SECTION 1 OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS Location of Controls POWER indicator (Red) Front view DOOR OPEN button RECORDING indicator (Red) Press to open lights when recording. X3 _ER POWER button Remote sensor PR()GRAM indicator (Orange) lights when a timer recording setting has been entered. Behind the door CHANNEL...
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iiJ_. !ii iii i i i_i VARIABLE AUDIO OUTPUT jacks VIDEO/AUDIO INPUT jacks...
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Location of Controls (Continued) POWER button TVIVIDEO button RECALL button TIMER button MUTE button VOLUME • / • buttons Channel Number VOLUME_ buttons l Ir i ,D, CHANNEL • / • buttons 3HANNE| COUNTER RESET/ I IWll CH RTN button COUNTER REMAIN ___C.RES_r C,_EM_I I...
Before Using the Remote Control When handling the Remote Control Open the battery compartment lid on the rear of the Remote Control. • For correct operation, press the buttons on the Press and slide to open, Remote Control in intervals of at least 1 second. •...
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Quick Reference Menu Guide We recommend that you familiarize yourself with these procedures for using the Menu function. Press MENU to call up an on-screen menu. Press < or • to select the menu. PICTURE AUDIO Press • or • to select an item.
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SET UP INF0 REMOTE Notes: • Use the ENTER button to activate the function settings in the SET UP CLOSED menu after step 4. CLOCK CAPTION TV/CABLE • The main menu display will pROGRAM disappear automatically if you do l LANGUAGE •...
CLOCK TV I CABLE PROGRAM _=:------ ADD/ERASE Press • or =, to select the language TMORE you want. "SPANISH" TOSHIBA Note The VOLUME • / • buttons on the "IV function as the MENU "4/ - buttons when any of the menus are on the screen.
"NO." II_ABLE us_- If you select "NO," the setting is OUTPUT 2L_CH complete. TOSHIBA if you select "USE," complete step 6. Press • or (•) to highlight "OUTPUT CH," then press • or • to select your cable box's output...
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After performing the CH PROGRAM function, you can add or erase specific channels. Select the channel to erase using the CHANNEL • or • button, or select the channel to add with the Channel Number buttons. Press MENU, then press • or _ until the SET UP menu appears.
Each time you press • or _, the IIIcLOCK SETTING displayed character (date) will change in the following order. TOSHIBA • button _ 1 --> 2 --> 3 --> 4 ----,, 31_ (Press • to go in reverse order.) 1 -11...
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Press v to set the "YEAR." Each time you press _ or D,, the ICLOCK SETTING displayed character (year) will change in the following order. DATE MONTHSUMMER TIME • button AMIPM HOUR [-->1996"-->1997---->2026_ (Press < to go in reverse order.) Press •...
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Loading/Unloading a Cassette Notes • Only video cassettes with the _ mark can be used with this VCR. • You cannot insert a cassette when the power cord is not plugged in. Press EJECT while the VCR is Insert the cassette with the window facing up.
Press FF while the VCR is in STOP mode, I++ + :1 F, FORWARD 2H09M58S TOSHIBA To rewind the tape Press REW while the VCR is in STOP mode. Note For stereo or SAP tape playback, you may REWIND need to set the MTS mode.
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Basic Playback (Continued, Digital auto tracking Press MENU, then press ,I or • until the VCR With the digital auto tracking function, the VCR menu appears. TRACK I NG automatically adjusts the tracking for clear pictures and A. SELECT sound during playback. When playback starts, the digital auto tracking is automatically activated.
If you start recording or playback with the PLAY counter reset to zero, you can easily 0H00MOOS locate the recording/playback start point TOSHIBA later by searching for the counter zero point. To erase the counter display Press C/REMAIN. Note Notes...
• If noise bars appear in slow playback mode, adjust the tracking manually. Still picture This function pauses playback for a still picture. Press PAUSE/STILL on the Remote Control during playback to freeze TOSHIBA the picture. To return to normal playback, press PAUSE/STILL again. ST ILL 2HOOM03S Notes •...
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0H42M09S AcceL search By keeping the FF or REW button pressed during playback, the search TOSHIBA speed accelerates to 7 times (SP speed) or 21 times (SLP speed) the normal speed. When the button is released, the tape speed returns to 5 or 15 times the normal speed.
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Special Playback (Continued) This function automatically repeats playback 10 times. Error messages (yellow) Press REPEAT on the TV during playback. The tape automatically rewinds when it reaches the end, When you press REPEAT in a mode other than normal and repeats playback. playback, "PLAY ONLY"...
CABLE OH 00M0_S Press STOP. STOP TO stop recording OH25M19S To prevent accidental erasure TOSHIBA We recommend that you remove the safety tab from a tape you don't want to loose. (See page 23.) Changing the recorded channel to another...
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Basic Manual Recording (Continued, Tape Speed Skipping unnecessary scenes or editing a tape To stop recording momentarily, press PAUSE/STILL Recording To resume recording, press PAUSE/STILL again. A tape can be recorded at two different speeds: SP (Standard Play recorded at 33.4 mm/sec.) and SLP Note (Super Long Play recorded at 11.1 mm/sec.).
• or =* to select the PROGRA MM I NG ENTER F_OGF_OG. PROGRAM menu. Press • or • to highlight "PROGRAMMING." TOSHIBA Press • or • to display the PROGRAMMING menu. IppoGP, AMM I NG "CH" (channell will be highlighted. 1 - 22...
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T imer Recording (Continued) Press < or • to select Press • (or •)to the channel. the recording tape IPROGRAMMING For Cable channels, "C" is speed. added in front of the START channel number. Press 4 or •. STOP If you want to select an "SP,"...
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Timer Recording (usingAnalogClock),Continu Error messages (when you press the ADJUST To start recording immediately PROG. in the situations) following Do steps 1, 3, 4, and 5 on the While recording another 11/27WE previous page. program in the normal recording mode, Example: Current time is 8:15 RECORD t NG...
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In the normal operation mode The program recording settings _ART STOP appear for about 30 seconds, 8:00_- 9:00_ 9:30_-11:30_VIDE0_o 3_=_,Y_10:00_-10:30_ 20m10:00_-11:00_ TOSHIBA PUSH STANDBY While recording in timer recording mode STOP The current program number being recorded appears. 2 0_10:00_-11:00_...
Recording Settings Press PROG. Overlapping timer programs To display the Timer mira Recording menu, then If two program recording settings overlap, the recording press 4 or • to select start time of program 2 has priority over the recording the CANCEL menu. Then stop time of program press •...
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Loading/Unloading a Cassette Notes • Only video cassettes with the [_ mark can be used with this VCR. • You cannot insert a cassette when the power cord is not plugged in. Press EJECT while the VCR is Insert the cassette with the window facing up. Push the in the stop mode.