOT COMPLETED
appears, begin again from step 1.) After five seconds, the on-screen
display will disappear.
• Do not select DAILY at step 6 if the
VCR Plus+ recording you chose is on
a Saturday or Sunday. The recording
will not occur, even though the VCR
may accept the way you programmed
the recording.
• To exit the VCR Plus+ programming
system at any step, press the TIMER
button.
• If the timer recording you just pro-
grammed overlaps another timer
recording, PROGRAM NOT COM-
PLETED/PROGRAM OVERLAP will
appear. Details are on page 46.
• If you forget to turn off the VCR,
PLEASE TURN OFF VCR FOR TIMER
RECORDING flashes on your TV
screen two minutes before a timer
recording is set to begin. To remove
the message, press the CLEAR button.
• To check your timer recordings, see
page 45.
• The r light will flash if the clock is not
set (if the clock setting was erased
after you set up the timer recording).
Be sure to set the clock before the
timer recording is scheduled to begin.
Helpful Hints
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• If you want to record the program one time only, go to
step 7. You also may press the Number 8/DAILY or
Number 9/WEEKLY button repeatedly to select a ONE TIME
PROGRAM.
• If you want to record the program daily, press the
Number 8/DAILY button so that DAILY PROGRAM
appears at the top of the screen. The VCR will record a pro-
gram every day from Monday through Friday, starting at the same
time and recording for the same length of time.
• If you want to record the program every week, press the
Number 9/WEEKLY button so that WEEKLY PROGRAM
appears at the top of the screen. The VCR will record a pro-
gram on the same day, at the same time, for the same length of
time every week.
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Press the OK/STATUS button. If the VCR PLUS+ and
CABLE/TV channel lists appear on the screen, the CABLE/TV chan-
nel has not been set for the VCR PLUS+ channel of the program you
have set in step 4. Press the Number buttons to enter the
CABLE/TV channel number from your list on page 36, then press
the OK/STATUS button.
DAILY PROGRAM (MON-FRI)
PROGRAM 1
CHANNEL +/– 12
START +/– 08:00 PM
STOP +/– 10:00 PM
REC SPEED SLP
DATE +/– 06/21/00
WEDNESDAY
DAILY: 8 WEEKLY: 9
CONFIRM: OK END: TIMER
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