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Getting Started

Normally, the Auto Fine Tuning (AFT)
function automatically tunes in channels
clearly.  If, however, the picture of a
channel is not clear, you can also use the
manual tuning function.

Press MENU, then press 

M/m to move the

cursor (B) to AJUSTE DE SINTONIA and
press OK.

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ANTENA / CABLE
SINTONIA AUTOMATICA
SINT. MANUAL

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Getting Started

Press the number buttons to select the
channel you want to fine-tune, then press
ENTER.

Press 

M/m to move the cursor (B) to

SINTONIA FINA.

The fine tuning meter appears.

Press 

</, to adjust to a clearer picture,

then press OK.

Note that the AFT setting switches to NO.

Tip
• To select the channel in step 2 above, you can also use the CH +/– buttons.  In this

case, you don’t need to press ENTER.

Notes
• The menu disappears automatically if you don’t proceed for more than a few

minutes.

• When adjusting FINE TUNING, the menu may become difficult to read due to

interference from the picture being received.

AJUSTE DE SINTONIA

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ANTENA / CABLE
SINTONIA AUTOMATICA
SINT. MANUAL

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Getting Started

Press MENU, then press 

M/m to move the

cursor (B) to AJUSTE DEL RELOJ and
press OK.

Press 

M/m to set the date.

The day of the week is set automatically.

You must set the time and date on the
VCR to be able to use the timer
recording features properly.

• Turn on the VCR and the TV.
• Set the TV to the VCR channel

(channel 3 or 4).  If your TV is
connected to the VCR using A/V
connections, set the TV to video input.

• Press TV/VIDEO to display the

VIDEO indicator in the VCR’s display
window.

OK

PLAY

OK

PLAY

MENU

AJUSTE DEL RELOJ

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Getting Started

Press 

, to select the month and press

M/m to set the month.

Set the year, hour, and minute in sequence,
using 

, to select the item to be set, and

M/m to select the digits.

The day of the week is set automatically.

Press OK to start the clock.

Tip
• To change the digits during the setting, press 

< to return to the item to be changed,

and select the digits by pressing 

M/m.

Note
• The menu disappears automatically if you don’t proceed for more than a few

minutes.

AJUSTE DEL RELOJ

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Basic Operations

Z

H

M

x

m

X

Turn on your TV and set it to the video channel.

Insert a tape.

The VCR turns on and starts playing
automatically if you insert a tape with its
safety tab removed.

x

H

M

m

A

X

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ON PAL-N TV

NTSC 3.58

PAL

NTSC

PAL-N

NTSC

Press H PLAY.

When the tape reaches the end, it will rewind automatically.

Stop play

Pause play

Resume play after pause

Fast-forward the tape

Rewind the tape

Eject the tape

x

 STOP

X

 PAUSE

X

 PAUSE or H PLAY

M

 FF during stop

m

 REW during stop

Z

 EJECT

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.)

Set NTSC PB in the AJUSTES ESPECIALES according to the color system of
your TV. For details, see page 56.

PAL-N

NTSC 3.58

* If you are using a multi-system TV, set the NTSC PB in the AJUSTES

ESPECIALES to NTSC 3.58 for better picture quality.

OK

PLAY

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Basic Operations

Press CLEAR at the point on the tape that you want to find later. The counter
in the display window resets to “0:00:00.”  Search for the point afterwards by
referring to the counter.

To display the counter on the TV screen, press DISPLAY. Press DISPLAY
again and the counter will disappear from the TV screen.

Notes
• The counter resets to “0:00:00” 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-N and NTSC systems, the time counter

reading will not be correct.  This is due to the difference between the counting
cycles of the two color 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 color density increases or decreases.

• Tapes recorded in the LP mode of other NTSC system VCRs can be played back on

this VCR but the picture quality cannot be guaranteed.

• While setting the menu on the TV screen, you cannot use the H PLAY, X PAUSE,

M

 FF, m REW, or x STOP button.

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Turn on your TV and set it to the video channel.

To record from a cable box, turn it on.

Insert a tape with its safety tab in place.

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x

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Basic Operations

Press CH +/– to select the channel you want to record.

Press REC SPEED to select the tape speed. (SP or LP for the PAL-N
color system, and SP or EP for the NTSC color system)

LP (Long Play) provides recording time twice as long as SP
(Standard Play). EP (Extended Play) provides recording time three
times as long as SP. However, SP produces better picture and audio
quality.

Press z REC to start recording.

The recording indicator lights up red in the display window.

Press x STOP.

Press DISPLAY.  The white bar indicates the approximate length of tape
remaining.

* Appears for a few seconds when the ON SCREEN DISPLAY is pressed and when

the mode is changed.

REC SPEED

REC

• CH

C

0 : 00 : 22

F

SP

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Press TV/VIDEO to turn off the VIDEO indicator in the display
window.

If the TV is connected to the VCR using an audio/video cable, set the
TV to TV input.  If the TV is connected to the VCR using only the
antenna cable, skip this step.

Select another channel on the TV.

To prevent accidental erasure, break off the
safety tab as illustrated.  To record on the tape
again, cover the tab hole with adhesive tape.

Tips
• To select a channel, you can use the number buttons on the remote commander.

Enter the channel number, then press ENTER.

• You can select a video source from the LINE-1 IN or LINE-2 IN (SLV-EX90S AR/

EX80S AR only) jacks using the INPUT SELECT or CH +/– buttons.

• The display appears on the TV screen indicating information about the tape, but the

information won’t be recorded on the tape.

• If you don’t want to watch TV while recording, you can turn off the TV. When using

a cable box, make sure to leave it on.

• You can have the VCR stop recording automatically after starting at a specified

time. For details, see “Setting the recording duration time” on page 47.

Notes
• The display doesn’t appear during still (pause) mode or slow-motion playback.
• If a tape has portions recorded in both PAL-N and NTSC systems, the time counter

reading will not be correct.  This discrepancy is due to the difference between the
counting cycles of the two color systems.

• When you insert a non-standard commercially available tape, the remaining time

may not be correct.

• It may take up to one minute for the VCR to calculate and display the remaining

tape length after you press DISPLAY.

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Basic Operations

The Easy Timer function allows you to
make a timer recording of a program
without turning on your TV. Set the
recording timer to record only one
program that will be broadcast within
the next 24 hours using the EASY
TIMER knob. If the VCR clock has not
been set, you can also set the clock
before setting the timer recording.

• When using a cable box, turn it on.
• Insert a tape with its safety tab in

place. Make sure the tape is longer
than the total recording time.

Push the EASY TIMER knob.

The START indicator appears in the display window.

If the clock has not been set,
“–:– –” appears. Go to step 2
in “Setting or changing the
Easy Clock” on page 33.

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Set the recording start time by turning the EASY TIMER knob
clockwise or counterclockwise to increase or decrease the time by 15
minutes.

Press CHANNEL +/– to
inrease or decrease the time
by a minute.

Press ENTER (AM/PM) to
change AM and PM.

Push  the EASY TIMER knob to confirm the start time setting.

The STOP indicator appears.

Set the recording stop time in the same way as in step 2, then push
the EASY TIMER knob.

A channel number flashes.

Turn the EASY TIMER knob clockwise or counterclockwise to select
the channel you want to record.

To select the tape speed, press
REC SPEED.

Push the EASY TIMER knob to confirm the setting.

The 

t

 indicator appears in

the display window and the
VCR stands by for recording.

EASY TIMER

EASY TIMER

REC SPEED

SP/LP

(SP/EP)

EASY TIMER

EASY TIMER

EASY TIMER

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Basic Operations

When “–:– –” is displayed in the VCR’s
display window, the VCR clock has not
been set. You need to set the clock using
the Easy Clock function before setting
the timer. You can also change the
current time using the Easy Clock
function.

• When “–:– –” is displayed in the display window, push the

EASY TIMER knob.

• To change the clock setting, push and hold the EASY TIMER knob

on the VCR for more than three seconds.

The CLOCK indicator and the current clock setting appear in the
display window.

Set the current time using the EASY TIMER knob.

1 Turn the EASY TIMER knob clockwise or counterclockwise to

enter the current hour.

2 Push the EASY TIMER knob to confirm the hour setting.
3 Turn the EASY TIMER knob to increase or decrease the minutes

setting by a minute.

Press ENTER (AM/PM) to
change AM and PM.

EASY TIMER

EASY TIMER

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Push the EASY TIMER knob to finish setting the clock.

The VCR enters the timer recording setting mode.

To continue the Easy Timer
setting, go to step 2 in
“Setting the Easy Timer” on
page 31.

To quit the Easy Timer setting mode without changing any settings,
push the EASY TIMER knob repeatedly until the 

t

 indicator

appears in the display window.

You can also use the remote commander to set the Easy Timer and Easy
Clock. The operations on the VCR and the remote commander correspond as
follows:

You can also use the number buttons to set the clock, start and stop times,
and the channel you want to record. Just press the number buttons to enter
the hours and minutes. For example:

• To set the clock to “8:20”, press 0, 8, EASY TIMER , 2, 0 and  EASY TIMER

in sequence.

• To set the start or stop time to “8:20”, press 0, 8, 2, 0 and  EASY TIMER  in

sequence.

If you make a mistake, re-enter the correct digits before pressing
EASY TIMER .

EASY TIMER

Confirm the setting and go to
the next setting

Change the time by 15 minutes
(in START/STOP mode)

Change the time by one minute
(in START/STOP mode)

Select the channel

Change the hour/minute by
one hour/minute (in CLOCK
mode)

Push the EASY TIMER
knob

Turn the EASY TIMER
knob or hold CHANNEL
+/– down

Press CHANNEL +/–

Turn the EASY TIMER
knob or press
CHANNEL +/–

Turn the EASY TIMER
knob or press
CHANNEL+/–

Press  EASY TIMER

Hold CH +/– down

Press CH +/–

Press CH +/– or INPUT
SELECT

Press CH +/–

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Basic Operations

To stop the VCR while recording, press x STOP.

Push the EASY TIMER knob repeatedly until the setting you want to check
or change flashes. Then re-enter the new setting, if necessary. If you do not
want to change any of the settings, push the EASY TIMER knob repeatedly
until the 

t

 indicator appears in the display window.

You can also change the timer setting using the PROGRAM./VERIF. menu.
For details, see page 50.

To cancel the Easy Timer setting while entering a setting, press CLEAR on
the remote commander or press CHANNEL + and – on the VCR at the same
time.

To use the VCR before a timer recording begins, just press ?/1. The 

t

indicator turns off and the VCR switches on. Remember to press ?/1 to reset
the VCR to the timer recording standby mode after using the VCR.

You can also do the following tasks while the VCR is recording:

• Reset the counter.
• Display tape information on the TV screen.
• Check the timer settings.
• Watch another TV program.

The SEARCH MODE indicator starts flashing when the VCR finishes the
Easy Timer recording. To watch the recorded program, push the EASY
TIMER knob. The VCR turns on, starts searching, then automatically starts
playback from the beginning of the recording. For details, see page 40.

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Tips
• To record from a source connected to the LINE-1 IN or  LINE-2 IN (SLV-EX90S AR/

EX80S AR only) jacks, press INPUT SELECT or CH +/– or turn the EASY TIMER
knob to display “L1” or “L2” (SLV-EX90S AR/EX80S AR only) in the display
window.

• To record NTSC signals, set the tape speed to SP or EP. To set to the EP mode,

display “LP” in the display window.

Notes
• You cannot set the Easy Timer if eight programs have already been set.
• You can set the timer for only one program using the Easy Timer function. If you

want to set the timer for other programs, use the PROGRAM./VERIF. menu. For
details, see page 37.

• You cannot set the date using the Easy Timer function. Set the date using the

AJUSTE DEL RELOJ menu if you want to set the timer with the menu. For details,
see page 23.

• The 

t

 indicator flashes in the display window when you complete the setting with

no tape inserted.