Sony SLV-789HF - Manual (Page 7)

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Step 3: Hookups (continued)
VCR setup
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Set the RF UNIT switch to
CH3 or CH4, wiuchever
channel is not used in your
area. If both are used, set the
switch to either chaimel.
For details, see page 104.
If you made A/V
connections (from page 9),
you can skip tiris step.
Turn on your cable box.
I’ress EASY SET UP on ttie VCR.
O Tlie LANGUAGE menu appears. Change the
on-screen display language to Spanish
(ESPAÑOL) or French (FRANÇAIS) ii desired,
and press OK. Por details, see page 36.
0 The CLOCK SET menu appears. Select AUTO
and press OK. For details, see page 38.
© Tl-ic SMART CHANNEL MAPPING menu
appears. Press to enter the ZIP/
POSTAT.CODE in your area and press OK. (You
can also use Uie nun^er buttons to enter the
ZIP/l'OSTALCODE.)
О The CABLE 1ЮХ CONTROL menu appe.irs.
Select ON. For details,
schí page 46.
© Enter your cable box code number and press
OK. For details, see page 46.
O Select your cable box output channel and press OK.
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HopkuprI:
Normal display
The VCR Plus+ GOLD system channel setup
CABif Mouse--
12 I Getting Started
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1 Press MENU, then select SETTINGS and press
OK,
2 Select SET VCR Plus+ Cl 1ANNEI.S and press
OK.
3 Select AUTO and press OK.
4 Press !/(!) to turn off the VCR.
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Step 3: Hookups (continued)
The VCR receives the program information signal from 0:(Ю am to 5;(Ю am
while the VCR is turned off, and set up the channel for the VCR Plus+
GOLD system recording. After channel setup is finished, you can record TV
programs using tlie VCR Plus+ GOLD system. For details, see page 59.
Notes
• To use the Smart Channel Mapping feature, leave (he cable box on.
• It takes about 1 hour to complete channel setup.
• The VCR can receive the program information signal only while the VCR is turned
off and no timer recordings arc set.
• If the channels in your area don’t carry the program information signals, set the
program guide channels manually. For details, see page 62.
• If the CHOOSE YOUR CABLE CH MAP menu appears the first time you turn on
the VCR after finishing clLannel setup, select the MAP number. For details, sec
page 61.
Automatic clock setting
Once you've set up the VCR, it automatically sets the clock the first time you
turn off the VCR. After that, whenever you him off the VCR, it checks the
time and adjusts the clock, even for Daylight Saving Time. The VCR sets the
clock by picking up a time signal provided by some TV channels.
If you want to use the timer to record right away, or if the charmels in уош'
area do not carry time signals, sc‘t the clock manually. For details, see
page 41.
Note
• lb use the Auto Clock Set feature, leave the cable box on.
,Hookup 2 ‘ Pages 15'to t8
No cable box, or incompatible cable box with only a
few scrambled channels
Recommended use
Use this hookup if you do not have a cable box. Also u-se this hookup if your
cable company cannot supply a cable box that is compatible with the VCR's
cable box control feature, and your cable system scrambles only a few
channels.
What you can do with this hookup
• Record any unscrambled clianne! by selecting the channel on the VCR
What you can't do
• Record scrambled cliannels that require a cable box
Rear of TV
VHF/UHE
■—gx Match the type
of connector on
your
TV: A B. or
C.
For connector
types B and C,
no UHF
connection is
required.