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• Insert a tape with its safety tab in place. Make sure the tape is longer than the total recording time. • If the DVD player is in play mode, you cannot display the setup menu. Stop the DVD playback. Z TV / DVD·VIDEO switch SELECT VIDEO CLEAR TV/VIDEO TIMER INPUT SELECT x STOP H PLAY V/v/B/b ENTER O RETURN 1 1 Press SELECT VIDEO to control the VCR. 2 2 Press TIMER. The timer programming menu appears. 48US Recording TV programs using the timer Set the channel number, start and stop times, date, and tape speed: 1 Press b to select each item in turn. 2 Press V/v to set each item. To correct a setting, press B to return to that setting and reset. • To record from a source connected to the LINE IN 1 or LINE-2 IN jacks, press INPUT SELECT or V/v to display “L1” or “L2” in the “CH” position. • To record the same program every day or the same day every week, press v while the date is flashing. For details, see “Daily/weekly recording” on page 49. • To use the Auto Tape Speed function, press v to display “Auto” in the “SPEED” position. For details, see “To use the Auto Tape Speed function” on page 50. Press b to confirm the setting. To enter another setting, press V/v to select the next row and repeat step 3. Press CLEAR to cancel the setting. Basic Operations Press O RETURN to exit the menu. The indicator appears in the display window and the VCR stands by for recording. Timer recording will operate properly regardless if the DVDVCR power is on or off. To record from a decoder or other source, leave the connected equipment switched on. To stop recording To stop the DVD-VCR while recording, press SELECT VIDEO and then press x STOP. Daily/weekly recording In step 3, press v to select the recording pattern. Each time you press v, the indication changes as shown below. Press V to change the indication in reverse order. the current date t Daily t Mo~Sa t Mo~Fr tSun’s t Mon’s t ..... t Sat’s t 1 month later t (dates count down) t the current date continued 49US Recording TV programs using the timer To use the Auto Tape Speed function When you are recording a program in the Auto mode and the remaining tape becomes shorter than the recording time, the tape speed is automatically changed to EP mode. Note that some noise will appear on the picture when the tape speed is changed. If you want to keep the tape speed, select SP. To operate this function, set “Tape Length” in “VIDEO FUNCTION SETUP” menu correctly (page 94). To watch another TV program after setting the timer 1 Set TV / DVD·VIDEO switch to DVD·VIDEO on the remote. 2 Press TV/VIDEO to display “TV” in the display window. 3 If your TV is connected to the VCR using A/V connections, set the TV to the TV’s antenna input; if not, skip this step. 4 Select another channel on the TV. To watch a DVD after setting the timer 1 Press SELECT DVD to control the DVD player. 2 Press Z and place the disc on the disc tray. 3 Press H PLAY. The disc tray closes and the DVD player starts playback. The TV screen will automatically change to the DVD playback screen. Tips • If the indicator appears, the timer settings overlap. To check, change or cancel the timer setting, see “Checking/changing/canceling timer settings” on page 51. • If the indicator appears, this means that the VCR is currently recording this program. • You can also do the following tasks while the VCR is recording: – Reset the counter (page 43). – Display tape information on the TV screen (page 46). • You can also display the timer programming menu by first pressing SET UP, then V/v to select (PROGRAM) and pressing ENTER in step 2. Note • The indicator flashes in the display window when you complete the timer setting with no tape inserted. 50US Recording TV programs using the timer Checking/changing/canceling timer settings Before you start… • Check that the DVD-VCR clock is set to the correct time. SELECT VIDEO • Turn on the DVD-VCR and your TV. When using a cable box or a decoder, turn it on. • Set the TV to video input so that the signal from the player appears on the TV screen. •Set TV / DVD·VIDEO switch to DVD·VIDEO on the remote. CLEAR • Insert a tape with its safety tab in place. Make sure the tape is longer than the total recording time. TIMER • If the DVD player is in play mode, you cannot display the setup menu. Stop the DVD playback. V/v/B/b ENTER O RETURN Basic Operations Press SELECT VIDEO to control the VCR. Press TIMER. The timer programming menu appears. continued 51US Checking/changing/canceling timer settings 3 3 Press V/v to select setting you want to change or cancel. • To change the setting, press B/b to select the item you want to change, and press V/v to change it. • To cancel the setting, press CLEAR. 4 4 Press O RETURN to confirm the setting. Press O RETURN again to exit the menu. When the timer settings overlap The program that starts first has priority and the second program starts recording only after the first program has finished. If the programs start at the same time, the program listed f...