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18 Chapter 4 : Operating Your VCR
C H A P T E R 4
Operating Your VCR
Your TV/VCR Combination has built-in VCR playback and recording capabilities, offering
the ultimate in VCR convenience. This chapter explains the basic of using the VCR features
of your unit.
Video Cassette Tapes
Your VCR uses VHS tapes. Only use
tapes that have the official VHS mark:
Tape length/tape speed
VHS tapes come in different lengths, which, along with the tape speed, determine how much
program time you can put on one tape. The following chart shows the maximum recording/
playback time for each type of tape and each tape speed.
Protecting your tapes
You can protect your tapes by removing the erasure prevention tab on the back of the tape.
When this tab is removed, VCR cannot record over it. To once again be able to record on a
tape with its tab removed, simply place a piece of tape over the space left by the removed tab.
Inserting a Tape
To insert a tape into your TV/VCR Combination, hold it
so that the windows on the tape face up, and the label of
the tape faces away from the TV/VCR Combination.
Gently place the tape in the cassette compartment and
push it in slowly. Once it is in the compartment part-way,
the TV/VCR Combination will pull the tape the rest of the
way.
You can insert a tape into your TV/VCR Combination even when it is turned off. If the tape
has its erasure prevention tab removed, the TV/VCR Combination will turn on and begin
playing the tape.
Ejecting a tape
To remove a tape from the compartment, press the STOP/EJECT button on the front panel or
on the remote control. The TV/VCR Combination will eject the tape part-way. Grasp the cas-
sette and remove the tape from the TV/VCR Combination.
Type SP (standard play) LP (long play) EP (Extend play)
(Play only)
T-160 2 hours 40 min. 5 hours 20 min 8 hours
T-120 2 hours 4 hours 6 hours
T-90 1hour 30 min. 3 hours 4 hours 30 min.
T-60 1 hour 2 hours 3 hours