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TUNER PRESET PROG14 NORMAL / CATV AUTO PRESET CHANNEL SET AFT FINE TUNING NORM ON • • CATV OFF 21 SELECT : [ ] SET : [ ] position • CURSOR 6 Press CURSOR / repeatedly until the channel you want is displayed. Pressing CURSOR ? goes back to the previous channels. The channels are scanned in the following order: TUNER PRESET PROG14 NORMAL / CATV • NORM CATV AUTO PRESET CHANNEL SET 35 AFT •ON OFF FINE TUNING SELECT : [ ] SET :[ ] Channel coverage System D/K System B/G VHF UHF CATV (TV distribution) R1–R12 R21–R69 — E2–E12 E21–E69 S1–S41, S01–S05 If you know the number of the channel you want, press the programme number buttons. For example, for channel 5, first press “0” and then press “5.” 7 To allocate another channel to another programme position, repeat steps 4 to 6. 8 • EXECUTE Press EXECUTE. Getting Started SLV-X817/717ME/PS/SG 3-858-651-11 (1) Disabling unwanted programme positions After tuning the TV channels, you can disable unused programme positions. The disabled positions will be skipped later when you press the PROG +/– buttons. 1 Press MENU, then select TUNER PRESET and press EXECUTE. 2 Select CHANNEL SET. 3 Press PROG +/– until the programme position you want to disable appears beside “PROG” on the TV screen. 4 Press programme number button “0” twice to display the number “0” beside CHANNEL SET. 5 Repeat steps 3 and 4 for other positions you want to disable. 6 Press EXECUTE. If the picture is not clear Normally, the Auto Fine Tuning (AFT) function automatically tunes in channels clearly. If, however, the picture is not clear, you may also use the manual tuning function. 1 Press PROG +/– to select the programme position for which you cannot obtain a clear picture. 2 Press MENU, then select TUNER PRESET and press EXECUTE. 3 Select FINE TUNING. The fine tuning meter appears. TUNER PRESET PROG14 NORMAL / CATV AUTO PRESET CHANNEL SET AFT FINE TUNING NORM ON • • CATV OFF 35 SET : [ ] Selected programme position 4 Press CURSOR ?// to get a clearer picture, then press EXECUTE. Note that the AFT (Auto Fine Tuning) setting switches to OFF. Note • The menu disappears automatically if you don’t proceed for more than a few minutes. 17 Getting Started Getting Started SLV-X817/717ME/PS/SG 3-858-651-11 (1) Basic Operations Playing a tape SLV-X717 COLOR SYSTEM SLV-X817 COUNTER COLOR RESET SYSTEM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 6 EJECT TRINITRON TV SYNCHRO PLAY DISPLAY COUNTER RESET REPLAY P PAUSE 3/# SEARCH · PLAY ) FF p STOP 0 REW COUNTER RESET 1 Turn on your TV and set it to the video channel. 2 Insert a tape. The VCR turns on and starts playing automatically if you insert a tape with its safety tab removed. Basic Operations SLV-X817/717ME/PS/SG 3-858-651-11 (1) PLAYPLAY 3 Press · PLAY. When the tape reaches the end, it will rewind automatically. Additional tasks To Press Stop play p STOP Pause play P PAUSE Resume play after pause P PAUSE or · PLAY Search forward ) FF or # SEARCH during playback Search backward 0 REW or 3 SEARCH during playback Fast-forward the tape ) FF during stop Rewind the tape 0 REW during stop Eject the tape 6 EJECT Replaying a recently watched scene You can immediately rewind and playback the scene you want to watch again. During playback, press REPLAY up to four times. The VCR rewinds the tape 10 seconds for each press of the button, and restarts playback. To set the colour system If streaks appear during playback, press COLOR SYSTEM on the VCR to conform to the system that the tape was recorded in. (Normally, the color system is correctly set whenever the tape is inserted.) If your tape was Press COLOR SYSTEM until the indication below recorded in appears in the display window. PAL PAL NTSC NTSC MESECAM PAL continued Basic Operations 19 Basic Operations SLV-X817/717ME/PS/SG 3-858-651-11 (1) Playing a tape (continued) To play an NTSC-recorded tape Set NTSC PB at the rear of the VCR according to the colour system of your TV. If your TV is Set NTSC PB to PAL ON PAL TV NTSC 4.43 NTSC 4.43 NTSC 3.58 NTSC 3.58 To use the time counter At the point on the tape that you want to find later, press COUNTER RESET. The counter in the display window resets to “0H00M00S.” Search for the point afterwards by referring to the counter. MH S To display the counter on the TV screen, press DISPLAY. Notes • The counter resets to “0H00M00S” whenever a tape is reinserted. • The counter stops counting when it comes to a portion with no recording. • If a tape has portions recorded in both PAL and NTSC systems, the time counter reading will not be correct. This is due to the difference between the counting cycles of the two video systems. • Depending on your TV, the following may occur while playing an NTSC-recorded tape: – the picture is black and white – the picture shakes – no picture appears on the TV screen – black streaks appear horizontally on the TV screen – the colour density increases or decreases. Basic Operations SLV-X817/717ME/PS/SG 3-858-651-11 (1) Turning on the VCR and TV, and starting playback automatically (...
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