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OWNER’S MANUAL
MC132EMG/17
COLOR TV WITH BUILT-IN VCR
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I H T I W D E D E E N N O I T Return your Warranty Registration card today to ensure you receive all the you’re entitled to. benefits Once your MAGNAVOX purchase is registered, you’re eligible to receive all the privileges of own- ing a MAGNAVOX product. So complete and return the Warranty Registration Card enclosed with your purchase at once.And take advantage of these important benefits. Warranty Owner Model Verification Confirmation Registration Registering your product within Your completed
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Introduction 3 Welcome to your TV/VCR owner’s manual, which describes these features. TM • Automatic Channel Setup • ShowGuard - Indefinite Timer • Automatic Head Cleaner Recording memory • Automatic Tracking Adjustment • Sleep Timer • Closed Caption • Special Effects: Forward and Reverse • Daylight-Savings Time Searching; Still • English, Spanish, or French displays • Time Search and menus • Timer Recording • One-Touch Recording • Wake Up Timer • Remote Control or Front Panel • Zero Return men
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4 Table of Contents First-time Setup Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Before Using the TV/VCR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Hooking Up the TV/VCR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Before Using the TV/VCR 5 Putting Batteries in the Remote Control 1 Remove the battery compartment lid on the bot- tom of the remote control by sliding the lid down and 1 off, following the direction of the arrow on the lid. Place two AA batteries inside the battery com- partment with their and ends aligned as indicated. + – 2 Replace the battery compartment lid. 2 3 Battery Safety Battery Usage CAUTION - To prevent battery leakage that 3 may result in bodily injury, property damage, or damage
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6 Hooking Up the TV/VCR Hook up your TV/VCR using one of the connections shown. 1 Connect a Cable TV signal or an Hooking Up Your antenna to the ANT(enna) Jack. TV/VCR With a Cable A TV Signal or Outdoor Antenna ANT. ANT. Connect the Cable TV or Satellite signal to the Hooking Up Your IN Jack on the Cable Box/Satellite Receiver. TV/VCR With a Cable B Box/Satellite Receiver Connect an RF coaxial cable To view any channel, set the (75-ohm, not supplied) to the TV/VCR to the Cable OUT Jack on the
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Hooking Up the TV/VCR (cont’d) 7 Hooking Up Your TV/VCR to Another Video Source (VCR, Camcorder, DVD Player, etc.) D You may need this connection if you want to copy tapes, view tapes playing on a VCR or Camcorder, or view Discs from a DVD Player. Select channel 00 (AUX) at the TV/VCR when viewing tapes/Discs playing on the VCR, Camcorder, or DVD Player. Connect an Audio cable to the AUDIO OUT Jack on the VCR and to the AUDIO In Jack AUDIO/VIDEO OUT (white) on the front of the TV/VCR. Jacks on
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MENU 8 Menu Language This affects the language of the TV/VCR’s menu, not TV pro- gramming, videotapes, or closed captioning. POWER SLEEP/WAKE UP 1 Press POWER to turn on the TV/VCR. 1 PLAY 2-3 REW F.FWD Press MENU. Press PLAY/ or STOP/ to STOP select LANGUAGE. 2 DISPLAY – M E N U – 4 1 2 3 TIMER PROGRAMMING PICTURE CONTROL CH. SETTING CLOCK 4 5 6 CHANNEL SET UP USER’S SET UP 7 8 9 V-CHIP SET UP B LANGUAGE [ENGLISH] CAPTION [OFF] +100 0 VOL. ZERO RETURN SPEED RESET PAUSE/STILL TIME SEARCH RECO
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MENU Playing a Videotape 9 Follow the steps below to play a tape. POWER SLEEP/WAKE UP Insert a tape in the TV/VCR’s cassette com- partment. The power will come on. If the tape’s 1 record tab is missing, play should start automatically. 2-4 PLAY REW F.FWD If play does not start automatically, press STOP PLAY/ to start play. 2 DISPLAY 1 2 3 Press STOP/ to stop play. CH. 4 5 6 3 7 8 9 Press REW(ind)/{ to rewind the tape. +100 0 VOL. SPEED RESET PAUSE/STILL 4 RECORD TIME SEARCH MUTE When the tape
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MENU 10 Recording Follow the steps below to record a current TV program. POWER SLEEP/WAKE UP Place a tape with its record tab intact (see page 1 five) in the TV/VCR. The power will come on. Or, if 1 the tape is already in the TV/VCR, press POWER to turn on the TV/VCR if necessary. PLAY REW F.FWD STOP Press SPEED until the desired tape speed (SP or 6 SLP) appears on the TV/VCR screen. See tape DISPLAY 2 speed details below. 1 2 3 CH. 4 5 6 Use CH(annel) o/p or the Number buttons to 3 select the
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MENU Remote Control 11 PLAY/ Button SLEEP/WAKE UP Button Press to play a tape. Details are on Press to set the Sleep Timer. page nine. Press to select a menu Details are on page 37. Press to item or to change menu informa- set the Wake Up Timer. Details tion. are on page 36. STOP/ Button Press to stop the tape. Press to POWER SLEEP/WAKE UP POWER Button select a menu item or to change Press to turn on or off the menu information. TV/VCR. REW/{ (rewind) Button ALT. CH (Alternate Channel) PLAY P
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12 Front Panel Cassette Compartment Insert a videotape here. Remote Sensor Receives a signal from your remote so you can operate the TV/VCR from a distance. CHANNEL / Buttons Press to select a TV channel. To access the TV/VCR’s menu, press CHANNEL while in AUX mode. Press again to remove the main menu and go to your lowest TV channel. (Tape play must be stopped.) Some menus can be removed only by pressing MENU on the remote. Press to adjust the tracking. Details are on page 38. VOLUME o/p
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Rear Panel 13 ANT. ANT(enna) Jack AC Power Cord Connect your antenna or Connect to a standard AC outlet Cable TV signal here. Details to supply power to the TV/VCR. are on page six. Antenna Hole Connect the stem of an indoor rod antenna here. Details are on page six.
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MENU 14 Setting TV Channels The TV/VCR can memorize available channels for your area. You can reset channels at the TV/VCR by following the steps POWER SLEEP/WAKE UP below. If you are using a Cable Box or Satellite Receiver, you do not need to set channels at the TV/VCR. Set the TV/VCR to the output channel of the Cable Box or Satellite Receiver (chan- 1-2 PLAY REW F.FWD nel 03 or 04).Then select the channel to be viewed on the STOP Cable Box or Satellite Receiver. DISPLAY Press MENU. Press PLA
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MENU Adding/Deleting Channels 15 The channels you no longer receive or seldom watch can be deleted from the memory. Or, you can add new channels POWER SLEEP/WAKE UP into the memory without having to reset all the channels. Press MENU. Press PLAY/ or STOP/ to 1 ,2,4 select CHANNEL SET UP. Press F.FWD/B. PLAY 1 REW F.FWD STOP – M E N U – DISPLAY TIMER PROGRAMMING PICTURE CONTROL 1,5 SETTING CLOCK 1 2 3 B CHANNEL SET UP CH. USER’S SET UP 4 5 6 V-CHIP SET UP LANGUAGE [ENGLISH] CAPTION [OFF] 7 8 9
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MENU 16 Setting the Clock Set the clock accurately for proper timer recording. If a Public Broadcasting Station (PBS) is available in your area, POWER SLEEP/WAKE UP follow Auto Clock Setting below. If not, follow Manual Clock Setting on pages 18-19. 1-3 Auto Clock Setting PLAY REW F.FWD You can have the TV/VCR set the clock automatically by STOP using the PBS channel in your area. Once you have set the DISPLAY clock, the TV/VCR will automatically monitor the correct 1 time and date being broadc
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MENU Setting the Clock (cont’d) 17 The TV/VCR will scan all your available TV channels. Those that carry a time signal will be listed at the top of the screen. Use one of these channels when you enter your AUTO CLOCK CH at step 6. It will take POWER SLEEP/WAKE UP the TV/VCR several minutes to scan the channels.An 8 “_ _” appears in the lower left corner of the screen when the search is complete. 5-6 PLAY -AUTO CLOCK CH SEARCH- REW F.FWD STOP 08 10 13 DISPLAY 4,5,7 1 2 3 _ _ CH. 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pr
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MENU 18 Setting the Clock (cont’d) Manual Clock Setting POWER SLEEP/WAKE UP Press MENU. Press PLAY/ or STOP/ to select SETTING CLOCK.Then, press 1 F.FWD/B. 1-4 PLAY REW F.FWD – M E N U – STOP TIMER PROGRAMMING PICTURE CONTROL DISPLAY B SETTING CLOCK CHANNEL SET UP 1 1 2 3 USER’S SET UP V-CHIP SET UP CH. LANGUAGE [ENGLISH] 4 5 6 CAPTION [OFF] ZERO RETURN 7 8 9 TIME SEARCH +100 0 VOL. SPEED RESET PAUSE/STILL RECORD TIME SEARCH MUTE Press PLAY/ or STOP/ to select MANUAL CLOCK SET.Then, press F
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MENU Setting the Clock (cont’d) 19 While the YEAR space is flashing, press POWER SLEEP/WAKE UP PLAY/ or STOP/ until your desired year 5 appears. (Example: 2004) The day of the week (Tuesday - TUE, etc.) will change appropriately for the 5-7 year you select. Then, press F.FWD/B. PLAY REW F.FWD – MANUAL CLOCK SET– STOP 9 MONTH DAY YEAR DISPLAY 0 5 / 0 6 THU 2 0 0 4 8 1 2 3 HOUR MINUTE CH. 4 5 6 – – : – – – – 7 8 9 +100 0 VOL. SPEED RESET PAUSE/STILL While the HOUR space is flashing
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MENU 20 Daylight-Savings Time When Daylight-Savings Time (D.S.T.) is ON, the TV/VCR clock will automatically move forward one hour on the first POWER SLEEP/WAKE UP Sunday in April and move back one hour on the last Sunday in October. To turn Daylight-Savings Time ON or OFF, follow the steps 1-2 below. PLAY REW F.FWD STOP Press MENU. Press PLAY/ or STOP/ to select SETTING CLOCK.Then, press DISPLAY 1 F.FWD/B. 1,3 1 2 3 CH. 4 5 6 – M E N U – 7 8 9 TIMER PROGRAMMING PICTURE CONTROL +100 0 VOL. B
