Turning on your vcr for the first time, Programming active channels into vcr’s — tuner, Deleting channels from the scan list – RCA VPT 385 User Manual
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Basic Operation (continued)
Turning on Your VCR for the First Time—
When
you
have
finished
connecting
the
cables to your
antenna
and
TV,
plug
in
the
VCR’s
power
cord
and
press
P O W E R .
The
light
above
the
ST O P
button
should
come
on. If it flashes, too much moisture has
collected
inside
the
unit
for
it
to
operate.
Leave
the
VCR turned on until the internal heat dries it and the
light
stops
flashing.
Proceed
below
when
the
light
above the
ST O P
button is on and not flashing.
Programming
Active
Channels
into
VCR’s
—
Tuner
The
A U T O
P R O G R A M
(Automatic
Programming)
button
makes
it
easy
and
convenient
to
program
TV
stations into the VCR’s scan list. The scan list is the
list
of
channels
that
your
VCR
tuner
stops
on
when
you
press
the
C H A N N E L
▲
or
C H A N N E L
▼
buttons.
The
scan
list
is
empty,
however,
until
you
program active channels as described below.
Note:
You
must
program
the
tuner
as
described
below
before
you
can
use
C H A N N E L
A/T
buttons.
Automatic
programming
is
usually
a
“one-time”
procedure, but you will need to repeat it if you move
to a location that has different channels, or if power is
interrupted for an extended period.
To program active channels:
1. Turn on VCR by pressing the
P O W E R
button.
2.
Set the
N O R M /C A T V
switch on the back of the
VCR
to
the
N O R M
position
if
your
VCR
is
connected
to
a
home
antenna
system.
Set
the
switch
to
the
C A T V
position
if
your
VCR
is
connected to a cable-TV system.
Note;
Your
VCR
was
shipped
from
the
factory
with this switch set to
N O R M .
CHANNEL PROGRAMMING .
□ □
AUTO PROGRAM ADD
ERASE
3.
Press and release the
A U T O P R O G R A M
button.
• The tuner will automatically cycle through all
available
channels
in
the
area
and
place
them
in
the
scan
list.
This
takes
about
a
minute.
The
channel
numbers
will
stop
changing
when
the
tuner
is
finished
cycling.
Programming
is
now'
complete
and
you
can
use
the
C H A N N E L
A/V
buttons
to
select
channels.
4.
if you want to delete or add individual channels
from the scan list, refer to the instructions at the
right.
Deleting Channels from the Scan List
You may want to have only a few favorite channels in
the scan list so you can select them more quickly with
the
C H A N N E L
A and ▼ buttons. (Use the numbered
buttons
on
the
remote
control
to
select
channels
you
deleted
from
the
scan
list.)
Occasionally
Automatic
Programming
may
include
a
vacant
channel
in
the
scan list if there happened to be some sort of “noise"
or
“stray
signal”
on
the
channel
when
the
tuner
was
programmed.
This
procedure
explains
how
to
delete
any unwanted channels from the scan list.
1.
Use the
C H A N N E L
A or ▼ button to select the
channel
that
you
want
to
remove
from
the scan
list.
2. Press
E R A SE .
3.
Repeat the procedure for each channel you want
to delete from the scan list.
Adding Channels to the Scan List-
You
may
have
deleted
a
channel
from
the
scan
list
and
want
to
put
it
back.
Occasionally
Automatic
Programming
may
“miss"
an
active
channel
because
the
signal
is
very
weak
or
because
the
channel
happened
to
be
“off
the
air”
when
the
tuner
was
programmed.
Use
this
procedure
to
put
any
channel
in the scan list.
1.
Use the digit (0-9) buttons on the hand unit to
select the channel you want to add to the scan
list.
2. Press
A D D .
3.
Repeat the procedure for each channel you want
to add to the scan list.
Note: You can add the VCR’s video input to the scan
list, if you so desire. Press “91” on the remote, then
press
A D D
on
the
VCR.
This
can
be
convenient
if
you
use
the
VCR’s
video
input
for
another
device
such as a satellite receiver.
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