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Chapter3:OperatingYourVCR SettingtheVCRPlus+GuideChannelNumbers(cont.)
Plus Guide BOX Channel
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Use MENU for Set-Up Menu
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Use the number buttons to enter the actual VCR channel on
which you receive the station. For example, if your VCR
receives HBO on channel 27, enter the number "27" next to
the VCR Plus+ guide channel for HBO.
If you are using a cable box that the VCR cannot control,
enter the channel on which your cable box sends signals to
your VCR (usually channel 3 or 4).
To change more guide channel numbers: repeat steps 0 and
_. When you are finished, press the MF, NU button three
times to exit the menus.
€ Recording
Your new VCR offers a wide variety of recording options that take
full advantage of our advanced electronics. _This section tells you
about the following recording procedures:
• Recording a current broadcast,
• Programming your VCR to record,
• Programming with VCR Plus+,
• Using Quick Program,
• Using One-Tc, uch Recording (OTR),
• Using One Key Programming, and
• Notes about programmed recording.
Recordingacurrentbroadcast
Before you begin, you need to know how:
• to view the picture coming from your VCR. (See page 23.)
To record a TV program that is currently playing:
O Load a tape that has not ihad its erasure: tab removed[ into the
VCR. If you hawe not yet; recorded on this tape, then the VCR
will test the tape with the PerfecTape feature. For more
information on this feature, please see ICage 53.
Set the VCR's input to tuner. To do this press the INPUT
button on the front panel or on the remote until the channel
display shows on-screen or on the front i?anel.
@) If you have not already done so, set the ;_peed at which you
would like to record. (See "Selecting and adjusting the audio
and video functions" on page 27.)
O Select the channel you would like to rec!)rd by using the
CHANNEL button or the jog dial on tlhe front panel. (If you
are using a cable box that the VCR cam:_ot control, select
channel 3 or 4 on the VCR, and change l_he channel en the
cable box, not on the VCP.)
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