Sony SLV-420 - Manual (Page 30)

Recording TV
programs
Note
• If you insert a tape with its
safety tab removed^ the VCR
starts playing. To record on
this tap>e, cover the tab hole.
rip
• To select charmels, you can
also use the number buttons
on the remote commander.
Enter the desired channel
number using the number
buttons, then press ENTER.
This section shows you how to record TV programs in the most basic
way: manual recording. With manual recording, you start the VCR
recording when the program begins, then stop it when the program
ends. The VCR also provides the following ways of recording.
• Manually start recording, then stop it automatically—^TRecordmg
using the quick timer" (page 31)
• Automatically start and stop recording—"Recording TV programs
using the timer'^ (page 33)
• Automatically start and stop recording just by entering the "Plus
Code"—"Recording TV programs using VCR Plus+" (page 36)
Turn on your TV and tune ¡n to the
vat
• If the TV is connected to the VCR
using the audio/video cable, set the
TV to video input.
• If the TV is connected to the VCR
using only the antenna cable, set the
TV to the channel for the VCR.
When using a cable box, turn it on.
Insert a tape with its safety tab in
place.
Press INPUT SELECT until a channel
number appears in the VCR s
display window.
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Select the desired channel by
pressing CH +/-.
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Select the tape speed, SP or EP, by
pressing TAPE SPEED.
See ^To select tape speeds" on the next
page.
6 Start recording by pressing #REC .
When the tape reaches the end, the VCR
automatically rewinds it to the beginning.
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