Sony TA-VE800G - Manual (Page 23)

23 GB
Basic Operations
To select TV programme positions directly when
watching TV programmes using the built-in tuner on
your VCR
Click SUB in the video deck control panel to display the
direct selection controls.
When using a non-Sony VCR, be sure to programme
-/-- or 1- and 2- codes manually as shown on page 17.
These codes are not pre-programmed in this unit.
To change the video input of a Sony VCR
Click the INPUT icon in the video deck control panel.
Likewise, to watch a TV programme after watching a video
tape, stop the VCR, click INPUT, then use the on-screen
controls to select the desired programme position.
To switch the screen size when using a wide TV monitor
Click repeatedly to select the screen size you desire.
Selecting a Component Using the Controls
on the Front Panel
1 Press POWER to turn on the amplifier.
2
Press the button for the component you want to
use:
To listen to or watch Press
Video tapes VIDEO 1, VIDEO 2
or VIDEO 3
Laser discs LD
Satellite broadcasts SATL
Digital Audio Tapes (DAT) DAT/MD
or MiniDiscs (MD)
Analog audio cassettes TAPE MONITOR
Compact Discs (CD) CD
Radio programmes TUNER
Records PHONO
3
Turn on the component, for example, a CD player,
and start playback.
When you listen with headphones
Connect the headphones to the PHONES jack and set
the SPEAKERS selector to OFF.
If the on-screen display does not appear when using
a TV monitor
The input selector on your TV may be set to “TV”
instead of “VIDEO”. In this case, use the input selector
on your TV to set its input to “VIDEO”.
Notes
• The AUTO PLAY function is set at the factory to start
playing the component immediately after it is selected. To
turn AUTO PLAY off, see page 37.
• Components of the same type will be controlled
simultaneously by the on-screen controls.
For example, if you use the on-screen controls to start
playing one of two Sony laser disc players in the room, the
other will also start playing at the same time.
• If a component does not respond, it may be because IR
codes from the IR repeater are not fully reaching the
selected component source. If this happens, change the
position of the IR repeater or programme source.
• If an audio source is selected when the current source is a
video source, the video source signal changes to SATL.
Watching TV or Video programmes
When you watch TV or video programmes, we
recommend you play audio portion through the
amplifier instead of your TV’s speaker. This lets you
take advantage of the amplifier’s surround sound
effects, like Dolby Surround, and lets you use the
amplifier’s remote to control the audio.
Turn off the speakers on your TV before you start so
you can enjoy the surround sound from your amplifier.
Watching TV programmes
You can use the TV tuner built in to your video deck to
watch TV programmes using the amplifier’s on-screen
operations.
1 Select the appropriate function (e.g. “VIDEO 2”).
2 Click TV
b in the VCR controls at the bottom of the screen.
The control panels switches to the video decks’s TV
controls.
3 Click CH – or + to change the programme position.
To return to the VCR controls, click VTR b .
We recommend switching to the VCR controls before
switching functions. If you leave directly from the TV
controls to the FUNCTION SELECT menu, the AUTO PLAY
(page 37) function will not operate the next time you select
the video deck as a programme source.
FUNCTION
+
–
VOL
ALL
OFF
S
O
U
N
D
EXIT
5 4 3 2 1
6 7 8 9
REC EDIT
USER
/ VCR
INPUT
+ – CH
0
1 – – / – – 2 –