RCA 390 - Manual (Page 24)

Express Recording
Express Recording (XPR) lets you record up to four hours
without programming the timer. It also allows you to start
(or continue) recording immediately or to delay recording
up to 24 hours. When the recording is finished, the VCR
will turn off automatically.
Note: Although you do not have to program the timer, the
clock must be set before you can Express Record.
IMMEDIATE START-----------------------------------------------------
If you want the VCR to start recording immediately or to
continue a recording you’ve already started, follow the
simplified instructions at the right labeled “Immediate
Start".
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DELAYED START
If you want the VCR to delay recording, follow the sim­
plified instructions at the right labeled “Delayed Start”.
Only two buttons are used to Express Record:
XPR START LENGTH
U) O
Simplified Instructions
-Immediate Start-
1
, Press LENGTH twice.
2. Press LENGTH to select desired recording time
{0:30 (30 minutes) to 4:00 (4 hours)).
----------------- —Delayed Start-......................... ........ —
1. Press START (Clock wit) skip to next haif-houi).
2. Keep pressing START until desired start time
appears in display.
3. Press LENGTH to select desired recording time
[0:30 (30 minutes) to 4:00 (4 hours)].
4. Press POWER to tdm off VCR.
——To cental Delayed-Start XPR-——
(Before Recording Begins)
Press LENGTR until the display shows 0:00.
-To Slop XPR-
• Press lE/VCT/t tmtO display shows 0:00.
■ ,■ v.\.
♦ ; Press POIVE/? and then STOP within ten seconds.
-Detailed Instructions-
INSERT CASSETTE.
REWIND IF NECESSARY
PRESS START FOR DELAYED XPR.
Omit for Immediate Start
\ (See note below).
SELECT CHANNEL \ O " RECORDING
\ ” (See note below)
SET TO TUNER.
TURN LIGHT ON TO VIEW WHILE RECORDING.
Note lor Step O ----------------------------------------------------------
• The first time you press the START button, XPR will
appear in the display and the clock will skip to the next
half-hour. Examples: If you press the button at 9:35 AM
the clock will skip to 10:00 AM; if you press it at 8:15 PM
the clock will skip to 8:30 PM.
• Each additional time you press START, the clock will
advance another 30 minutes. The time that is displayed
is the time when the recording will start.
• After you have set the starting time, you must set
LENGTH within 8 seconds. Otherwise, XPR will disap­
pear and the clock will return to the actual time. Then
you must reset the start time.
Note for Step
o------------------------
• Press the LENGTH button at least twice. The lirst
keypress only starts the XPR recording; it does not
advance the recording length.
• Increase the recording time by pressing the LENGTH
button additional times. The clock display shows the
amount of recording time you have set. [from 0:30 (30
minutes) to 4:00 (4 hours)]
• The lime remaining is constantly displayed during XPR.
You can extend the time whenever you want by press­
ing LENGTH.
• When the recording time has expired, the VCR turns off
and the clock display returns to current time.
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