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OWNER’S
MANUAL
COLOR TV/VCR
CSC313E (13 inch)
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WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. THIS SYMBOL INDICATES THAT CAUTION DANGEROUS VOLTAGE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK CONSTITUTING A RISK OF ELECTRIC DO NOT OPEN SHOCK IS PRESENT WITHIN THIS UNIT. THIS SYMBOL INDICATES THAT THERE CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC ARE IMPORTANT OPERATING AND SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). NO MAINTENANCE INSTRUCTIONS IN THE USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER LITERATURE ACCOMPANYING THE S
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FIGURE A EXAMPLE OF ANTENNA GROUNDING AS PER NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE ANTENNA LEAD IN WIRE GROUND CLAMP ANTENNA DISCHARGE UNIT (NEC SECTION 810-20) ELECTRI C SERVICE EQUIPMENT GROUNDING CONDUCTORS (NEC SECTION 810-21) GROUND CLAMPS NEC - NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE POWER SERVICE GROUNDING ELECTRODE SYSTEM (NEC ART 250, PART H) S2898A 13. Outdoor Antenna grounding - If an outside antenna or 19. Damage Requiring Service - Unplug this unit from the cable system is connected to the unit, be sure the an
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PRECAUTIONS PRECAUTIONS IMPORTANT COPYRIGHT INFORMATION LOCATION Unauthorized recording or use of broadcast televi- For safe operation and satisfactory performance of sion programming, video tape, film or other copy- your unit, keep the following in mind when selecting righted material may violate applicable copyright a place for its installation: laws. We assume no responsibility for the unautho- Shield it from direct sunlight and keep it away • rized duplication, use, or other acts which infri
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TABLE OF CONTENTS C IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 C PLAYBACK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 NORMAL PLAYBACK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 C PRECAUTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 TRACKING ADJUSTMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 LOCATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 STILL PICTURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 AVOID THE HAZARDS OF ELECTRICAL SHOCK AND FIRE . . . . . . . . . . . .
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FEATURES Infrared remote control Zero Return – The tape returns to counter of • • 0:00:00 by rewinding or fast forwarding. Trilingual on screen menu display selectable in • English, Spanish or French Still – Freeze the picture at any time, for close • viewing of a particular scene. Only tapes recorded Real time counter – This shows the elapsed • in SLP mode will show a fairly clear picture. recording or playback time in hours, minutes and seconds. The “–” indication will appear when the Digital
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OPERATING CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS - FRONT PANEL - VIDEO AUDIO POWER VOLUME CHANNEL STOP/EJECT REW PLAY F.FWD REC/OTR EARPHONE 13 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 - REMOTE CONTROL - 7 STOP/EJECT P P N N button – Press to stop the tape motion. Press in the stop mode to remove 28 the cassette from the unit. WAKE-UP POWER /SLEEP EJECT 8 REW R R button – Press to rewind the tape or to 3 27 view the picture rapidly in reverse during play- CHANNEL RETURN back mode. (Rewind Search) 12 3 26 s s button – (Rem
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- REAR PANEL - ANT. 29 30 17 DISPLAY button – Press to display the counter or 23 TIME SEARCH button – Press to activate Time the current channel number and current time on Search mode. the TV screen. (Refer to page 25.) 24 PAUSE/STILL F button – Press to temporarily 18 STOP button – Press to stop the tape motion. stop the tape during the recording or to view a L still picture during playback. button – (Remote control) 25 MUTE button – Press to mute the sound. Press it Press to select a mode or f
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PREPARATION FOR USE ANTENNA/CABLE CONNECTIONS Plug the incoming cable into the ANT. jack on the rear of the unit. If your cable service supplies you with a converter box or if you use a satellite system, connect the box with this unit as shown below. Cable Antenna or TV signal ANT. Incoming cable from home Antenna / Cable Company (No Cable Box) Rear of the unit ANT. Cable Box or OR Satellite Box* Incoming cable from Cable Company or Satellite Antenna *NOTE (DO NOT DISCONNECT FROM BOX) Some ca
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USING FRONT A/V INPUT JACKS When you watch a program recorded on another source (VCR or video camera), use the AUX AUDIO/VIDEO input jacks on the front of the unit. Connect the Audio/Video output jacks of another source to the AUDIO and VIDEO jacks of this unit. K K L L Then press [CHANNEL / ] until “AUX” appears on the screen. VIDEO AUDIO POWER VOLUME CHANNEL STOP/EJECT REW PLAY F.FWD REC/OTR EARPHONE VIDEO AUDIO ex. [Front of the unit] VCR or video camera, etc. Audio cable (OUT) (IN) (IN) (co
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TO CANCEL THE GAME MODE PICTURE CONTROL Press [GAME] or [CHANNEL K/L] on the remote The unit’s picture controls – BRIGHT, CON- control. TRAST, COLOR, TINT and SHARPNESS – are preset to factory specifications. Although they are DEGAUSSING usually the best, you may need to make some further This television has a degaussing circuit that will clear adjustments for a more natural looking image. up color errors on the TV screen that are caused by NOTE: any excess magnetism which happens to get too clo
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Make sure ... SLEEP TIMER The unit must be turned on. • The Sleep Timer function turns off the unit without using [POWER] after a desired period of time. 1 Select “CAPTION” – M E N U – TIMER PROGRAMMING NOTE: PICTURE CONTROL Press [MENU]. SETTING CLOCK This function does not work during Recording CHANNEL SET UP • K K L L USER’S SET UP Press [PLAY/ ] or [STOP/ ] to V-CHIP SET UP mode. LANGUAGE [ENGLISH] point to “CAPTION”. B CAPTION [OFF] ZERO RETURN TIME SEARCH 1 Call up “SLEEP TIMER” setting
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3 After scanning 5 Exit the channel setup mode The tuner stops on the lowest memorized channel. Press [MENU] to return to TV mode. NOTES: NOTE: If there is no TV signal input, “NO TV SIGNALS” • To confirm that channel(s) has been deleted or • will appear on the display after the completion of added, press [CHANNEL K/L]. channel scanning. The unit may recognize TV channels to be CATV CLOCK SET UP • channels if reception condition is poor. In this case, (AUTO / MANUAL) check the antenna connection
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6 Select the hour 1 Select “SETTING CLOCK” – M E N U – – MANUAL CLOCK SET – TIMER PROGRAMMING K K L L Press [PLAY/ ] or [STOP/ ] PICTURE CONTROL MONTH DAY YEAR Press [MENU]. B SETTING CLOCK CHANNEL SET UP 0 5 / 0 5 THU 2 0 0 5 K K L L until your desired hour appears. Press [PLAY/ ] or [STOP/ ] to USER’S SET UP V-CHIP SET UP LANGUAGE [ENGLISH] HOUR MINUTE (Example: “5”, “PM”) select “SETTING CLOCK”, then CAPTION [OFF] ZERO RETURN 0 5 : – – PM B B press [F.FWD/ ]. TIME SEARCH Then press [F.FWD/
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DAYLIGHT-SAVING TIME MENU LANGUAGE Select this feature and the unit’s clock automatically 1 Select “LANGUAGE” will advance one hour in April, then reverse one hour – M E N U – TIMER PROGRAMMING in October. Press [MENU]. SETTING CLOCK CHANNEL SET UP USER’S SET UP K K L L When Daylight-Saving Time is ON, the clock will Press [PLAY/ ] or [STOP/ ] to V-CHIP SET UP B LANGUAGE [ENGLISH] CAPTION [OFF] change automatically as follows: point to “LANGUAGE”. ZERO RETURN TIME SEARCH First Sunday of April
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K K L L Press [PLAY/ ] or [STOP/ ] to V-CHIP SET UP select a rating with sub-ratings you TV–Y7 [BLOCK] B FV [BLOCK] wish to block, then press This feature enables parents to prevent their children [F.FWD/ B B] twice. from watching inappropriate material on TV. When K K L L Press [PLAY/ ] or [STOP/ ] to you try to access a program which is blocked, select a sub-rating, then press “PROTECTED PROGRAM by ...” message appears [F.FWD/ B B] to set it to [BLOCK] on the TV screen. TV–PG [BLOCK] or [VIEW]
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VIDEO CASSETTE This unit will operate with any cassette that has the mark. For best results, we recommend the use of high-quality tapes. Do not use poor quality or damaged tapes. PRECAUTIONS INSERTING A CASSETTE Avoid moisture. Moisture condensation may occur Insert the cassette in the direction as shown. Push in • on the tape if it is moved from a cold place to a gently, but continuously, on the center-back of the warm place or vice versa. Before using a tape with cassette until it is drawn int
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PLAYBACK NORMAL PLAYBACK STILL PICTURE Make sure ... You can view a still picture on the TV screen during playback (the still mode). Press [PAUSE/STILL F F] The unit must be turned on. • during playback. Only tapes recorded in the SLP mode will show the least amount of lines. Press 1 Insert a pre-recorded tape K K [PLAY/ ] to return to playback. If the erase-prevention tab has been removed, the NOTES: unit will start playback automatically. Usually there will be video “noise” lines (black • and
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SPECIAL PLAYBACK Make sure ... AUTO REPEAT PLAYBACK The unit must be turned on. • Insert a prerecorded tape. • The unit has the auto repeat function that allows you to K K repeat a tape indefinitely without pressing [PLAY/ ]. RENTAL PLAYBACK ALL REPEAT: Repeat playback from the beginning to the end of the tape. This function enables you to improve the picture BLANK REPEAT: Repeat playback from the begin- quality when playing back worn cassettes such as ning to a blank part, which is blank for mo
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SEARCH Make sure ... TIME SEARCH The unit must be turned on. • Insert a tape. • The Time Search function makes it possible to quick- ly advance the tape to your desired position simply ZERO RETURN by entering the exact amount of playback time you want to skip. This function allows you to search easily a beginning point that you want to review by rewinding or fast NOTE: forwarding. Time Search can be set up to a maximum of 9 • NOTE: hours 50 minutes (9:50) by 10 minutes at a time. Zero Return WIL
