Sony SLV-SE220G - Manual (Page 48)

To use the VCR before a reeording begins,just press i/1. T h e © indieator
turns off and the VCR switehes on. Remember to press i/1 to reset the VCR
to reeording standby after using the VCR.
You ean also do the following tasks while the VCR is reeording:
• Reset the eounter (page 34).
• Display tape information on the TV sereen (page 37).
• Cheek the timer settings (page 55).
• Wateh another TV programme (page 37).
To use the Auto Tape Speed function
In step 4 above, press m to seleet AUTO. When you are reeording a
programme in the SP mode and the remaining tape length beeomes shorter
than the reeording time, the reeording tape speed is automatieally ehanged to
the LP mode. Note that some noise will appear on the pieture when the tape
speed is ehanged. To operate this funetion eorreetly, the “TAPE SELECT”
setting in the USER SET menu must be aeeurate (see page 63).
Tips
• To set the line input video source, you can also use the INPUT SELECT button.
• You ean set the extended time for the VIDEO Plus+ setting by 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, or
60 minutes. Set VIDEOPLUS EXTEND in the EASY OPERATION menu to the
desired extended time on page 64.
• To eheek, ehange, or eaneel the programme setting, see “Cheeking/ehanging/
eaneelling timer settings” on page 55.
Notes
• If the PDC signal is too weak or the broadeasting station failed to transmit PDC
signals, the VCR will start reeording at the set time without using the PDC
funetion.
• T h e © a n d © U indieators flash in the display window when you press i / 1 with
no tape inserted.
• When you set TIMER METHOD to STANDARD in the EASY OPERATION
menu, the VIDEOPLUS menu does not appear on the TV sereen. Seleet
VIDEOPLUS or VARIABLE.
To use the VCR after setting the timer
48 Recording TV programmes using the VÌDEO Pius+® system