Mono Sound........................................................................................................................................28 Hi-Fi Sound ..........................................................................................................................................................28 Getting Started (Videotapes)....................................................................................................................................29 About Videocassette Tapes .............................................................................................................................29 Types....................................................................................................................................................................29 Safety Tabs Prevent Erasure...............................................................................................................................29 Loading and Ejecting............................................................................................................................................30 Tape Storage .......................................................................................................................................................30 Basic Operations ......................................................................................................................................................31 Viewing a Videocassette ..................................................................................................................................31 To play Back a Recorded Tape ...........................................................................................................................31 To Fine Tune the Picture......................................................................................................................................31 Rewinding the Tape .............................................................................................................................................32 Special Playback Effects .......................................................................................................................... 32 To Find Specific Sections on a Tape ......................................................................................................... 33 Basic Operations (Recording) ................................................................................................................... 37 Recording a Program............................................................................................................................ 37 Before you Record ................................................................................................................................... 37 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Basic Recording Steps ............................................................................................................................. 37 Recording Tips ........................................................................................................................................ 38 Using the Instant Recording Timer (IRT).................................................................................................... 39 Setting the VCR to Record Later ............................................................................................................... 40 Reviewing What You Have Programmed ................................................................................................... 42 Programming Priorities ............................................................................................................................. 43 Advanced Operations (Remote Control of TV) ........................................................................................ 44 Controlling Your TV with the VCR's Remote ........................................................................................... 44 Programming the Remote Control ............................................................................................................. 44 Controlling the TV .................................................................................................................................... 45 Advanced Operations (Cable Box Hookups)............................................................................................46 Hooking Up to a Cable Box ................................................................................................................... 46 A Step-by-Step Approach ......................................................................................................................... 46 Remote Control of the Cable Converter ..................................................................................................... 49 Advanced Operations (Stereo System) ......................................................................