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This section is extracted from SLV-GF86
instruction manual. (3-063-089-11)

Getting Started

4

Check that you have received the following items with the unit:

• 75-ohm coaxial cable with F-type

connectors

• Audio/video cable (3-phono to 3-

phono)

• Remote commander

• R6 (Size AA) batteries

Getting Started

5

Insert two R6 (size AA) batteries by
matching the + and – on the batteries to
the diagram inside the battery
compartment.

Insert the negative (–) end first, then push
in and down until the positive (+) end
clicks into position.

You can use this remote
commander to operate the unit
and a Sony TV. To operate this
unit, point at the remote sensor
on the unit. To operate the TV,
point at the remote sensor on
the TV. Buttons in the shaded
area of the remote commander
can be used to operate your
Sony TV. If the TV does not
have the g symbol near the
remote sensor, this remote
commander will not operate
the TV.

Notes
• With normal use, the batteries should last about three to six months.
• If you do not use the remote commander for an extended period of time, remove

the batteries to avoid possible damage from battery leakage.

• Do not use a new battery with an old one.
• Do not use different types of batteries.

Turn the TV to standby or active mode

Turn on the TV power

Increase (+) or decrease (–) the TV volume

Change the TV program position

Select an input source of the TV either from antenna
in or from line in

?/1 (power)
a (TV power)

VOL +/–

PROG (CH) +/–

TV/VIDEO

a (TV power)
?/1
(on/standby)

Getting Started

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There are basically two ways to hook up this unit depending on whether
your TV has audio/video inputs or not.

See “Audio/video (A/V) hookup” on page 7.

See “Antenna hookup” on pages 8 and 9.

• Turn off the power to all equipment.
• Do not connect the AC power cords until all of the connections are

completed.

• Be sure you make connections firmly.  Loose connections may cause

picture distortion.

• If your TV does not match any of the examples provided, see your nearest

Sony dealer or qualified technician.

Getting Started

7

If your TV has audio/video (A/V) input jacks, you will get a better picture
and sound if you hook up your unit using these connections.

You should also connect the audio outputs of your unit or TV to your stereo
system for a true “home theater” experience.

If your TV does not have A/V inputs, see page 8 for antenna hookup.

A  Use this hookup if your TV has stereo jacks

B  Use this hookup if your TV does not have stereo jacks

IN

VIDEO

AUDIO

AUDIO OUT

AUX IN

AUDIO VIDEO

LINE 1 IN

LINE 1 OUT

AUDIO VIDEO

LINE 1 IN

LINE 1 OUT

VIDEO

AUDIO

IN

AUX IN

Getting Started

9

When connecting the unit to the TV
using only the antenna cable, you must
set the RF UNIT switch on the rear of the
unit so that the TV can receive the correct
signal from the unit.

Set the RF UNIT switch to CH 3 or CH 4, whichever channel is not
used in your area. If both are used, set the switch to either channel.

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

Turn on your TV and set it to the channel
you selected in step 1 (channel 3 or 4).

The video picture on the right will be
clearly displayed on the TV screen.

Whenever you use the unit, set the TV to
the channel selected in step 1.

SONY

VIDEO CASSETTE PLAYER

RF UNIT

CH4

CH3

Basic Operations

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Z EJECT

X PAUSE

M FF
H PLAY

m REW

x STOP

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

Insert a tape.

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

Press 

H PLAY (if playback did not start in step 2).

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

A EJECT

# M FF

H PLAY

m 3 REW

x STOP

X PAUSE

PLAY

Basic Operations

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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 (# M FF on the unit) during stop
m REW (m 3 REW on the unit) during stop
Z EJECT

Press DISPLAY.
The following information appears on the TV screen.

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

mode is changed.

To turn the display off, press DISPLAY again.

Notes
• You can eject a tape even when the power is off. When you press 

Z EJECT, the unit

turns on automatically. After ejecting the tape, the unit turns off again.

• When the pause mode lasts for more than approximately five minutes, the unit will

automatically enter the playback mode.

• You can play back tapes recorded in the SP and EP mode.
• The counter resets to “0:00:00” whenever a tape is inserted.
• The counter stops counting when it comes to a portion with no recording.

SP

STEREO

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S

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0 0

0

Getting Started

8

If you cannot connect your antenna cable to the unit directly
If your antenna cable is a flat cable (300-ohm twin lead cable), attach an external
antenna connector (not supplied) so you can connect the cable to the VHF/UHF IN
connector. If you have separate cables for VHF and UHF antennas, you should use a
U/V band mixer (not supplied). For details, see page 23.

IN

OUT

VHF/UHF

B Use this hookup if you are using a VHF-only antenna (you get
channels 2–13 only)

IN

OUT

VHF/UHF

Make the following connections if your TV does not have A/V inputs.

A Use this hookup if you are using:
• VHF/UHF antenna (you get channels 2–13 and channels 14 and higher)
• UHF-only antenna (you get channels 14 and higher)
• Separate VHF and UHF antennas

Basic Operations

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Stereo sound

Left channel

Right channel

Standard sound*

1

L/R

L

R

No indication

*

1

 Usually the mixed sound of left and right channels (monaural)

*

2

 Usually the main sound (monaural)

Main and sub sounds

Main sound

Sub sound

Standard sound*

2

The unit records sound onto two separate tracks. Hi-fi audio is recorded
onto the main track along with the picture. Monaural sound is recorded onto
the normal audio track along the edge of the tape.

Notes
• To listen to playback sounds in stereo, you must use the AUDIO OUT connections.
• When you play back a tape recorded in monaural, the sound is heard in monaural

regardless of the AUDIO MONITOR setting.

• You cannot select the sound to listen to while recording.

Press AUDIO MONITOR to select
the sound you want. Each press
of the button changes the
indicator in the display window.
When you play a tape recorded in
stereo or with a bilingual sound
track, the Hi-Fi indicator in the
display window lights up.

Basic Operations

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You can only use this function if your TV is made by Sony (Trinitron TV).

Connect the unit and TV with the audio/video cable (see “Audio/video
(A/V) hookup” on page 7.) Be sure to connect the audio/video cable to the
VIDEO IN 1 jacks on the TV if the TV has two or more inputs. The TV must
be placed where it will respond to the remote commander while you are
pointing it at the unit.

Make sure that the TV’s power is in standby mode.

Press TRINITRON TV SYNCHRO PLAY and hold the remote commander in
place for about two seconds.

The unit and TV turn on, and the TV is set to the video channel. If there is a
tape in the unit, playback starts automatically.

Notes
• If the Trinitron TV Synchro Play function does not work properly:

- Wait a few moments, and press the button again.
- Replace both of the batteries in the remote commander with new ones, and press

the button again.

Note that this function may not operate some Sony TVs because of the remote
commander’s signal limitations.

• Do not press TRINITRON TV SYNCHRO PLAY while playing back a video tape. If

you do so, the TV’s input source will momentarily switch to the TV’s tuner.

Additional Operations

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View the picture during fast-
forward or rewind

Play at high speed

Play in slow motion

Rewind and start play

During fast-forward, hold 

M FF (# M FF on the unit) down.

During rewind, hold 

m REW (m 3 REW on the unit) down.

• During playback or pause, press 

# SEARCH or 3 SEARCH .

• During playback or pause, hold down 

M FF (# M FF on

the unit) or 

m REW (m 3 REW on the unit).

When you release the button, normal playback resumes.

During playback or pause, press 

y SLOW.

During stop, press 

· PLAY on the unit while holding down

m 3 REW on the unit.

y SLOW

3/#

M FF
H PLAY

m REW

# M FF

m 3 REW

H PLAY

Additional Operations

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Press 

H PLAY.

Tips
• You can adjust the tracking just by pressing 

V/v TRACKING NORMAL/SLOW/

STILL ADJUST while playing a tape.

• Adjust the picture using 

V/v TRACKING NORMAL/SLOW/STILL ADJUST if:

– streaks appear while playing in slow motion
– the picture shakes during pause

Notes
• Streaks or snow cannot be eliminated completely in the various playback

operations, especially in the slow motion mode.

• The sound is muted during these operations.
• On screen symbols may shake while playing or searching at various speeds.

Additional Operations

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Although the unit automatically adjusts
the picture when playing a tape,
distortions or noise may occur if the tape
was recorded in poor condition. If so,
manually adjust the resolution, color and
tracking.

While playing a tape, press 

M/m/</,

Resolution Control (

v/V/b/B button on the

unit) so that the adjustment menu appears on
the TV screen.

Press 

</, Resolution Control (b/B button

on the unit) to get a clearer picture.

Press 

M/m Resolution Control (v/V button on the unit) to get the best

picture color.

Wait for several seconds until the adjustment menu disappears.

Press STANDARD PICTURE on the remote
commander (STD PICT on the unit). The
adjustment menu appears for a few seconds, then
disappears.

V/v TRACKING
NORMAL/SLOW/
STILL ADJUST

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Resolution
Control

Additional Operations

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Press 

V/v TRACKING NORMAL/SLOW/STILL ADJUST to obtain the best

possible picture. The distortion should disappear as you press one of the two
buttons. If you cannot get a clear picture with manual adjustment, press
TRACKING AUTO/MANU to return to automatic adjustment.

Adaptive Picture Control (APC) automatically improves recording and
playback quality by adjusting the unit to the condition of the video heads
and tape.

The APC function automatically works on all types of tapes, including rental
tapes and tapes that were not recorded with APC.

Whenever you insert a tape and start recording, the unit adjusts to the tape
using the APC function. This adjustment is retained until the tape is ejected.

Tip
• Adjust the picture using 

V/v TRACKING NORMAL/SLOW/STILL ADJUST if:

– streaks appear while playing in slow motion
– the picture shakes during pause.

Notes
• The auto tracking function works automatically when you play back a tape just

after inserting it.

• There is a delay of a few seconds before the unit actually starts recording while the

unit analyzes the tape. To avoid the delay, first set the unit to recording pause and
press 

z REC to have the unit analyze the tape. After ten seconds, press X PAUSE to

start recording immediately. If you press 

X PAUSE before ten seconds, the APC

function is canceled.

• Sufficient picture quality may not be obtained when playing back tapes recorded on

another VCR or tapes in poor condition.

• When a tape recorded with the copyguard system is played back, intermittent

distortion may appear in the upper portion of the picture.  However, this is not a
malfunction of the unit.

Additional Operations

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Tip
• If the other VCR is a monaural type and connected to the LINE 1 IN jacks on this

unit, the sound is recorded only on the channel whose jack is connected to the audio
plug. To record on both right and left channels, connect the audio plugs to AUDIO
R/L jacks using the VMC-910HG (3-phono to 2-phono) audio/video cable (not
supplied).

Notes
• Make sure you connect the plugs to jacks of the same colour.
• If you connect this unit to both the LINE IN and LINE OUT jacks of the other VCR,

select the input correctly to prevent a humming noise.

• Make sure you set the CONNECT LINE-1 switch to OTHERS.

Additional Operations

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You can make a copy of a tape using
this unit for recording or playback.
The unit cannot record TV
programs directly since it does not
have a TV tuner.

• Turn on your TV and set it to the

video channel.

Set TAPE SPEED to select the tape speed, SP or EP. EP (Extended Play)
provides a recording time three times as long as SP (Standard Play).
However, SP produces better picture and sound quality.

Insert a source tape with its safety tab removed into the other
(playback) VCR. Search for the point to start playback and set it to
playback pause.

Insert a tape with its safety tab in place into this (recording) unit.
Search for the point to start recording and press 

X PAUSE.

Press 

z REC on this unit to set it to recording pause.

To start editing, press the 

X PAUSE buttons on both units at the same

time.

Press the 

x STOP buttons on both units.

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

To turn the display off, press DISPLAY again.

:

: 2

2

S

SP

E

–

0 0

0

X PAUSE z REC