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Video Cassette Recorder
VCA631AT
VCA431AT
Owner’s Manual
Important!
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Card within 10 days. See why inside.
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Introduction 3 Welcome to your VCR owner’s manual. This manual describes the VCA431 and the VCA631. The VCA431 is a monaural (single sound source) system, while the VCA631 is a stereo system. Otherwise, the two models are exactly the same. In this manual, the VCA631 is illustrated. (The VCA431 has single AUDIO IN/OUT jacks. Otherwise, the VCA431 looks exactly like the VCA631.) This manual has seven sections: Setting Up Your VCR; Description of Controls; Basic Operations; Recording; Playing; Ster
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4 Table of Contents Setting Up Your VCR Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Before Using Your VCR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Hookups without a Cable Box/Direct Broadcast System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Before Using Your VCR 5 Removing the Plastic Cover from the Front Panel A thin, plastic cover may protect the front panel of your VCR. Before using the VCR, lift a corner of the plastic, then peel it off. 1 Putting Batteries in the Remote Control 1 Remove the battery compartment lid on the bottom of the remote control by sliding it in the direction of the arrow. 2 2 Place two AA batteries inside the battery compartment with their and ends aligned as indicated. + – 3 Replace the battery compartm
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6 Hookups without a Cable Box/Direct Broadcast System The basic VCR/TV connection – antenna/cable to VCR to TV – is shown below. If you have a Cable Box or a Direct Broadcast System, please see pages eight-nine. If you have a Stereo TV, please see page 10. After you hook up the VCR, go to page 11 to turn on the VCR. (The VCA631 is illustrated here. The VCA431 has single AUDIO IN/OUT jacks.) 1 Disconnect the antenna or cable from your TV. Antenna Indoor/Outdoor (300 ohm) ANTENNA IN Jack (on back
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Hookups without a Cable Box/Direct Broadcast System (cont’d) 7 3 Connect the RF coaxial cable (supplied) to the OUT Jack on the back of the VCR and to the ANTENNA IN Jack on the TV. (You may use either a snap-on type (supplied) or screw-on type of coaxial cable, whichever you prefer.) Antenna or Cable ANTENNA IN Jack (on back of TV) example only RF coaxial cable 4 Plug in the TV and the VCR. 5 Set the CH3/CH4 switch on the back of the VCR to CH3 or CH4, whichever channel is not used or least us
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8 Hookups with a Cable Box/Direct Broadcast System There are two ways to connect your Cable Box/DBS to the VCR. With this connection: l You may view any channel. l You must select channels at the Cable Box/DBS. Channels cannot be changed at the VCR. l You may not view a channel other than the one you are recording. l You may not program channels at the VCR. l You can only program a timer recording for one channel at a time. Set the TV and the VCR to the Cable Box/DBS output channel (channel 03
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Hookups with a Cable Box/Direct Broadcast System (cont’d) 9 With this connection: l You may watch one channel while recording another. l You may not record scrambled channels. VCR 1 Cable Box/DBS 2 RF coaxial Cable cable Signal TV’s ANTENNA RF coaxial IN Jack 3 cable Connections 1 Connect a Cable signal to the VCR’s ANT(enna) IN Jack. 2 Use an RF coaxial cable (supplied) to connect the OUT Jack on the VCR to the IN Jack on the Cable Box/DBS. 3 Use a second RF coaxial cable to connect the OUT Ja
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10 Hookups with a Stereo TV antenna or VCA631 cable to 1 ANT(enna) IN Jack Audio and Video IN Jacks on TV VIDEO (yellow) and AUDIO (red and white) Video Cable 2 OUT Jacks Stereo Audio Cable 3 antenna or VCA431 cable to 1 ANT(enna) IN Jack Audio and Video IN Jacks on TV VIDEO (yellow) and AUDIO (white) OUT Jacks Video Cable 2 Audio Cable 3 l Audio and Video cables are not supplied. 1 Connect the antenna or cable to the ANT(enna) IN Jack on the back of the VCR. 2 Connect a video cable to the yell
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Turning on Your VCR 11 Before turning on your VCR, make sure there are batteries in the Turn on the TV. remote control and the VCR and TV are connected correctly. 2 l Follow the steps on this page only when you plug the VCR power cord into the wall outlet for the first time. l You can not program channels if you are using a Cable Box or a Direct Broadcast System. l If you are not using a Cable Box/DBS, the clock may set itself automatically after you connect the antenna/Cable signal to the 1 V
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12 Automatic Channel Setup Although your VCR may automatically memorize the channels you receive when you turn it on for the first time, this function lets you set up the channels again. 3-5 1 Press the VCR button. 2 Press the MENU button. SELECT op CHOOSE B 1 fi PROGRAM VCR SET UP TUNER SET UP SET CLOCK TO END PUSH EXIT 2 3 Press the PLAY/o button or the STOP/p button to select TUNER SET UP, then press the F.FWD/B button. SELECT op CHOOSE B fi TV CABLE TV ON AUTO PROGRAMMING A
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Automatic Channel Setup (cont’d) 13 Adding/Deleting Channels 3-6 1 Press the VCR button. 1 2 Press the MENU button. 3 Press the PLAY/o button or the STOP/p button to select 2 TUNER SET UP, then press the F.FWD/B button. 4 7 Press the PLAY/o button or the STOP/p button to select ADD/DELETE CH, then press the F.FWD/B button. SELECT op ADD/DELETE B 124 DELETED 125 DELETED 1 fi DELETED 2 ADDED 3 ADDED TO END PUSH EXIT NOTE: If you select TV at the TUNER SET UP menu, channel numbers 2-69 will appear
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14 Automatic Channel Setup (cont’d) Reviewing Memorized Channels 3-4 1 Press the VCR button. 2 Press the MENU button. SELECT op CHOOSE B 1 fi PROGRAM VCR SET UP TUNER SET UP SET CLOCK TO END PUSH EXIT 2 5 3 Press the PLAY/o button or the STOP/p button to select TUNER SET UP, then press the F.FWD/B button. SELECT op CHOOSE B fi TV CABLE TV ON AUTO PROGRAMMING ADD/DELETE CH CH MEMORY REVIEW TV STEREO ON VCA631 only 2ND AUDIO TO END PUSH EXIT 4 Press the PLAY/o button or the STOP/
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Setting the Clock 15 There are two ways to set the clock. With manual clock setting, you tell the VCR the current time. With automatic clock setting, the VCR gets the current time from your local PBS station. It 3-4 keeps track of the time by constantly referring to the time broad- casted by your PBS station. If you are using a Cable Box or Direct Broadcast System, you must set the clock manually. Follow the instructions under either manual clock setting or auto- matic clock setting (page 17) t
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16 Setting the Clock (cont’d) 5 Press two Number buttons for the hour(s) and two Number buttons for the minute(s). Then press 1 for AM or 2 for PM. For example, for 2:15 PM, press 02, 15, 2. l Enter a 0 before a single-digit number. l Entries that do not match the VCR’s internal calendar will cause a question mark (?) to appear on the screen. l To make corrections, press the CLEAR button until the space for the number you want to correct is flashing. Then enter the correct number. TIME 02 :15
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Setting the Clock (cont’d) 17 Automatic Clock Setting 4 2-4 1 Press the VCR button, then press the MENU button. SELECT op CHOOSE B fi PROGRAM VCR SET UP TUNER SET UP 1 SET CLOCK TO END PUSH EXIT 3 4 2 Press the PLAY/o button or the STOP/p button to select SET CLOCK, then press the F.FWD/B button. 3 If OFF appears to the right of AUTO CLOCK, press the F.FWD/B button to select ON. Then, press the MENU button. Or, if ON appears to the right of AUTO CLOCK, press the MENU button. Go to step 4. AUTO
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18 Setting the Clock (cont’d) Time Zone When using the AUTO CLOCK function, you can specify your time zone. That way, the VCR will update the clock according to 2-4 your time zone. 1 Press the VCR button, then press the MENU button. SELECT op CHOOSE B fi PROGRAM 1 VCR SET UP TUNER SET UP SET CLOCK TO END PUSH EXIT 5 2 Press the PLAY/o button or the STOP/p button to select SET CLOCK, then press the F.FWD/B button. SET CLOCK fi AUTO CLOCK [ON] SET MANUAL CLOCK DAYLIGHT SVG TIME [ON] SET TIME ZONE (
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Daylight-Savings Time 19 You may program the VCR so its clock will automatically move forward one hour in April and turn back one hour in October. Daylight-Savings Time is set to ON when you receive your VCR. Turn Daylight-Savings Time ON or OFF by following the steps 3-4 below. Before you begin: l Make sure the clock is set. 1 Press the VCR button. 1 2 Press the MENU button. SELECT op CHOOSE B 2 5 fi PROGRAM VCR SET UP TUNER SET UP SET CLOCK TO END PUSH EXIT 3 Press the PLAY/o button or the STO
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20 Language Selection Follow the steps below to change the language of the on-screen displays and menus. 3-5 1 Press the VCR button. 1 2 Press the MENU button. SELECT op CHOOSE B fi PROGRAM VCR SET UP TUNER SET UP 2 SET CLOCK 6 TO END PUSH EXIT 3 Press the PLAY/o button or the STOP/p button to select VCR SET UP, then press the F.FWD/B button. SELECT op CHOOSE B fi REPEAT PLAY OFF ON SCREEN MODE AUDIO OUT VCA631 only LANGUAGE VCR PLUS+ REF. MAP BLUE BACKGROUND ON TO END PUSH EXIT 4 Press the PL
